Ayaz Gul VOA News March 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban reopened schools in Afghanistan after the winter break Wednesday but continued a ban on grade seven to 12 girls, saying they still need time to draw up a plan for them in line with Islamic law or Sharia. The move swiftly drew domestic and international
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 22, 2022 Afghanistan is already mired in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster marked by widespread hunger, economic collapse, and the mass displacement of people. Now an extremely contagious viral disease — measles — is thriving in the country’s weakened state. Those issues have caused “irreparable damage” to Afghan children, according to
BBC: Every few seconds a sick child is brought in to the emergency room of the main hospital in Lashkar Gah in a race against time to save the youngest casualties of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis. Amidst the heart-rending sound of dozens of hungry babies crying, and desperate pleas for help from their mothers, nurses scramble
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 14, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A week-long measles vaccination campaign is underway in Afghanistan where the World Health Organization (WHO) says the extremely contagious viral disease has killed 142 children and infected 18,000 since the start of the year. “This measles immunization campaign is part of the national response measure to stop
The Guardian (UK): Since August, secondary school girls from grade 7 and up have effectively been banned from education. While the Taliban claims the restrictions are temporary, saying they want to create the right Islamic environment for girls to learn, Afghanistan remains the world’s only country where girls are barred from education. Click here to
8am: Based on the Doctors Without Borders report, Afghanistan will witness a significant increase in measles disease within the next six months in case a nationwide measles vaccination campaign is not launched. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: As many as eight children die each day from malnutrition at just one hospital in Kabul, a reliable source told Ariana News on Wednesday. According to the source, who asked not to be named, the deaths have happened at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Akmal Dawi VOA News March 7, 2022 Afghanistan faces a serious risk of backtracking to its notoriously high maternal mortality rates because of sudden drops in foreign funding, a shortage of health care workers, mobility restrictions and worsening poverty, health professionals have told VOA. More than 1,600 Afghan mothers were dying for every 100,000 live
8am: Local sources in Paghman district of Kabul province have reported that the Taliban forces’ vehicle killed a child named Ahmad in the district. Though there have been several similar cases reported, there has not been any action taken by the Taliban authorities against the culprits. The citizens call on the Taliban authorities to control
Ariana: Afghanistan’s education ministry is planning to segregate schools by gender, officials said on Sunday. There will be schools only for boys and there will be schools only for girls, according to officials. In areas where it is not possible to have separate schools for girls and boys, they will go to the same school