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Unprecedented growth in the number of working children in Mazar-e-Sharif

New statistics from the Taliban Department of Labor and Social Affairs in Balkh province show that the number of working children in Mazar-e-Sharif has increased by 70%.
Thursday, 16 June , 2022
Russia’s National Security Adviser: The United States and the West are responsible for the damage done to Afghanistan

Russia’s national security adviser, Nikolai Patrushev, has said in a recent statement that the United States and the West are responsible for the damage done to Afghanistan and should start rebuilding Afghanistan instead of continuing to worry about worsening the situation.
Sunday, 12 June , 2022
US senators call for a review of the security situation of Afghan refugees

Several senior Republican senators have called on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to reconsider the case of refugees evacuated from Afghanistan.
Thursday, 9 June , 2022
Heather Barr: The Taliban have no problem with the hair and face of female foreign media presenters

“The Taliban do not have a problem with the hair and face of female media executives, and the group’s rules are only for Afghan women,” said Heather Barr, deputy director of the Asian section of Human Rights Watch.
Wednesday, 8 June , 2022
5000 Afghans are waiting to receive German visas

About 5,000 Afghans are registered with the visa offices of the German embassies in the capitals of Pakistan and India.
Tuesday, 7 June , 2022
Female Athletes: The Taliban have barred women from entering the stadium

Some female athletes claim that the Taliban have prevented them from entering and playing in some women’s stadiums in Kabul.
Monday, 6 June , 2022
The symbol of Jerusalem was unveiled in “Kabul”

The unveiling ceremony of the symbol of Jerusalem in Kabul was attended by Taliban government officials and a group of people.
Sunday, 29 May , 2022
$ 400 million in UN assistance to the people of Afghanistan

The United Nations has provided $ 413 million in immediate livelihood assistance to the people of Afghanistan this year. SIGAR, or the US Special Inspector General, announced $ 413 million in immediate livelihood assistance to the Afghan people. Earlier, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) issued a joint statement […]
Saturday, 28 May , 2022
Thomas Nicholson: Attacking education is attacking Afghanistan’s future

EU Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas Nicholson said in response to the killing of an Afghan-Turkish school principal in Kandahar that an attack on education was an attack on the future of Afghanistan and its youth.
Friday, 27 May , 2022
Turkish police beat Afghan refugees

According to local media reports, Turkish police have violently cracked down on protests by Afghan refugees and beaten them.
Tuesday, 24 May , 2022
Russia criticizes the West for freezing Afghanistan’s assets

Russia’s foreign minister lamented that the Afghans had suffered the consequences of a 20-year NATO presence.
Sunday, 22 May , 2022
The United Nations has called for food insecurity in Afghanistan

In a catastrophic report calling the level of food insecurity in Afghanistan, the United Nations said that about 20 million people face severe hunger.
Saturday, 21 May , 2022
SIGAR: By the middle of this year, nearly one million people in Afghanistan will lose their jobs

The US Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said, citing an International Labor Organization assessment, that more than 500,000 Afghan workers lost their jobs in the third quarter of 2021.
Friday, 20 May , 2022
UN: Taliban decision on women makes it more challenging to engage with the international community

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Kabul (UNAMA) has criticized the Taliban’s mandatory decision about face veils.
Thursday, 19 May , 2022
Taliban warn of social media activists

The Taliban intelligence directorate in Helmand province has warned social media activists to refrain from publishing criticism and anti-government news.
Friday, 13 May , 2022
UNICEF criticizes the closure of girls’ schools in Afghanistan

NICEF officials say that if the girls of Afghanistan do not have access to education as soon as possible, the future of more than one million girls in the country will remain bleak.
Thursday, 12 May , 2022
United Nations: Afghanistan is facing acute hunger

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says the country faces severe starvation due to the long wars in Afghanistan. The agency says that due to war, climate change, and economic problems, people starving in various countries have reached 193 million. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan also announced that the number […]
Tuesday, 10 May , 2022
The Taliban forced women to cover their faces.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil held a meeting to announce a guideline entitled “Islamic Hijab.”
Monday, 9 May , 2022
Ban on driving licenses for women in Herat

Taliban government officials in Herat province have warned driving school instructors against issuing licenses to women. “We have been verbally telling not to issue driving licenses to women anymore, but we have not received any instructions to prevent women from driving in the city,” said the Herat Urban Traffic Management Institute director, which oversees driving […]
Sunday, 8 May , 2022
Reporters Without Borders: The United Nations must take immediate action to protect journalists in Afghanistan

Reporters Without Borders wrote a letter to Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in Afghanistan, calling for immediate action to protect journalists and the freedom of the media in the country.
Thursday, 5 May , 2022