Category: SPECIAL COVERAGE

Exclusive: Smartphones becoming key aspects of Afghan youths’ lives

According to an exclusive conversation conducted by Salam Watandar with 27 young girls and boys, this technology plays a key role in various fields, such as education, daily tasks, entertainment, increasing the level of information and even online shopping. However, despite its numerous advantages, excessive use of these tools has raised concerns about mental health.

Exclusive: Jogi community face spate of systematic neglect in Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – In an exclusive series of interviews, members of the neglected nomad (Jogi) communities in Afghanistan told Salam Watandar they continue to grapple with relentless challenges, such as extreme poverty, social discrimination, lack of legal identity, early marriages, and limited access to education and healthcare.

Survey: 81% of Afghan youngsters disapprove polygamy

KABUL (SW) – In a bid to understand young people’s attitudes toward polygamy, Salam Watandar conducted a survey across 28 provinces of Afghanistan to determine which factors influence their acceptance or rejection of the practice.

Women faced with stress, fear for jobs due to the new morality laws

KABUL (SW) – In a series of interviews, a number of Afghan girls and women in various parts of the country told Salam Watandar they fear losing jobs and facing stress because of the new set of laws ratified and implemented by the de-facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (MoPVPV).