Bamyan residents demand US to unfreeze Afghan state assets
BAMYAN (SW) – Dozens of Bamyan residents took to the streets on Monday demanding the US to unfreeze Afghan state assets.
Category: Soceity
“West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan”
MONITORING (SW) – The west has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country, according to David Miliband, the former UK foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee.
State-owned bread factory resumes operations in Kabul
KABUL (SW) -The state-owned bread factory ‘Silo Markazi’ in Kabul, has been reactivated and has resumed production after decades of production stoppage.
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.
New UNICEF representative takes charge in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Dr. Mohamed Ag Ayoya, of Mali, has assumed his responsibilities as UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, confirmed an official statement.
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.
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.
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.
Operation underway in Zabul to save the stranded child
KABUL (SW) – A major operation has been underway in Zabul province to save a stranded children fallen in a well.
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.
