MONITORING (SW) – A total of 41 donor countries pledged more than $2.44 billion towards the United Nations $4.4 billion appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, the world body said on Thursday, as international concerns grew over the Taliban denying girls a secondary education.
GHAZNI CITY (SW) – The closure of secondary schools for girls has casted a negative shadow on the minds of younger students in Ghazni province.
MONITORING (SW) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan to do their best to support the Afghan people to create a brighter future.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Federation of Journalists and Media has painted a grim picture of press freedom in the country.
MONITORING (SW) – The Islamic Emirate’s Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting the Evil has confirmed that last month it sent a letter to all government departments asking officials there to grow beards and wear skull caps.
KABUL (SW) – The interim foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Mutaqqi has reached Beijing to attend a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries’ foreign ministers.
MONITORING (SW) – The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country’s ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said.
MONITORING (SW) – Achim Steiner, director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has called on the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to reconsider their decision on girls’ education and press freedom.
MAIDAN CITY (SW) – At least three people got killed and two more injured following a landsliding in Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday, confirmed officials.
MONITORING (SW) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the third Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries in China on March 30 and 31. Analysts said the meeting will focus on humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and call on the US to return the Afghan people’s assets.
KANDAHAR CITY ( SW) – The local head of a Salam Watandar radio network partner station in Kandahar has been kept in custody by the forces of the Islamic Emirate for hours before being released.
MONITORING (SW) -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has warned that neglecting agriculture would be a grave strategic mistake that could lead to a systemic collapse, and an even larger humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
