MONITORING (SW) – At a regional conference on Afghanistan, foreign ministers of neighboring countries urged those countries primarily responsible for Afghanistan’s current plight to fulfill their commitments to the country’s economic reconstruction and development.
MONITORING (SW) – A total of 41 donor countries pledged more than $2.44 billion towards the United Nations $4.4 billion appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, the world body said on Thursday, as international concerns grew over the Taliban denying girls a secondary education.
KABUL (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate has called on countries in the region to support his government in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – Two key meetings on the Afghan situation convened in China’s Anhui Province on Thursday, with one, the Troika Plus meeting, the first occasion where representatives from Russia and the US sat together since the start of the Ukraine crisis.
KABUL (SW) – At least five people have lost their lives to road accidents in Nangarhar, Maidan Wardak and Helmand provinces, authorities confirmed on Thursday.
GHAZNI CITY (SW) – The closure of secondary schools for girls has casted a negative shadow on the minds of younger students in Ghazni province.
MONITORING (SW) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan to do their best to support the Afghan people to create a brighter future.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Federation of Journalists and Media has painted a grim picture of press freedom in the country.
MONITORING (SW) – The Islamic Emirate’s Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting the Evil has confirmed that last month it sent a letter to all government departments asking officials there to grow beards and wear skull caps.
KABUL (SW) – The interim foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Mutaqqi has reached Beijing to attend a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries’ foreign ministers.
MONITORING (SW) – The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country’s ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said.
MONITORING (SW) – Achim Steiner, director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has called on the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to reconsider their decision on girls’ education and press freedom.
