MSF warns against measles outbreak in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The Doctors without Borders (MSF) has raised alarm over the measles outbreak in Afghanistan.
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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.
WHO delivers medical aid to stranded families in Badakhshan
KABUL (SW) – After months of almost no access to medical services, the World Health Organization joined a team that transported by air essential medicines for the most inaccessible communities of Darwaz Districts in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan on 15 February.
“Richest country blatantly plundering the wealth of the poorest”
MONITORING (SW) – Amid ongoing condemnation of the US over split of Afghan state funds by the President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry too has criticized Washington over the move.
Islamic Emirate appoints women representative in Badakhshan
FAIZABAD (SW) – A woman has been picked for the first time since the recent developments in the country by the Islamic Emirate to represent the Badakhshan women.
HRW thrashes Biden for splitting Afghan state funds
MONITORING (SW) – The Human Rights Watch has thrashed US President Joe Biden for splitting Afghanistan’s state assets worth billions of dollars.
Islamic Emirate adopts humanitarian declaration in Geneva
MONITORING (SW) – The Geneva Call aid group has announced that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has adopted a humanitarian declaration after high-level discussions in Geneva.
Visa applicants dismayed over Pakistani Embassy’s reluctance
KABUL (SW) – The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul has been making visa applicants wait for months without issuing or rejecting their applications, said a number of complainants.
MoHE asks university teachers to return to country
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Higher Education has issued a statement urging all university professors who have left the country following recent developments to return to Afghanistan.
‘Despite improvements, situation in Afghanistan is still dire’
MONITORING (SW) – The WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that despite some improvements in Afghanistan’s health sector, the situation in the country is still dire and acute humanitarian crisis still threatens lives.
Government employees assured of timely salary payments
KABUL (SW) – All government employees would receive their salaries on time from now onward, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and deputy director of publications for the Ministry of Information and Culture has promised.
