Logar passport department official takes away millions worth of revenue
LOGAR (SW) – An official at passport department in Logar province has reportedly escaped along with an estimated 3 million afghanis in revenue collected there.
Category: Peace
Journalists not allowed to cover protest in Kandahar
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – Journalists were not allowed to cover the protest demonstration by the friends and relatives of the woman killed in a Kandahar a day earlier by the security forces of the Islamic Emirate.
Foreign ministers of the US, Qatar discuss Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The foreign ministers of the US and Qatar have met in Germany and discussed the situation in Afghanistan, said an official statement.
Teachers receive cash assistance via UNICEF
KABUL (SW) – All public sector teachers in the capital Kabul and surrounding Logar and Maidan Wardak provinces have been paid with cash assistance, said officials on Saturday.
UN chief warns about risks of terrorist spillover out of Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The risks of terrorist spillover out of Afghanistan show how adept they are at exploiting “power vacuums” and subverting “fragile” states, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, voicing concern over the threat of global terror looming over the world.
Pakistan steps up military operation along Durand Line
MONITORING (SW) – Reuters has reported that Pakistan’s military has stepped up operations along the Durand Line with Afghanistan in recent weeks.
Zabuli child loses battle of life in a well
KABUL (SW) – Days-long operation has failed to rescue a child stranded in a well in Zabul province, officials confirmed on Friday.
Analysts warn against recruitment by militant groups
KABUL (SW) – Security analysts believe the rampant recruitment in Afghanistan by the armed militant groups pose grim threats to the peace and security of the country.
Pakistan’s Khyber Medical University to set up campus in Kabul
MONITORING (SW) – The Khyber Medical University of Pakistan has planned to set up its campus in Kabul, Afghanistan, to provide health education to Afghan students at their doorsteps.
MSF warns against measles outbreak in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The Doctors without Borders (MSF) has raised alarm over the measles outbreak in Afghanistan.
UN chief says conflict prevention, support to Afghanistan among main priorities
MONITORING (SW) – Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Islamic Emirate repeating past mistakes, says West
KABUL (SW) – Thomas West, the US State Department’s special envoy for Afghanistan, has said the Islamic Emirate was repeating a mistake that denied them a chance to rule the country in 2001.
