Category: Peace

Stranded Afghans in India demand safe return

KABUL (SW) – Afghan citizens stranded in India are reeling from the suspension of flights to and from Afghanistan with the rise to power of the Taliban in Kabul.

70 % media houses cease operations with advent of the Islamic Emirate

KABUL (SW) – In the wake of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, up to 70 % independent media operations have ceased to exist.

Leaders of Pakistan, Tajikistan talk over phone about Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke by telephone with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon about the situation in Afghanistan.

Three civilians, including a journalist, killed by gunmen

KABUL (SW) – Unknown assailants killed three civilians, including a journalist, in Nangarhar province late on Saturday.

Female teachers in Baghlan in despair

PUL-I-KHUMRI (SW) – There has been a significant drop in the number of female teachers in Baghlan province.

DAB drained USD stockpiles before Taliban came to power

MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan’s central bank had drained dollar stockpile weeks before the Taliban takeover of the country, reported Reuters.

UNICEF delivers 32 metric tons of medical aid to Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived today in Kabul through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Air bridge.

‘3 people killed in Ghor for being Hazaras’

GHOR (SW) – At least three people got killed by unknown attackers in Ghor province for being associated with the ethnic Shiite-Hazara minority, said sources on Wednesday.

Female health workers, teachers demand salaries, rights

KABUL (SW) – A number of female health workers and educators have demanded the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate to pay their outstanding salaries pending since three months.

Taliban to enact constitution from the era of King Zahir Shah

KABUL (SW) – Abdul Hakim Sharia, Acting Minister of Justice of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, has announced the temporary implementation of the constitutional law from the era of late King Mohammad Zahir Shah.