Women create jobs through Lamp-Making in Herat
Alina Tokhi says having girls in such jobs shows that women, like men, can do any kind of work. “I used to think this was only for men, but I realized any job men can do, women can do too,” she says.
Category: Afghanistan
Tradition vs. Sharia: inside the forced marriage of widows
Many widows in Afghanistan who have lost their husbands for different reasons, face social pressure and even threats of losing their children to force them into marrying their late husbands’ relatives.
Salam Watandar’s survey on people affected by the Kunar earthquake
On Sunday night, 31 August 2025, a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, especially Kunar Province. The tremors were also felt in nearby provinces. According to reputable global seismic centers, the earthquake registered 6.0 on the Richter scale, which is relatively rare in Afghanistan’s history of natural disasters. Most districts of Kunar were affected, with the strongest shaking felt in Nurgal, Sawkai, Khas Kunar, and some other districts. This earthquake has been recorded as one of the deadliest in Afghanistan in recent years. As a result, around 2,200 people lost their lives, more than 4,000 were injured, and over 8,000 homes were destroyed.
Afghanistan drought survey: Impacts on farmers’ livelihoods and food security
Provinces like Badghis, Logar, and Kunduz are in an extreme crisis; Faryab and Maidan Wardak are severely affected, while Badakhshan is among the less affected provinces. Geographically, central provinces face high migration and land dryness, Northern provinces experience reduced production, and eastern provinces show limited coping responses.
Salam Watandar’s survey on Kabul residents’ access to drinking water
This survey, conducted with the direct participation of 1,800 families and indirectly covering nearly 15,000 residents across 20 districts of Kabul, reflects the state of groundwater and people’s access to water in the city. The findings paint a worrying picture of the water crisis facing the Afghan capital.
Rising deforestation threatens Badakhshan’s nature
Sabor Noori, a resident of Badakhshan, says that deforestation has surged in recent months, causing severe floods, soil erosion, and spreading desert-like conditions in parts of the province. He added, “Areas that used to be green and full of forests—which also helped keep floods in check, or as we Badakhshanis call it, reduced the ‘rocky water’—have sadly been destroyed. Beautiful plains and meadows are now turned into rocky, unusable land, and this makes floods even more damaging for the people.”
Rehabilitated water supply systems benefit 26,000 Afghans
UNICEF’s Afghanistan office has rebuilt water supply systems in four provinces to provide children and their families with reliable access to clean water.
Chief of the General Staff of the Islamic Emirate meets Qatari counterpart
Mohammad Fasihuddin “Fitrat,” Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate, traveled to Qatar on Sunday, 18th Jan, on an official visit to participate in the Doha International Defense Exhibition.
Nearly 2,000 Afghan citizens deported from Iran and Pakistan
The High Commission for Addressing Migrant’ Problems announced that Iran and Pakistan have deported 1,761 Afghan citizens.
Leaving childhood behind: ″I want to go to school, but I can’t! ″
Many children across different provinces of Afghanistan says that poverty and the absence of parental care have kept them from attending school. Instead they are
Seven people had been killed in Shahr-e Naw explosion – Zadran
Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Kabul Police Command, confirmed the deaths of several people in yesterday’s explosion (Monday, January 19).
Why Afghan youths migrate to Iran despite of violence and crisis?
Afghan youths are leaving their country in search of economic opportunities despite serious risks abroad. Iran remains a primary destination, even amid political unrest and security threats. Salam Watandar’s findings indicates that Afghan young people are migrating to Iran despite the country is facing waves of internal instability and the threat of an external conflict.
