MAZAR-E SHARIF CITY (SW) – Some journalists in Balkh province say that the dual approach of local officials towards visual and auditory media has made it difficult for them to access information when needed.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate officials have stated that in over two and a half years, more than a thousand ancient artifacts discovered from the Aynak copper mine in Logar province, which have been transferred to the National Museum in Kabul city.
KABUL (SW) – In July 2023, the Islamic Emirate ordered the cessation of all Sweden activities in Afghanistan in protest against the burning of the Holy Quran in that country by an Iraqi-origin citizen. Following this decision, significant portions of the Swedish Committee’s activities for Afghanistan were halted, and as of a week ago, all its operations have come to a complete standstill.
KABUL (SW) – On Monday, the de-facto government of the Islamic Emirate has signed contracts worth 4 billion Afghanis for four projects in the electricity production and establishment of commercial center with private companies. The signing took place in a meeting at the Government Information and Media Center (GIMC), attended by senior officials and members of this government’s cabinet.
KABUL (SW) – Khobaib Ghofran, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC), stated that the de-facto government has pledged comprehensive cooperation to MCC Chinese Company for the extraction and exploration of the Aynak copper mine in Logar only if considering the preservation of historical heritage.
KABUL (SW) – Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, says that “This is a desperately sad time” for Afghanistan and every day going forward, as long as the ban remains in place.
KABULL (SW) – To mark the beginning of the new academic year, officials at the Juvenile Detention Center have pardoned a number of child offenders’ term here.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have discarded allegations levelled by former top US generals about the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW)) – The school bells rang on Wednesday for a new academic year with no signs for the reopening of girls schools above grade
KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Abdul Kabir, Acting Deputy Prim Minister for Political Affairs at the cabinet of the Islamic Emirate, said in a meeting with Zhao Xing, the Chinese Ambassador in Kabul, that the Islamic Emirate wants to be invited as an observer member in the upcoming meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
KABUL (SW) – The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed concern about increasing restrictions on female journalists in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – A day after a US senator claimed that the Islamic Emirate misused humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the officials in the Ministry of Economy of the de-facto government say that governmental departments have no involvement in the process of distributing humanitarian aid to the needy.
