By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique February 22, 2022 Three years ago, Nida, a young Afghan entrepreneur, established a modern beauty parlor in Shahr-e Nau, an upscale neighborhood in Kabul. Business steadily grew as she attracted a loyal clientele for beauty and hair treatments in the capital. And as profits rose, the salon expanded, eventually employing
8am: The authorities at the COVID-19 Hospital in Zaranj, the capital city of Nimruz province, say they have not paid staff at the hospital for seven months. According to the authorities of the hospital, they will close the hospital’s gates to patients if they do not observe their problems. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: The Central Bank said it has released millions of US dollars into the market to preserve the value of the Afghan currency against foreign currencies. However, analysts believe that selling dollars to the Afghan markets will help the Afghan currency to maintain its value for a temporary period of time and that the
Tolo News: The Jogi are an ethnic minority group whose roots are from the Central Asian states. They do not have national identity cards and are deprived of access to education and other basic rights, including property, they said. Mohammad Sabir, who was working as the representative of the Jogi ethnic group in the Kabul
8am: Sources in the traffic department of Balkh province told Hasht-e Subh that about 30 employees of the department had left their jobs after not receiving their seven-month salaries. Sources confirmed that of the 30 traffic police officers, 26 had gone abroad to work and four others had started personal work. Most people who work
8am: The Tajik government has stated that instability in Afghanistan has boosted the drug market. Drug trafficking has increased by approximately 69 percent since 2021, officials said. Insecurity in Afghanistan exacerbates the problem of drug trafficking, Tajik media reported, citing Tajik authorities. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: A family in Sar-e-Pul province has sold its four daughters because of starvation. Since the collapse of the former administration, there have been many reports of child trafficking in many territories. Ever since, poverty and unemployment have also escalated to an uncommon stage in the country. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes: The U.S. government has violated several commitments outlined in the Doha accords including promises to cooperate with the Taliban on reconstruction efforts, Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in an interview. The comments come as donor states struggle with a no-win situation in facing current distribution requirements in Afghanistan, which include:
Reuters: Britain said on Tuesday it would co-host an international aid conference with the United Nations next month to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Taliban took power last year. The virtual pledging conference will aim to help the United Nations raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique February 15, 2022 Following a lightning military advance on Kabul, Taliban militants seized power on August 15. The hard-line Islamists celebrated their victory as the end of more than four decades of war in Afghanistan, and promised a new era of peace and prosperity. But six months later, few in