Ariana: Health officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Sunday that the infectious disease claimed the lives of eight people last (solar) year while 1,700 others contracted the illness. “We registered 1,713 patients of Tuberculosis in the year 1400 whereas the number was 1,605 in 1399. Poverty and economic difficulties are the big reasons
Tolo News: In recent years, many farmers in Kunduz province have started cultivating Asafoetida. Farmers in Kunduz say that asafoetida, or “hing” is a medicinal plant and its income is more profitable than other products. They add that if the government cooperates with them, the production of hing and the export of this plant abroad
8am: Following the heavy rainfalls and floods in several provinces of Afghanistan, the Taliban Acting Foreign Ministry has called on the world and international organizations to help the affected people and the victims. Click here to read more (external link).
Akmal Dawi VOA News May 4, 2022 For several months Pashtana kept rejecting marriage proposals made for her 14-year-old daughter, Zarghona, until she had to make a final decision. “I had to choose between the survival of my four little children and giving Zarghona to marriage,” Pashtana told VOA over the phone from the southern
8am: Local sources in Nimruz province have reported that farmers in the province irrigate their fields using well water due to the lack of agricultural water. According to farmers, there is no water left in Kamal Khan dam after the Taliban allowed the dam’s water to flow to Iran. Click here to read more (external
8am: Local sources in Badghis province have reported that the heavy rainfalls and floods in this province have caused human and financial losses to the residents. As a result of the incident, five people are killed and more than 20 houses are completely destroyed. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Washington Post reported that Afghanistan’s “fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view.” The Islamic Emirate has yet to comment in reaction to the report. The report said that the meth industry is “growing at breakneck speed, stoking fears among Western experts and officials that, under the Taliban, Afghanistan could
Business Insider: A Kabul restaurant owner has finally closed his business after struggling under Taliban rule for months. Laziz Mahal was underperforming as many Afghans can’t afford to eat out any more. With the Taliban in control, the owner said authorities show no support for small businesses. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: That means more than 6,400 journalists lost their jobs, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, said at a ceremony in Kabul Saturday to mark World Press Freedom Day that falls on May 3. She said that four out of five women journalists are no longer working. Click here to read more
8am: Disputes between Kuchis (Pashtun nomads) and the sedentary population living in central Afghanistan have been one of the most critical and complicated issues in the last twenty years. The issue has usually led to armed conflicts and widespread protests in the past. Governments, however, have never been able or willing to address it. Click