MONITORING (SW) – The Pakistan government has extended the time period for transportation of 50,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of Indian wheat and life-saving medicines as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through the Attari-Wagah border.
MONITORING (SW) – People in Afghanistan are facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions, said the UNHCR on Monday.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) has called for the immediate release of Ghulam Rabbani, its provincial member in Ghor province, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate.
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – A number of traders in Kandahar say that trade on the Spinboldak highway has dropped by 50 percent due to the added levies and other problems.
KABUL (SW) – China has become the latest following Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Qatar and Russia to recognize the appointment of Afghan diplomats by the Islamic Emirate.
KABUL (SW) – The top US envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West has met former president Hamid Karzai to discuss the state of girls’ education in the country.
KABUL (SW) – Analysts fear the lack of a clear foreign policy vision by the Islamic Emirate would pave way for even greater foreign interference in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, has issued a new decree banning poppy cultivation and any intoxicants throughout Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to help Afghan refugees and displaced communities in the neighboring countries.
HERAT CITY (SW) – Back-to-back bomb blasts in Herat province have claimed the lives of five people and injured 25 others, confirmed officials on Friday.
