Russia says that the US is using illegal armed groups in Afghanistan to destabilize the region. In the future, the terrorist activities of these groups may spread to neighboring countries. Speaking at an event in Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigov said that Afghanistan is still a center of instability. He said that after the…
Third case of polio has been reported in Afghanistan this year. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, the polio case was reported in Nazian district of Nangarhar province. All three cases of polio in Afghanistan have been reported in Nangarhar. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); },…
bill to: Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, met the Chinese Ambassador to the capital, Wang Yu, at his office. According to Afghan media, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Chinese ambassador said that China has maintained normal relations with Afghanistan and…
Floods cause widespread destruction in Afghanistan; Several killed (Photo: File) bill to: 4 women and a child were washed away in a flash flood in Afghanistan’s Ghor province. According to the Afghan media, rivers flooded due to continuous rains in Ferozkoh city of Ghor province and flood waters entered residential areas. Riley crushed everything that…
“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country – grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters, and egregious human rights abuses – too many people have forgotten that Afghanistan is a children’s rights crisis,” he said, warning that the situation is getting worse. Young lives at risk This year, some 2.3 million Afghan boys and…
File photo Maulvi Abdul Kabir has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Afghanistan. According to Afghan media, the supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, appointed Maulvi Abdul Kabir as the new prime minister. According to reports, Maulvi Abdul Kabir will replace Mullah Muhammad Hasan Akhund as the Prime Minister. Maulvi Abdul…
File photo The first case of polio was reported in Afghanistan this year. According to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, a 4-year-old child was disabled by polio in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The NIH has said that 1 to 2 cases of wild poliovirus have been reported in the world this year. The National Institute…
The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme Court in favour of punishments including stoning, flogging and burying people under a wall. Women most vulnerable The de facto deputy chief of the court,…
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted in the country’s north and northeast. FAO said that a “full outbreak” this year could destroy up to 1.2 million metric tonnes of wheat, or a quarter of the total annual harvest. FAO Representative in Afghanistan Richard Trenchard said…
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and must cease,” said UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the death penalty. She called on the de facto authorities to establish an “immediate moratorium” on executions. Flogging and stoning In a new report, UNAMA said that…
