Tolo News: Analysts said the main reason for the increase in the number of beggars is the rise in poverty in the country that occurred after the political changes last August. “Households’ economic situation are moving toward absolute poverty, and the level of poverty is increasing,” said Shakir Yaghoubi, an analyst. Click here to read
Tolo News: Following global concern about the poor economic situation in Afghanistan, Save the Children in a recent report said that Afghanistan is facing its worst food crisis, with 5 million children on the brink of starvation. According to the organization, about two in three children in Afghanistan – or 12 million – whose families
8am: Taliban fighters force the residents of Helmand province to provide them with food supply under the pretext of Tithes and Zakat. The Taliban is the first self-proclaimed and weapon oriented government who consider the people being responsible to feed their fighters, using the logic of baseless religious decrees. Click here to read more (external
Ariana: Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) officials said that $32 million in cash aid arrived in Kabul on Sunday. The central bank officials said that the cash was immediately transferred to the Afghanistan International Bank (AIB). Click here to read more (external link).
The Independent (UK): Apart from the potentially ruinous domestic impact, the collapse of Afghanistan’s heroin trade may also usher in a new era of drug trafficking in Europe and the UK, where most Afghan-sourced heroin is consumed. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News April 15, 2022 A blanket ban on poppy cultivation by the Taliban emir is exacerbating Afghanistan’s already dire economic situation and could lead to armed uprisings against the Islamist regime, experts say. “This is a crazy policy at the worst possible time,” said William Byrd, senior Afghanistan expert at the U.S. Institute of
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 14, 2022 Wali Jan, a farmer in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, is expected to soon harvest poppies from his half-hectare farm. Standing in his blooming poppy field in Garni, an impoverished village on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Tarin Kowt, Jan is upset by the Taliban’s decision this
Washington Post: Child marriage has long been prevalent in many Afghan communities. But the Taliban takeover, the subsequent plunge of the economy and banking system, and other stresses have “exacerbated the problem,” Williams said. The age of girls sold into marriage is dropping, a trend that could persist as long as the Taliban prevents girls
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has left its mark on thousands of Afghans in the Indian capital who over the past two decades set up businesses to cater to Afghans who used to visit India. Now as the flow of visitors from Afghanistan dries up, their livelihoods have been hit hard. For
8am: Based on Hasht-e Subh’s findings, the distribution of international aid to needy people has been repeatedly violated by most local Taliban rebels in different provinces. Click here to read more (external link). Related Food Insecurity Crisis in Afghanistan Targets Women and Children