CNN: Last month, CNN reported that Parwana and several other underage girls were being sold by their fathers so other members of their families could eat. At the time, Parwana’s father Abdul Malik said she cried day and night before, begging him not to sell her, saying she wanted to go to school and
Lisa Schlein VOA News December 3, 2021 GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are rising to epic proportions as winter sets in and millions of Afghans face a crisis of hunger and starvation. Temperatures in Afghanistan are beginning to plunge below freezing and are expected to drop to minus 25 degrees
By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 2, 2021 Murad, a former public prosecutor, has been living in hiding since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August. Over the years, the attorney helped put some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous criminals behind bars, including Taliban fighters. But many of them were freed as the militant group
8am: The crisis in Afghanistan is so deep-rooted that even by freeing up foreign exchange reserves and providing cash assistance, it cannot be prevented. The Taliban’s policies are exacerbating the crisis and collapse in Afghanistan, the report stated. Click here to read more (external link). Related Humanitarian Aids Must Be Separated from Political Issues, WFP
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 30, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban and the United States wrapped up two days of meetings in Qatar on Tuesday, with the Islamist group saying its delegates urged U.S. officials to unfreeze Afghan state assets and remove sanctions. The discussions took place amid growing appeals by aid groups to international
Aamaj: “This money will not go to buy weapons, the more so as the Taliban do not need weapons. The Taliban has weapons worth billions of dollars, which have been abandoned there,” he said on Tuesday at a plenary session of the VTB Capital investment forum Russia Calling! Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS November 29, 2021 The World Bank is hoping to tap a multi-billion trust fund that had been reportedly abused by the Ghani administration amid poor oversight as a way of bypassing the Taliban and aiding Afghans who are suffering from economic implosion in the face of winter. The UN and other aid
8am: Baghlan Residents are worried about children being forced to work hard on the streets of Pul-e-Khumri, saying that hundreds of children are working on the streets due to poverty. Local Taliban officials in Baghlan, however, say their government cannot manage the situation. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The largest currency exchange market in Kabul now has been crowded with people and the Afghani has dropped to its all-time low. Before the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)’s takeover of Kabul in mid-August, one U.S. dollar was equal to about 70 Afghanis. But now the exchange rate hovers around 90 Afghanis to the
8am: The Australian company Cpharm has denied the Taliban’s claim that it has set up a hashish processing plant in Afghanistan. The $450 million investment in the hashish process and the agreement with the Taliban is unrealistic, tweeted Cpharm today Thursday, November 25. Click here to read more (external link).