With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work The Poppy Fields
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nearly three-quarters of Afghan children want to return to school: survey
1TV: Nearly three-quarters of children in Afghanistan simply want to go back to school and play with their friends, according to a survey by Save the Children. With schools in Afghanistan closed since 14 March to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, approximately 10 million children have had their education interrupted and many without access to
Over 19,000 Known Active COVID-19 Cases in Afghanistan
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 276 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 932 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported eight new deaths and 132 recoveries. With this, the total confirmed cases reached 30,451 and deaths reached 638 while there have been 10,306 recoveries countrywide
U.S. Adds Afghanistan To List Of Worst Human Traffickers Over Child Sexual Slavery, Child Soldiers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 26, 2020 The U.S. State Department has added Afghanistan to a list of nations doing little to stop human trafficking, saying Kabul has failed to properly address child sexual slavery and the recruitment of child soldiers. In its annual Trafficking In Persons Report released on June 25, the department included Afghanistan in
Taliban’s child suicide bomber surrenders in Kunduz
1TV: A 13-year-old child suicide bomber who was forced to carry out a suicide attack by the Taliban militants surrendered himself to the police in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. The child, identified as Syed Mukhtar, threw his suicide vest into river before surrendering himself, a spokesman for provincial police said. Click here to read more
Afghanistan’s Afsar Zazai suffers head injury in a horrific car accident
Cricket Times: Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Afsar Zazai, recently met with a gruesome car accident where he suffered an injury to his head. The news has raised more concerns for Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) which is currently fire-fighting amid cricket hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports News Afghan
School Closures Hurt Even More in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch: Pandemic Creates New Barriers for Women and Girls Already Facing Deep Inequality – Afghanistan’s schools were in crisis before the pandemic. The number of children studying is falling in many provinces as conflict escalates and donor funding ends. Girls were already behind; Afghanistan has many more schools for boys than girls, and
UN: Afghanistan Is Deadliest Place for Children
By Margaret Besheer VOA News | June 15, 2020 NEW YORK – The United Nations said Monday that for the fifth consecutive year, Afghanistan was the deadliest country on the planet for children. In its annual Children in Armed Conflict report, the U.N. secretary-general reported that more than 3,000 Afghan children were killed in 2019, and
More than 70 children killed in just 10 airstrikes in Afghanistan, report finds
The Intercept: ONE HUNDRED AND fifteen civilians died in just 10 airstrikes in the U.S. war in Afghanistan in the last two years; more than 70 of them were children. That’s the finding of a new investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, or TBIJ, which offers a glimpse into the terrible reality of the
Afghans Have Good Reason to Scrutinize US Intel Exonerating Taliban
Michael Hughes: The Taliban and ISIS differ only in terms of geographic aspirations. They embrace similar extremist ideologies and envision a society regulated by a harsh religious code. They even share the same tactics – like suicide bombings – and recruit from each other’s flocks. Despite what U.S. officials want the world to believe, the