Traders face grim challenges on international transactions
KABUL (SW) – Traders say they continue to face an array of problems in transactions of funds from and to abroad.
Category: Corruption
Tarinkot’s poppy market moved after Salam Watandar report
TARINKOT (SW) – Security officials in Uruzgan say the local poppy market is now closed after Salam Watandar published an exclusive report on it.
Pakistan extends deadline for supply of Indian wheat to Afghanistan
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.
Afghanistan facing malnutrition of unparalleled proportions
MONITORING (SW) – People in Afghanistan are facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions, said the UNHCR on Monday.
Call for the release of press freedom activist
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.
Trade activities via Spinboldak drope significantly
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.
Analysts see no early signs for recognition of Islamic Emirate internationally
KABUL (SW) – China has become the latest following Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Qatar and Russia to recognize the appointment of Afghan diplomats by the Islamic Emirate.
US envoy meets former president Karzai over girls’ schools
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.
Lack of a clear foreign policy makes Afghanistan vulnerable to foreign interference
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.
Blanket ban imposed on poppy cultivation
KABUL (SW) – Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, has issued a new decree banning poppy cultivation and any intoxicants throughout Afghanistan.
UNHCR chief calls for help for Afghans in neighboring countries
MONITORING (SW) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to help Afghan refugees and displaced communities in the neighboring countries.
Blasts in Herat claim five lives, 25 injured
HERAT CITY (SW) – Back-to-back bomb blasts in Herat province have claimed the lives of five people and injured 25 others, confirmed officials on Friday.
