CNN: On Monday, the CDC said it was suspending the import of dogs from more than 100 countries, including Afghanistan, where rabies is a problem. The agency said it had been given falsified rabies certificates, seen the import of three rabies-infected dogs since 2015 and was stretched beyond thin by the coronavirus pandemic response. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 16, 2021 Amnesty International is urging the Afghan authorities to investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of a recent series of deadly attacks against civilians amounting to war crimes. “The targeting of civilians with near total impunity continues unabated,” Samira Hamidi, the London-based human rights watchdog’s South Asia campaigner,
Tolo News: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), referring to the killing of at least five polio vaccinators in the eastern province of Nangarhar, on Wednesday said that the attack on health workers, including the polio vaccinators, will cause the paralysis of more children in Afghanistan. The health ministry said that security threats in
VOA News June 16, 2021 The International Criminal Court has sworn in a top international defense lawyer as its new prosecutor. British lawyer Karim Khan inherits investigations from outgoing prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in unsettled areas, such as the Palestinian territories, Myanmar and Afghanistan. The 51-year-old Khan, who previously led the United Nations’ special team investigating
Tolo News: Despite a 1-1 draw against India on Tuesday night’s qualifying match for the World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023, Afghanistan has only qualified for the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Afghanistan’s football team is no longer in the running for the World Cup 2022. Click here to read
Tehran Times: Tehran-based Afghan photographer Fatimah Hossaini has put the spotlight in her latest collection on the beauty of her homeland’s women that for years has been hidden under the rubble of war. The collection named “Beauty amid War” is currently on view in an exhibit at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 15, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would need support from the United States to protect Kabul’s international airport if it were to maintain troops in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of other NATO troops. Turkey is also seeking Pakistan and Hungary’s involvement in a new mission in
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 15, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Officials in conflict-torn Afghanistan said Tuesday gunmen had shot dead at least five polio vaccinators and injured several others in separate attacks in eastern Nangarhar province. Afghanistan and its neighbor Pakistan are the only two countries in the world where the crippling polio disease remains endemic.