Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health said that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have provided financial aid to around 70 percent of health centers in 34 provinces of Afghanistan. “These two organizations fund 2,568 health centers, which support 71% of the health sector,” said Javid Hajir, spokesman
8am: The National Resistance Front (NRF) has reported that the clash between National Resistance Front forces and Taliban militants has ended after three days in Rokha district of Panjshir province. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Taliban’s decree on banning opium cultivation and trafficking comes out when the farmers in the opium and poppy fields have already finished the process of cultivation and production of opium. In such a scenario, banning opium harvesting is nothing more than trying to deceive the world. The decision will only enable the Taliban
Ariana: The majority of Afghans want to leave their homeland for good, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. The survey of 2,002 Afghan adults in August and September last year found that a record 53 percent would leave their country if they had the chance. Gallup said that the percentage, one of the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 4, 2022 One of the Taliban’s first moves upon seizing power in Afghanistan was to take extreme measures to tackle the country’s drug epidemic. To that end, thousands of addicts have been rounded up, beaten, and marched off to prison, where they have been forced to go cold turkey among hardened
Ariana: China has accredited diplomats appointed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to the Afghan embassy in Beijing, IEA’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has said. Muttaqi made the announcement after China hosted multinational meetings on Afghanistan last week. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: “There were many centers last year. We had over 1,200 centers, but, as we all know, support for fighting COVID-19 stopped with the political changes and the return of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, so the number of centers was reduced,” said Jawid Hazhir, Spokesman of MoPH. Click here to read more (external
8am: Armed clashes between National Resistance Front (NRF) Forces and Taliban militants in the Rokha district of Panjshir left 3 Taliban members killed 5 other fighters injured. According to Local eyewitnesses, a bridge, which was connecting the villages of Hesarak, Golzangar and Morshtan to the center of Rokha district, is exploded by National Resistance Front
Tolo News: All conditions have been facilitated for the resumption of extraction at the Mes-Aynak copper mine, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said on Sunday. Mes Aynak is the largest copper mine in Afghanistan. Based on the agreement which was signed between the Afghan government and the MCC, China will extract 6.8 billion