Khaama: The Iranian government stopped issuing special bank cards to Afghan refugees some time ago, making it difficult for them to buy bread from bakeries, Shargh Daily reported. The newspaper has also highlighted that Afghan refugees are faced with similar restrictions to benefit from other public services in Iran. Click here to read more (external
dpa: A former judge has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor, local media reported on May 7. Two men riding a motorbike targeted Mohammad Nazir Manawi in the provincial capital, Firozkoh, as he was returning home from the local mosque, local broadcaster Salam Watandar reported. The men managed to
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 6, 2023 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan on Saturday hosted top diplomats from neighboring China and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for a trilateral dialogue that seeks to promote regional security, trade, transit, and counterterrorism collaboration. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who faces United Nations travel restrictions, was granted a waiver to attend the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal May 6, 2023 Pakistan is hosting talks on May 6 with China and Taliban-led Afghanistan. The Taliban administration’s interim foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, who has long been subjected to a UN travel ban, asset freeze, and arms embargo, was granted an exemption to travel to Pakistan by a UN Security Council
The Hill: The Biden administration has extended a temporary fix to allow Afghan refugees to continue to live and work in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a release on Friday that Afghan nationals who arrived in the U.S. under humanitarian grounds through Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), which allowed vulnerable Afghans
Ariana: Heavy rains killed four people and injured 25 others in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Friday night, authorities said on Saturday. The tragedy happened in Kama district. Three hundred houses were damaged as a result of the heavy rains in the district. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Badakhshan is at the top of the list, with records of 251 suicide attempts. The psychologists believe that many suicide attempts in Afghanistan are due to economic hardships and family violence. Click here to read more (external link). Related Elderly Man Takes His Own Life in Takhar Province
8am: Sources told Hasht-e Subh that some farmers went to the province’s agriculture department on Wednesday, May 3, and protested. These farmers asked the Taliban’s agriculture department to collaborate with them in controlling the prices of their crops in the markets and to manage the price fluctuations throughout the day, which often drop from 100
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS May 5, 2023 Foreign ministers from several states during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial firmly expressed concerns over the Taliban’s inability to stem the terrorist tide in Afghanistan, although barbs, some quite vicious, exchanged between India’s top diplomat and his Pakistani counterpart seized the headlines, potentially diluting the impact of the