Nearly 70% of children in Uruzgan lack access to education
TIRINKOT CITY (SW) – Approximately 70% of Afghan children in Uruzgan, Afghanistan’s southern province, are deprived of education.
Category: Afghanistan
DAB to auction more dollars to stabilize Afghani currency
KABUL (SW) – The Da Afghanistan Bank/Afghanistan Central Bank has announced that in order to maintain and stabilize the value of the Afghani currency, it will auction 17 million US dollars on Thursday, February 29.
No breakthrough at the UNSC meeting on Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – A United Nations Security Council meeting on Afghanistan ended without a clear decision on the future roadmap for the country.
Battling against mounting restrictions, women in Kabul turn to entrepreneurship
KABUL (SW) – In the wake of mounting restrictions for women and girls in practically all fields of life, a number of females in Kabul city have turned to small scale domestic entrepreneurship to make ends meet for their families.
Gas inhalation claims two lives in Takhar
TALUQAN CITY (SW) – Two people have died as a result of gas inhalation in Takhar, Afghanistan’s northeast province, officials said.
TAPI project entering practical phase in Afghanistan – MoMP
KABUL (SW) – Officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum say that based on the agreement and discussions between the Afghan delegation with the Turkmenistan authorities, the practical work of the TAPI pipeline project in Afghanistan will be launched soon. The exact timing for its beginning remains uncertain.
Surge of malformities among newborns sparks concerns
CHARIKAR (SW) – An evident surge of malformities among the newborn babies has sparked concerns among the residents of Parwan, Kapisa, and Panjshir provinces.
South Korea donates $4 mln to Afghanistan
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Afghanistan announced that South Korea has recently donated four million dollars to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund.
Laghman farmers resort to covert poppy cultivation amid economic hardship
LAGHMAN CITY (SW) – Farmers in several districts and remote areas of Laghman, Afghanistan’s eastern province, say that due to the dire economic situation, they have been forced to covertly plant hundreds of acres of their agricultural lands with poppies to meet their and their families’ needs.
Females barred from calling local radio stations in Khost
KHOST CITY (SW) – In yet another blow to free press and freedom of expression, authorities in Khost have issued fresh directives to limit the scope of local media outlets in the province.
Jowzjan authorities execute one convicted murderer
JOWZJAN (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have publicly executed an individual in Jowzjan province in northern Afghanistan.
DAB to auction $17 million in open market
KABUL (SW) – The Da Afghanistan Bank/Afghanistan Central Bank has announced that in order to maintain and stabilize the value of the Afghani currency, it will auction 17 million US dollars on Tuesday, February 27.
