Category: Security

Circulation of counterfeit currencies raises concerns in Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY ( SW) – Circulation of counterfeit currencies, especially the US dollar, in Ghazni markets has raised concerns among money changers, traders and shopkeepers in the province.

Right of access to information gets severely restricted

KABUL (SW) – Media houses and journalists across Afghanistan continue to face challenges nearly seven months on since the establishment of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.

Poppy cultivation on the rise in Helmand

LASHKARGAH (SW) – There has been an evident spike in the poppy cultivation in Helmand province also acknowledged by the Islamic Emirate officials with concerns.

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation begins operations in Kabul

KABUL (SW) – The Director General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation office in Afghanistan, Dr Muhammad Saeed Al-Ayash, has assumed office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday 4 March 2022.

Funds sought to revive media houses facing closure

LASHKARGAH (SW) – The Islamic Emirate is seeking international funds to support and revive media houses facing eminent closure, said an official on Sunday.

Five of a family killed in Herat

HERAT CITY (SW) – Five members of a single family in Herat have been killed by unknown assailants, said officials on Saturday

Haqqani urges Afghans abroad to return, serve the nation

MONITORING (SW) – Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, had urged Afghans who have left the country after the fall of the previous government, to return and serve the nation.

Russia’s defence ministry announces a ceasefire in Ukraine

MONITORING (SW) – Russian forces have declared a ceasefire to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.

All 34 provinces facing crisis of acute food insecurity

MONITORING (SW) – The World Food Program has said that 22.8 million people – half of the population – are projected to be acutely food insecure in 2022,1 including 8.7 million at risk of famine-like conditions.

Blast in a Paktia mosque claims two lives

MONITORING (SW) – A blast at a mosque in Paktia province on Friday killed two people and injured six others.

Suicide attack in Peshawar claims dozens of lives

MONITORING (SW) – A suicide blast inside a Shia mosque shook Peshawar’s Kocha Risaldar area on Friday, with hospital officials saying at least 30 bodies were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital.