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.
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.
MONITORING (SW) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the third Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries in China on March 30 and 31. Analysts said the meeting will focus on humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and call on the US to return the Afghan people’s assets.
KANDAHAR CITY ( SW) – The local head of a Salam Watandar radio network partner station in Kandahar has been kept in custody by the forces of the Islamic Emirate for hours before being released.
MONITORING (SW) -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has warned that neglecting agriculture would be a grave strategic mistake that could lead to a systemic collapse, and an even larger humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay.
KABUL (SW) -The Islamic Emirate authorities have defended banning telecast of the international broadcasters’ local language programmes in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Condemnation of the Islamic Emirate’s move to close the school doors for girls continued on Sunday with the women rights group demanding reopening.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States abruptly cancelled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan’s Islamist rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes.
KABUL (SW) – Top Islamic Emirate officials have engaged in a marathon round of consultations in Kandahar over Afghanistan’s future government system, the national flag and other key matters.
MONITORING (SW) – The Human Rights Watch has charged the Islamic Emirate authorities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province to have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders.
