Reuters: The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country’s ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said. Click here to read more (external link). Other Economic News Faced with life-threatening hunger, thousands labor in
Ariana: National Statistics and Information Administration of Afghanistan (NSIA), estimated Afghanistan population more than 34 million. In an event held by NSIA under the name of Publication of the Statistical Yearbook of 1400, on Wednesday in capital Kabul the administration said that their survey found total population is 34.3 million – 17.5 million (51%) are
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2022 U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music for a performance in Lisbon, Portugal, where the Afghan musicians have sought asylum. Ma joined young Afghan and Portuguese musicians for the performance of a Mozart piece on March 29 on a small stage at
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province have reported that for the past three days, there has been a heavy clash between Taliban militants and the National Resistance Forces in the villages of Kasa Tarash and Qasan Dara in Andarab province. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The detainees’ relatives have stated that they have no connection with any resistance group. Despite the general amnesty announcements, mysterious killings, tortures, and field trials by Taliban militants have recently increased. There are several reports from different parts of the country, reporting violence against human rights by Taliban militants. Click here to read more
Qamar Niazi, a teacher from Helmand Province, called RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi to express her distress with the Taliban’s decision to close secondary girls’ schools in Afghanistan just hours after they reopened on March 23. International organizations and world governments have called on the Taliban to reconsider the decision immediately. Related EU: Decision on Girls’ Schools
Tolo News: Afghan health officials on Monday said they are optimistic about the reduction of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan, highlighting that only 38 people have died across the country in the past 3 months. Jawid Hazhir, the spokesman of the Ministry of the Public Health (MoPH), said that more than 2,400 people were infected with
8am: Hasht-e Subh has obtained documents, indicating that Afghanistan’s Consulate Authorities in Mashhad, have been involved in extreme corruption and financial theft case. Click here to read more (external link).