MONITORING (SW) – As the world mark International Women’s Day this week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has underlined the need to empower women in Afghanistan, saying that they are “not passive bystanders” and should contribute to the future of their country.
KABUL (SW) – Transit trade via the truck service between Afghanistan and Pakistan would resume next week, said an official.
MAIMANA (SW) – Crippling poverty has compelled a dejected father to offer his children for ‘sale’ in Faryab province.
MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Islamabad would continue cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights machinery for the promotion and protection of all human rights and realisation of the sustainable development agenda.
MONITORING (SW) – The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has met with his counterpart from Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov in Washington on Wednesday to discuss bilateral, international matters and the situation in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Business community and analysts fear delays in the implementation of mega development projects might risk the entire execution operations for a longer period in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – Former president Hamid Karzai has said that with the establishment of the Islamic Emirate, the citizens of Afghanistan have not yet achieved lasting peace and stability.
MONITORING (SW) – The de-facto leaders of the Kingfom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have declined to arrange calls with US president Joe Biden in recent weeks as the US and its allies have sought to contain a surge in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
KABUL (SW) – The UN Children Fund has said it aims to reach 12.9 million children with life-saving assistance in Afghanistan, but cannot achieve it without urgent support.
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – A number of local media professionals in the provinces have expressed concern that with the advent of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, restrictions on local journalists and media work have increased.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee has said while marking the International Women’s Day that the situation of women journalists in the country has been worrying in recent months.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate-run central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, has announced it will continue to inject dollars into the foreign exchange market to counter the rising value of the dollar against the afghani.
