Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 7, 2021 A polio vaccination drive across Afghanistan, the first of its kind in years, is scheduled to be launched on November 8, the United Nations Children’s Fund announced. “Vaccinate your #children against polio and protect their future!” the UN agency urged families in Afghanistan via Twitter on November 7.
By Michael Scollon RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 3, 2021 A punishing winter looms for many Afghans who are already dealing with the effects of a devastating humanitarian crisis and an economic crunch brought on by the Taliban takeover, the withdrawal of foreign forces, and suspension of international funding. The state health-care system, propped up by foreign
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 25, 2021 ISLAMABAD — United Nations agencies warned Monday humanitarian needs in Afghanistan have grown to unprecedented levels and more than half of the conflict-torn country’s population, a record 22.8 million people, will “face acute food insecurity” from November. The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program said in joint
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan, the only two countries where polio still paralyzes children, marked World Polio Day (October 24) Sunday amid excitement and hopes that global eradication of the crippling disease is within reach. The neighboring countries constitute a bloc where the disease has been endemic; but each
VOA News October 23, 2021 U.N. agencies are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign for all children under 5 in Afghanistan, a country where the potentially crippling disease persists despite a more than three-decade-long campaign that has nearly eradicated it worldwide. Vaccine doses will begin to be administered in Afghanistan on November 8 for
Tolo News: On Sunday, the [Taliban] acting Minister of Public Health said that the under-five mortality rate of children has increased due to microbial disease across the country. Observing the global handwashing day on October 15 in Kabul, the acting minister of MoPH, Qalandar Ebad, expressed concerns over the child mortality rate, declaring that 55
8am: There are about two and a half months left until the end of the school year, but girls’ schools have not reopened yet. The Taliban did not allow girls’ secondary schools to operate. As the academic year is about to be over, female students are worried about this future and are afraid that they
Margaret Besheer VOA News October 6, 2021 UNITED NATIONS — The head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the humanitarian crisis in that country is growing at “an incredible pace,” and it is now a “race against time” before winter sets in. “Winter is on our doorstep,” Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP’s country director
NDTV: The Taliban brutally executed a child in Takhar province of Afghanistan after his father is suspected to be a part of the Afghan Resistance Forces. The brutality has been reported by Panjshir Observer which is an independent media covering Panjshir and Afghanistan situation. Click here to read more (external link).