A mother said she considered selling her child amid the humanitarian and economic crisis that has gripped Afghanistan — she had already sold her kidney. Many others say they have done the same. Elsewhere, a long, dusty line of people waited patiently for cash handouts from the UN’s refugee agency. A UN official said, “Twenty-three
8am: The dispute over the Helmand water rights is a long-standing tension between Afghanistan and Iran that sometimes escalates. With the Taliban gaining power, tensions have risen again. Click here to read more (external link).
By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 28, 2022 Graana walked for more than two hours to seek treatment for her starving 2-year-old son at a hospital in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. “My son couldn’t walk because he was so weak,” the mother of five told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “Hunger had disfigured him to the
Al Jazeera: Biden administration faces looming deadline to give position on matter regarding $7bn held at New York Federal Reserve. The US government has said that releasing frozen funds to the Taliban is currently a legal impossibility. Click here to read more (external link). Other Economic News As Hunger Spreads in Afghanistan, Hospitals Fill With
Tolo News: The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said that the Islamic Emirate has reached an agreement with Qatari and Turkish joint ventures on the details of aviation security, ground services and airspace of the five airports of the country. “The details have been discussed, a series of general decisions have been taken, but
Margaret Besheer VOA News January 26, 2022 The U.N. secretary-general warned on Wednesday that Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread,” as the organization appealed for a total of $8 billion to scale up humanitarian assistance to more than 22 million Afghans this year. “When it comes to complex humanitarian emergencies, Afghanistan is as bad as
8am: Fariba, a 38-year-old woman from Farah province in western Afghanistan, told Hasht-e Subh that she had to sell her two young daughters for 60,000 afghanis to save her two sons. The lady’s husband is addicted to drugs. Fariba spends the winter with her children in a rented house in the sixth district of Farah
By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January Like millions of other impoverished Afghans, day laborer Omaruddin and his family are facing starvation as the country’s economic crisis deepens under Taliban rule. Omaruddin, a Kabul resident, has registered over 20 times with the Taliban regime in the hope of receiving wheat that was donated as humanitarian aid
The Guardian (UK): Afghanistan can only be saved from state collapse and widespread starvation if the definition of legitimate humanitarian aid to the country is broadened, some of Britain’s most senior former security and diplomatic chiefs have said. Click here to read more (external link). Related ‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter
8am: With the Taliban taking control of the country, employment opportunities reached a record low. Women are the main victims of this problem in Afghanistan. The Taliban have multiplied their problems by imposing severe restrictions on women’s right to work and education. Click here to read more (external link).