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
Category: Governance
4,500 Afghan citizens in Iranian prisons
KABUL (SW) – Officials at the prisons affairs administration say that 4,500 Afghan citizens are currently in Iranian prisons. Officials add that this number of
Humanitarian aid declining, says officials
KABUL (SW) – Officials in the Ministry of Economy say that the aid of foreign aid organizations has decreased this year compared to last year.
Call for empowering ID card offices in provinces
KABUL (SW) – A number of citizens in different provinces, complaining about the lack of access to services for the distribution of computerized identity cards,
Industries in Kabul in losses due to power shortages
KABUL (SW) – Lack of electricity in Kabul has caused industrial factories to face serious problems causing delay in productions, loss of orders and revenue. Concerned
Malnutrition on the rise in Jawzjan
SHEBERGHAN (SW) – Officials at the Afghan-Turk children’s hospital in Jawzjan say that the number of malnourished children in this province has increased by 20
International sanctions blamed for poverty and hunger
KABUL (SW) – Abdulrahman Habib, the spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, says that although the government is trying to improve the economic situation of
Exclusive: Begging girls say they haven’t received any support
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s research from interviews with 22 child labor girls shows that due to economic problems and lack of a guardian, these
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
Water management a top priority, says Mansoor
KABUL (SW) – Abdul Latif Mansoor, Acting Director of the Ministry of Energy and Water has said while visiting a number of water dams in Logar
62,000 security cameras installed in Kabul
KABUL (SW) – Officials of the Ministry of Interior say that so far 62 thousand security cameras have been installed and activated in different areas of
WFP warns of cut in aid amid dwindling funds
KABUL (SW) – Officials in the Afghanistan section of the United Nations World Food Program have told Salam Watandar that they need $111 million in
