WSJ: Following the American exit from Afghanistan, China’s move to claim the country’s vast mineral wealth is centered on a mountain south of Kabul. The mountain and the barren surrounding valley, in Logar province, a two-hour drive from the capital, contain one of the world’s biggest untapped reserves of copper. Click here to read more
Lisa Schlein VOA News March 13, 2022 GENEVA — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warns humanitarian and economic issues are likely to claim more lives in Afghanistan than conflict. Bachelet recently made a one-day trip to the Afghan capital, Kabul, where she conveyed this message to the Taliban rulers. While there, she stressed
Ariana: After Washington announced its plan to use half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets for humanitarian aid, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said on Friday the US has agreed not to give it to charity organizations. The agreement came during a meeting between IEA’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and US special
WSJ: Noor Ahmad Agha, a senior Taliban military and financial leader, serves as the No. 2 official of Afghanistan’s central bank. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has confirmed that work on the trans-nations Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project has been suspended until the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government has gained international recognition. In response to an email sent to the ADB by Ariana News, an official confirmed that the project has been put on
Ariana: As many as eight children die each day from malnutrition at just one hospital in Kabul, a reliable source told Ariana News on Wednesday. According to the source, who asked not to be named, the deaths have happened at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Akmal Dawi VOA News March 7, 2022 Afghanistan faces a serious risk of backtracking to its notoriously high maternal mortality rates because of sudden drops in foreign funding, a shortage of health care workers, mobility restrictions and worsening poverty, health professionals have told VOA. More than 1,600 Afghan mothers were dying for every 100,000 live
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 4, 2022 Afghanistan is rapidly descending into one of the worst humanitarian crises in living memory amid rampant starvation, a health-care crisis marked by child malnutrition, and the collapse of essential services since the Taliban took over the country six months ago. The situation initially prompted generous donor
Tolo News: The cultivation of poppy for opium production has surged in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar this year compared to previous years, farmers said. “There is nothing else to cultivate. We were growing wheat before. This year—we want to cultivate poppy. Previously they were asking for bribes every day but we don’t
AP: The UN special envoy for Afghanistan said on March 2 that the international community has not done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility,” while the United States said it is the responsibility of the ruling Taliban to create the conditions for economic stability. Click here to