8am: A child has been mysteriously killed in the Qaisar district of Faryab province, local sources say. The cause of child murder is not clear yet, local Taliban authorities stressed. Meanwhile, three children were abducted in Herat province yesterday and the level of criminal offenses in the country has increased. Click here to read more
8am: The health official claims that the implementation of the corona vaccine in Parwan province with the exception of Kabul has been higher than in other provinces, saying that about 15 percent of people over the age of 18 had been vaccinated in different parts of the province. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 22, 2021 The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as the war-torn country teeters on the brink of a humanitarian crisis after Taliban militants seized power in August. The resolution, approved unanimously on December 22, says the “payment of funds,
Al Jazeera: Amid the kitsch hotels and eerie off-season silence, a new community is adjusting to life outside their homeland. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Afghanistan will host a three-nation Muay Thai competition between athletes from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials said. The Muay Thai competition will be held in the southwestern province of Nimroz on Thursday, officials said, adding that more than 100 athletes will participate. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Athletes
NPR: Spiegel and other observers say sanctions imposed by the U.N. are the reason. Many countries that previously contributed huge sums to Afghanistan have stopped donating. The idea behind the sanctions is to encourage the Taliban, which took over in August, to abandon the kinds of human rights abuses that marked their previous turn in
8am: A three-day polio vaccine campaign has been launched in Nimruz province, local sources say. “The implementation of the polio vaccine has been very effective in preventing the spread of polio,” said Mullah Abdul Rahman Abdullah, head of the Nimruz Public Health Department to Hasht-e Subh. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 21, 2021 ISLAMABAD — A group of 46 mostly Democratic lawmakers Monday wrote a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, pressing him to “conscientiously but urgently” take steps to help avert a looming humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. The lawmakers asked Biden to quickly ease ongoing punitive sanctions and unblock the Afghan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 20, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August has had a “dramatic” impact on the country’s media, with more than four out of every 10 media outlets having disappeared and 60 percent of journalists and other media workers no longer being able to work.