Category: SOCIETY & CULTURE

Female passengers paying double fares for taxis

KABUL (SW) – A number of women in Kabul say that because of sitting in the front seats of small city cabs they have to pay

Historical sites in Faryab faced with destruction

MAIMANA (SW) – A number of cultural activists in Faryab say that the historical places in this province are in a bad condition and at risk

Female artists living in misery after fall of the Republic

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 18 female filmmakers show that in the past two years after the collapse of the Republic, female

Cupping treatment on the rise in Herat

HERAT CITY (SW) – There has been an increase in the number of people and patients visiting different areas of Herat for cupping treatment. A

Sar-e-Pul hosts maiden literary festival under the Islamic Emirate rule

SAR-E-PUL (SW) – The first cultural and literary festival was held in Sar-e-Pul last week under the rule of the Islamic Emirate. This mushaira was

EXCLUSIVE: Women entrepreneurs facing absolute losses

KABUL (SW) – During interviews with 23 businesswomen in four provinces of the country, Salam Watandar found that majority of them are faced with absolute

Local media in Samangan facing existential crisis

QALA-E-NAU (SW) – Multiple factors have forced the local media in Samangan prove to face a grim existential crisis. Officials and employees of a number

Kindergartens in Kabul witness 80 % drop in enrolment

KABUL (SW) – Officials at most private kindergartens in Kabul say that the number of children in these kindergartens has decreased by 80% in the last

Anemia on the rise among women in Takhar

KABUL (SW) – A number of health officials in some clinics in Takhar say that in the past year, anemia has increased among women, especially

Only one devastated school in Nahr-e-Seraj

LASHKARGAH (SW) – The residents of Helmand’s Nahar-e-Seraj district say that there is only one school in the district whose building was destroyed during the

Journalists in Paktika reaching out to needy via ‘Khabarial Welfare Foundation’

SHARANA (SW) – Although journalists in the country are facing many economic and other problems, the local journalists of Paktika have established ‘Khabarial Welfare Foundation