Kanni Wignaraja, Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, who recently visited the country, told correspondents in New York that 69 per cent of Afghans are “subsistence insecure” – meaning they do not have enough basic resources. “Something that really hit me … was the harsh impact of continuous natural disasters,” she…
The report paints a bleak picture of socio-economic conditions since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with the erosion of women’s rights and a banking system near collapse, identified as major areas of concern. The Afghan economy has not recovered from the cumulative 27 per cent shrinkage experienced since 2020 and appears to…
A new publication from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, over 144 instances of torture and ill treatment, and 424 arbitrary arrests and detentions. ‘Betrayal of trust’ UN human…
Afghanistan continues to face a humanitarian crisis brought on by decades of instability, exacerbated by severe drought and natural disasters. As a result, millions are living with poor or no access to healthcare and food, putting them at severe risk of malnutrition and disease outbreaks. WHO added that the vulnerability of women and girls has further…
Afghanistan, one of the world’s largest producers of heroin and methamphetamine – most of it smuggled abroad – is home to an estimated 3.5 million drugs users, according to the UN. The worsening crisis has left most of the country’s drug treatment and rehabilitation centers struggling to cope. A walk through what is considered in…
File photo The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province was killed in a car bomb blast. According to Afghan media, the car bomb explosion took place in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province. Mehzodeen Ahmadi, head of Badakhshan province’s information office, told the media that Deputy Governor Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi and his driver were killed…
Afghanistan is one of the largest lithium reserves. The spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of Mining and Petroleum Humayun Afghan has said that several countries have shown interest in investing in lithium reserves. In a statement, Humayun Afghan said that China will invest up to 10 billion dollars in lithium reserves. The spokesman says that…
A female volunteer is administering polio drops to a girl at Lahore Railway Station. Afghanistan’s polio virus has arrived in Lahore, it has been decided to run the anti-polio campaign again. After confirming the environmental sample, the Punjab Polio Program said that the Afghanistan variant of polio was found in the sewage of Lahore. According…
