By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 25, 2022 After her husband died, Gul Saka managed to survive by doing odd jobs and collecting a meager pension from the Afghan government. Now the widow is struggling to feed her 10 children amid a devastating economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where millions are on the brink
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban reopened schools in Afghanistan after the winter break Wednesday but continued a ban on grade seven to 12 girls, saying they still need time to draw up a plan for them in line with Islamic law or Sharia. The move swiftly drew domestic and international
Al Jazeera: Digital currencies, impervious to international sanctions, allow handful of young Afghans to avoid the worst of crisis. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 21, 2022 International aid should be tied to the Taliban respecting human rights, in particular women’s and girls’ right to education, Human Rights Watch said in a new report as the militant group pledged to reopen all girls’ secondary schools on March 23. “International donors seeking to fund education for
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 20, 2022 Hundreds of former Afghan government judges from 34 provinces who had been removed and replaced by the Taliban have filed suit to regain their jobs. In a March 20 news conference, the former judges demanded that the Taliban government return them to their positions and provide them with six
Ariana: Currently, as many as 95% of the country’s 38 million people don’t have enough to eat or money to buy food, The Associated Press reported. Shelley Thakral, a spokeswoman for the World Food Program, said that food prices in Afghanistan rose nearly 40% over the last eight months. Click here to read more (external
8am: Due to lack of security threats that Taliban insurgents were behind that, the former government could not utilize the national underground reserves. No doubt that Taliban now can extract them, as there is no rebels to create terror and insurgencies in the mining sites. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC: Every few seconds a sick child is brought in to the emergency room of the main hospital in Lashkar Gah in a race against time to save the youngest casualties of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis. Amidst the heart-rending sound of dozens of hungry babies crying, and desperate pleas for help from their mothers, nurses scramble
Ariana: Violence against journalists has increased slightly in Afghanistan in the past year, and almost 6,000 media workers have lost their jobs in this time, according to a report released on Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link). Related Journalists in 2021: Media and Freedom of Speech Face Measurable Challenges and Restrictions Imposed by
Axios: Aid workers in Afghanistan tell Axios the Taliban has granted them an unexpected level of access to do their work, but that they still lack resources needed to combat wide-spread hunger. Click here to read more (external link).