Category: Security

Analysts see the US, Allies responsible for the crisis in Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – Analysts see the US and Allies responsible for the uncertainty and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

UNSC to hold a meeting on Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Thursday in connection with the latest developments.

Top EU diplomat meets Sirajuddin Haqqani

KABUL (SW) – Tomas Niklasson, Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan has met with Sirajuddin Haqqani, interior minister for the Isalmic Emirate, said an official statement.

“World does not have the authority to decide on the hijab of our sisters”

MONITORING (SW) – Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, head of the Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil, has said the world does not have the authority to decide on the hhijabin Afghanistan.

Pressure On Taliban to protect Afghan women’s rights: US

MONITORING (SW) – The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own.

Ruling on hijab creates new hurdles for female public servants

KABUL (SW) – The new ruling on hijab for women has created additional problems for female public servants, Salam Watandar has learnt.

SIGAR says 900,000 people will lose their jobs

MONITORING (SW) – The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has said that by the middle of this year, 900,000 people in Afghanistan will lose their jobs.

Cabinet approves plan to address ‘professional’ begging

KABUL (SW) – The cabinet of the Islamic Emirate has approved a plan to address the problems of beggars and prevent ‘professional’ begging.

Top EU diplomat raises concers over rights situation

KABUL (SW) – Top EU diplomat in Afghanistan has shared the international community’s concern regarding human rights situation with the Islamic Emirate.

Drug trade continues meters away from governor’s office despite the ban

TARIN KOT (SW) – Hundreds of people visit the “opium market” every day in the city of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan, which is located 50 meters from the provincial governor’s office, and freely sell and buy drugs.

Armed feuds in Helmand kill two people

LASHKARGAH (SW) – Local officials in Helmand say separate clashes among residents of Marjah, Nad Ali and Babaji districts of the province left at least two people killed and seven other injured.