MONITORING (SW) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan, which claimed many civilian lives, including members of the Hazara Shia community and at least 16 children.
KABUL (SW) – Maternal mortality rates have risen significantly across the country, said officials at the Afghanistan Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association.
KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate that in the last seven months of the Islamic Emirate rule, nearly 45 million afghanis worth of money has been extorted from commuters at three spots in Kabul city alone.
KABUL (SW) – Traders say they continue to face an array of problems in transactions of funds from and to abroad.
TARINKOT (SW) – Security officials in Uruzgan say the local poppy market is now closed after Salam Watandar published an exclusive report on it.
MONITORING (SW) – The Pakistan government has extended the time period for transportation of 50,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of Indian wheat and life-saving medicines as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through the Attari-Wagah border.
MONITORING (SW) – People in Afghanistan are facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions, said the UNHCR on Monday.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) has called for the immediate release of Ghulam Rabbani, its provincial member in Ghor province, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate.
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – A number of traders in Kandahar say that trade on the Spinboldak highway has dropped by 50 percent due to the added levies and other problems.
KABUL (SW) – China has become the latest following Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Qatar and Russia to recognize the appointment of Afghan diplomats by the Islamic Emirate.
KABUL (SW) – The top US envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West has met former president Hamid Karzai to discuss the state of girls’ education in the country.
KABUL (SW) – Analysts fear the lack of a clear foreign policy vision by the Islamic Emirate would pave way for even greater foreign interference in Afghanistan.
