Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 31, 2020 British-based charity Save the Children says more than 300,000 Afghan children are struggling to survive in freezing winter conditions without proper clothing and heating. The ongoing 19-year conflict there has forces thousands of children to flee their homes and seek shelter in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs),
Ariana: Mohammad Halim Fedayee, governor of Paktia province, said Monday the Taliban is using children in a conflict capacity on the battlefields – which is in violation of Islamic principles and international rules of war. According to Fedayee, the insurgent group is using children as suicide bombers and to carry explosives, among other conflict-based activities.
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 19, 2020 ISLAMABAD – UNICEF has struck a rare agreement with the Taliban in war-ravaged Afghanistan to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the Islamist insurgent group. The program will reach up to 140,000 Afghan boys and girls, said Sam Mort, the agency’s chief of communications, advocacy
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2020 The number of Afghan civilians killed in air strikes increased dramatically after the U.S. military relaxed its rules of engagement in 2017, according to a study by a U.S. university researcher that was rejected by the U.S. military as “one-sided.” The number of civilians killed rose from 250
By Ayaz Gul VOA News November 23, 2020 ISLAMABAD – An international charity says an average of five children have been killed or wounded every day in war-ravaged Afghanistan over the past 14 years. Save the Children noted in its report Monday the South Asian nation is among the 11 most dangerous countries in the world
Ariana: Well known Indian actor Sanjay Dutt’s latest movie “Torbaaz” highlights the hardships children in Afghan refugee camps face and how, as an army officer, he tries to lure children away from terrorist activities and focus instead on cricket. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Conflicts and poverty are two severe problems facing nearly four million children in Afghanistan while 1.2 million children are associated with child labor and 3.7 are deprived of schooling due to conflicts, according to data by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 174 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 591 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 42,969, the number of total reported deaths is 1,595, and the total number of
A bombing attack on her home and a lack of resources are just a few of the obstacles Khanomjan Noori has overcome to establish a girls school in the village of Dakhai in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province. More 1,000 girls now attend the school, which she opened four years ago. But there are many
AP: The World Bank said this week that nearly half of war-torn Afghanistan’s 18,000 schools lack proper buildings and an estimated 3.7 million school-aged children are still out of school — despite massive investment in the country’s education sector. Click here to read more (external link).