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How Will I Feed My Family? Iranian Province Imposes New Job Restrictions On Afghan Migrants

16th June, 2023 · admin

By Freshta Negah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 16, 2023 Farzad Amiri joined the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who flocked to neighboring Iran after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. Amiri found work at a supermarket in the city of Shiraz, the capital of the southwestern province of Fars, where he resides with

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Posted in Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban |
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Cash-strapped Taliban selling tickets to ruins of Buddhas it blew up

15th June, 2023 · admin

WP: In 2001, Taliban founder Mohammad Omar declared the Buddhas false gods and announced plans to destroy them. Ignoring pleas from around the world, Taliban fighters detonated explosives and fired antiaircraft guns to smash the immense sixth-century reliefs to pieces. The attack on the treasured ancient monument stunned the international community and cemented the Taliban’s

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Posted in Economic News, History, Taliban, Travel | Tags: Bamiyan, Buddha Statues, Life under Taliban rule |
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Partiality in Aid Allocation by Community Representatives: Women Are Deprived of Receiving Humanitarian Assistance

14th June, 2023 · admin

8am: Eligible citizens are voicing their grievances about the distribution process of humanitarian aid. Reports indicate that these organizations have only received five percent of the requested budget for humanitarian assistance from the global community. In addition, the recent statement by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) highlights that the Taliban’s misappropriation of

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Corruption, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban stealing aid |
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The plant at the root of Iran’s meth market

9th June, 2023 · admin

Global Initiative: Having long hosted Western Asia’s largest methamphetamine market, Iran for decades has employed an aggressive multi-million-dollar campaign to curb the trade. The discovery, however, of the ephedra plant in neighbouring Afghanistan – a source of ephedrine, a key ingredient for the drug – threatens to undermine Tehran’s efforts. The abundance of cheap meth

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Crystal Meth in Afghanistan, Meth in Afghanistan, Taliban and Drugs |
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Reports On Significant Decrease in Poppy Production in Afghanistan “Credible”: West

9th June, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, tweeted that the recent reports on a significant drop in poppy production in the country are “credible and important.” But since the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan’s economy has collapsed, and the population is now facing a severe humanitarian catastrophe. Experts claim that as a result, one

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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India Boosting ‘Soft Power’ Edge Inside Afghanistan Amid Hunger Crisis

8th June, 2023 · admin

Michael Hughes: As tensions between the Taliban government in Kabul and its longtime benefactors in Pakistan continue to boil, India is quietly enhancing its reputation inside Afghanistan through various humanitarian efforts, especially through food aid, although the assistance is no solution to long-term structural and governance challenges. Click here to read more.

Posted in Economic News, India-Afghanistan Relations, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban |
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‘In Dire Straits’: Taliban’s Alleged Interference In Foreign Aid Deprives Afghans Of Lifesaving Help

8th June, 2023 · admin

By Mansoor Khosrow Fayeza Ibrahimi Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 8, 2023 Ghulam Haider has depended on food and cash handouts from international aid agencies in order to survive. He is among the millions of people who have received lifesaving aid in Afghanistan, where the Taliban’s takeover in 2021 worsened a devastating humanitarian crisis

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban stealing aid |
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Helmand farmers concerned about lack of water

5th June, 2023 · admin

Ariana: A number of farmers around Kajaki Dam in Helmand province say their agricultural land and gardens are drying up due to the lack of water. The farmers have called on the government to manage the Helmand River water so that water reaches their fields. “We are facing a water shortage. We are in dire

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Posted in Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Farming, Helmand, Helmand River, water |
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Afghan Drug Trade; Cartels, Trafficking Route, and Government Complicity

31st May, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Several related economic activities are involved in Afghanistan drug trafficking. Cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with the Taliban by giving farmers advances to plant ephedra and opium while providing the financial assistance necessary to keep the jihadist proto-state alive. These cartels use Pakistani sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs.

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, History, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: opium, Taliban and Drugs |
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Taliban Call for Stop to Afghan Brain Drain

31st May, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News May 30, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Taliban have called on Western countries to stop evacuating and resettling educated and skilled Afghans abroad, saying the practice hurts Afghanistan. Boasting about improved security in the war-ravaged country, Taliban leaders say all Afghans, including those who had worked for the previous Afghan government, are safe

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Posted in Economic News, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Afghan brain drain, Escape from the Taliban |
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