Tolo News: Badghis’ Public Health Department said that the number of malnourished children in the province is up 50% from last year. According to the department, in the past three months nearly 2,000 malnourished children have been brought to Badghis public hospitals for treatment. Click here to read more (external link). Related FAO: Farmers Do
Tolo News: Niaz Mohammad, a farmer in Kandahar province, said that he cultivated poppy plants on 250 acres of land, where dozens of people are working on the farms. “Until our government stops us from cultivating it, we will not stop cultivating poppy. We don’t care about the westerners,” said Niaz Mohammad, a farmer. “It
8am: The Taliban’s decree on banning opium cultivation and trafficking comes out when the farmers in the opium and poppy fields have already finished the process of cultivation and production of opium. In such a scenario, banning opium harvesting is nothing more than trying to deceive the world. The decision will only enable the Taliban
Tolo News: All conditions have been facilitated for the resumption of extraction at the Mes-Aynak copper mine, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said on Sunday. Mes Aynak is the largest copper mine in Afghanistan. Based on the agreement which was signed between the Afghan government and the MCC, China will extract 6.8 billion
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 3, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has banned the cultivation of poppies, which are used to produce opium and other drugs. The April 3 order by the de facto authorities said poppy crops would be burned and farmers would face punishments under Shari’a law. The decree was read out to a
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) officials said on Thursday that a Turkish company wants to invest $250 million in Amo river oil deposits, or oil reserves in northern Afghanistan. The officials said however that a contract has not been signed yet. They also said other foreign companies are interested in investing. Click
The Hill: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in an address on Thursday that people in Afghanistan are “selling their children and their body parts” to provide for their families amid the country’s near economic collapse. “Without immediate action, we face a starvation and malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan,” Guterres said in remarks delivered in New
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 31, 2022 A conference involving seven countries that border Afghanistan has called on the Taliban-led government in Kabul to adopt further measures to improve living conditions and guarantee the basic rights of all Afghan people, including women and ethnic minorities. The conference took place in the eastern Chinese city of
Reuters: The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country’s ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said. Click here to read more (external link). Other Economic News Faced with life-threatening hunger, thousands labor in
AP: The ancient Buddha statues sit in serene meditation in the caves carved into the russet cliffs of rural Afghanistan. Hundreds of meters below lies what is believed to be the world’s largest deposit of copper. Click here to read more (external link).