UNICEF: Severe winter weather conditions, with temperatures well below freezing in most of the country, have increased the number of acute respiratory infections. More than 25,000 cases were reported in December 2022 – double the number of cases reported in December in the last three years. Children under five make up 65 to 75 per
Tolo News: Female students in grade 6-12 still face an uncertain future as Sunday marks 500 days that schools have been closed for girls in those grades. The students said the closed schools have faced them with psychological problems and mental pressure. Click here to read more (external link). Related Girls React to Ban on
AP: Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs, with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said on January 26. The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout
Dawn: The genomic sequencing of the only poliovirus, detected from the sewage water in Pakistan during the current year, shows that the virus belongs to Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were together in their fight against polio virus. “While the isolation of the virus
BBC News: “I call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school, even if the gates are shut.” Professor Ismail Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan. Slender and well dressed, he is a mixture of
Sarah Zaman VOA News January 22, 2023 WASHINGTON — Every morning, in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kabul, Afghanistan, girls secretly gather in a house to study, something that millions of girls around the world do freely. As the global community marks International Day of Education on Tuesday, Afghanistan is the only country where girls
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: The international Save the Children organization has resumed operations in some parts of Afghanistan after it received assurances that its female staff would be able to work safely in the country. “We’re restarting some activities in Afghanistan… where we’ve received clear, reliable assurances from relevant authorities that our female staff will be
Reuters: Thousands of Afghan children have been hospitalized this winter with pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses amid a massive humanitarian crisis brought on by the de facto Taliban takeover of the country in 2021. The country has been hit by a massive cut in much-needed international aid, as well as by Western sanctions and a
NPR: Even in wealthy, developed nations with advanced technologies, heavy machinery and readily available protective equipment, mining can be a dangerous and sometimes deadly job. In Afghanistan, where much of the coal is mined by hand, every descent into the bowels of this mountain is a gamble. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that at least 75,000 cases of measles have been recorded in the country in 2022. The ministry said that more than 300 children have died from the disease illness over the past year. Doctors said that lack of vaccination among children is one of the