Female drug addicts caught between rock and a hard place
KABUL (SW) – A number of women addicted to drugs in Kabul say that they turned to addiction due to economic problems and that addiction has messed up their lives.
Category: Afghanistan
Floods have devastated 83,000 people in Afghanistan, says UN
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) in Afghanistan has announced that the floods in the country in May, 2024, have affected at least 83,000 people.
Afghan migrants in Iran fear arrests, persecutions
KABUL (SW) – A number of Afghan migrants who went to Iran to find work, say that they left Afghanistan fearing poverty and joblessness after the return of the Islamic Emirate, but now they are frightened to by caught and persecuted by the Iranian police.
Livestock farmers in Panjshir seek better market access
BAZARAK (SW) – A number of livestock farmers in Panjshir, worried about the lack of a market to sell their dairy products, say that this situation has discouraged them from working in the livestock sector.
Residents of Dasht-e Qala in Takhar urge reconstruction of Ay Khanum Spring
TALUQAN CITY (SW) – Residents of Dasht-e Qala in Takhar are calling on the de-facto officials to restore the Ay Khanum Spring, expressing concern over its deteriorating condition and the surrounding walls.
Youngsters losing interest in reading owing to socio-political instabilities
KABUL (SW) – A number of young people in conversation with Salam Watandar say their interest in reading has declined drastically in the recent past years.
Pakistan halts border transit for Afghan cargo trucks without temporary permits
KABUL/ISLAMABAD (SW) – Following the ban on undocumented cargo truck transit at the Torkham border crossing starting August 1st, Pakistan has closed the route to Afghan traders without temporary transit permits.
Exclusive: Afghan women losing youthful exuberance to relentless hardships of life
KABUL (SW) – In a series of interviews, a number of young Afghan women told Salam Watandar that everyone tell them they seem much older than they actually are owing to the relentless hardships of life.
Farmers in Herat embrace greenhouse farming for increased yields
HERAT CITY (SW) – Farmers in Herat are increasingly turning to greenhouse cultivation to boost agricultural productivity and enhance their income. They say that the use of greenhouses has significantly increased their crop yields.
Antani Hospital sees over 300 daily heat-related cases, doctors report
KABUL (SW) – Officials at the Antani Hospital in Kabul city report a surge in heat-related illnesses.
MoE reports implementation of 2,194 projects via NGOs in past year
KABUL (SW) – Officials from the Ministry of Economy announced that they have implemented 2,194 projects through the non-governmental organizations in the past one year.
Grappling with poverty: a peek into the bleak lives of wheelbarrow laborers
KABUL (SW) – The Afghan capital Kabul has sad signs of absolute poverty and disparity everywhere with citizens like Hamed only earning a meagre amount of income for a long day of crippling labor.
