Mounting poverty causes concerns among Paktia residents
GARDEZ (SW) – Mounting poverty and joblessness have caused serious concerns among residents of southeastern Paktia province.
Category: Security
COVID-19 vaccination gains momentum in Farah
KABUL (SW) – Health officials in Farah have said at least 1000 people are receiving coronavirus vaccines here on daily basis.
IOM chief paints grim picture after two-day trip to Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Conflict and insecurity, grinding poverty exacerbated by an economy in freefall, severe drought and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed Afghanistan to the brink of collapse, said a top UN official.
Senior Taliban commander among many killed in Kabul hospital attack
KABUL (SW) – A Taliban military commander was killed when his men responded to an Islamic State suicide bomb and gun attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday.
Kabul rocked by blasts, gunfire
KABUL (SW) – Back-to-back blasts rocked the Afghan capital Kabul’s diplomatic enclave on Tuesday morning, eye-witnesses confirmed on Tuesday.
Poverty compels a family to sell off their three children
PUL-E-KHUMRI (SW) – Poverty has compelled a family in Baghlan province to sell off their three children to make ends meet.
UK pledges 50 million GBP for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The United Kingdom will give 50 million pounds (~68.42 million USD) to help those most at risk under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Tajikistan rejects reports of allowing China a military base
MONITORING (SW) – Authorities in Tajikistan have rejected reports about granting China the right to establish a military base.
FM of Turkmenistan meets Taliban leadership in Kabul
KABUL (SW) – Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Muradov met with Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki here on Saturday.
Ghani; a fugitive president or father of the nation
KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate an overwhelming majority of social media users have hailed Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s latest message of facilitating the national cricket team on victory against Scotland in the ICC T20 cricket World Cup 2021.
US announces $144 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The United States announced Thursday it is providing nearly $144 million in new humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, where millions of people could face acute hunger this winter unless aid arrives soon.
Analysts believe regional countries serving self interests in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Analysts believe the second meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries was for self-serving purpose of the parties involved in this moot in Tehran, Iran.
