Kabul residents panicked by the house search drive
KABUL (SW) – The intense house-to-house raids and checking by the Islamic Emirate forces in Kabul has caused panic and concerns among the residents.
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US authorizes commercial transactions with Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license authorizing all commercial transactions with Afghanistan’s governing institutions, expanding recently announced exemptions from sanctions against the Taliban and the Haqqani network.
Major reshuffle sees 20 individuals posted at key positions
KABUL (SW) – In a major reshuffle, at least 20 individuals have been appointed at key government posts by the Islamic Emirate authorities.
UN mourns killing of 8 polio vaccinators in Kunduz, Takhar
MONITORING (SW) – Eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan were killed on Friday while carrying out their life-saving work.
3.2 million children to suffer from acute malnutrition
KABUL (SW) – The UN Children Fund has said in a fresh report that across Afghanistan, around 3.2 million children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition this year.
Boy, girl flogged in Ghor over ‘illicit’ affair
GHOR (SW) – A young coupe has been publicly flogged in Ghor province on the charge of extramarital affair, confirmed officials on Wednesday.
IE forces directed not to shoot at suspects
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has instructed the Kabul Police Command in a five-point instruction that the security forces must not shoot anyone during the inspection.
‘Access to health care remains a major concern for majority of Afghans’
MONITORING (SW) – The International Committee of Red Cross has warned that the access to health care remains a major concern for a vast majority of Afghans as thousands of health facilities have closed or are not functioning anymore, and most people can’t afford treatment in private clinics anymore nor travel to neighbouring countries.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to cause havoc in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – In recent years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been able to improve patients’ experiences of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), but the changing political situation threatens to derail this progress, writes Anita Mesic, MSF tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and hepatitis adviser.
24.4 million Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance
MONITORING (SW) – At least 24.4 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance, which is a 30% increase from a year ago, said the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Women public servants asked to wear hijab or quit
KABUL (SW) – All female government employees have been advised by the Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil of the Islamic Emirate to either wear the hijab or quit.
4350 individuals expelled from Islamic Emirate ranks
KABUL (SW) – Thousands of ‘undesirable’ individuals have been sacked and removed from the ranks of the security forces, said a senior Islamic Emirate official on Monday.
