Ayaz Gul VOA News October 25, 2021 ISLAMABAD — United Nations agencies warned Monday humanitarian needs in Afghanistan have grown to unprecedented levels and more than half of the conflict-torn country’s population, a record 22.8 million people, will “face acute food insecurity” from November. The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program said in joint
By Amos Chapple Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2021 Locals say a protest that took place in Kabul on October 21 shows the increasing desperation of Afghans women, whose freedoms have been stripped away by the Taliban since the hard-line Islamists seized power on August 15. Photographs taken by several news agencies on October 21
شماری از بانوان چرا اعتراض مینمایند و خواسته های شان چیست؟ در این گزارش بیننده باشید. pic.twitter.com/hPJcMWS2mF — Aamaj News (@aamajnews24) October 21, 2021 ویدیو: زنان امروز بار دیگر در جادههای شهر کابل بهخاطر حقوق اساسی شان مانند آموزش و کار دست بهاعتراض زدند و از طالبان خواستند که مکاتب را به روی دختران باز
Tolo News: According to the musicians, music was the only way of income but as they have abandoned it for over two months and are currently facing severe economic challenges. “Any country that doesn’t have culture and national music will never develop,” said Asif Khalili, a musician. The musicians called on the [Taliban] government to
Tolo News: A number of Afghans complained about poor telecommunications, saying that despite expensive charges, the network companies do not provide valuable services to the customers. Click here to read more (external link).
By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 19, 2021 Like hundreds of families in Ghor Province who once survived on payments from Afghanistan’s former government, 14-year-old Ahmad Zia and his relatives have been devastated by the Taliban’s seizure of power. The men in Ahmad Zia’s extended family were members of an ethnic-Tajik Popular Uprising Force that
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 19, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Afghanistan’s economy could contract up to 30 percent this year, threatening to push millions of Afghans into poverty and trigger “important economic and security spillover” into neighboring countries, Turkey, and Europe. Afghanistan has suffered “multiple shocks” since the Taliban returned to power
8am: Although the Taliban has announced a general amnesty after seizing power, their armed forces still persecute people in some parts of the country, including Ghor province, a resident of Ghori said. The Taliban has forced these two villages to pay the ransom, he said. So far, the Taliban has collected 1 million and 500
Lisa Schlein VOA News October 17, 2021 GENEVA — The United Nations refugee agency says the first of three emergency airlifts of relief supplies for Afghanistan that landed in Termez, Uzbekistan, Friday will be followed by two more flights this week. With Afghan airports closed to commercial traffic, the U.N. refugee agency has diverted flights to