Thousands of scorpions swarm under the rocks of Mohammad Sherzad’s “farm” north of Kabul. Scorpion venom can be used in various medical products and is the most expensive liquid in the world. But Sherzad says the closure of Western embassies since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has made exporting more difficult.
8am: A week ago, an aid consignment provided by the World Food Program (WFP) arrived in Malistan’s Pashi neighborhood, sources in the Malistan district confirmed on Sunday (December 11th). However, due to the interference of the Taliban, it has not been distributed to families in need. Taliban members have been repeatedly accused of interfering and
Ariana: The government of Pakistan, facing gas shortage as winter sets in, has worked out a plan to import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overland from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, Pakistan Today reported on Thursday. The customs office in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, after consultations with stakeholders, sent a plan to the Federal Board of Revenue
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique December 8, 2022 Mahmood has been selling off what is left of his family’s meager possessions in order to prepare for the harsh winter ahead. “I sold our carpets and kitchen utensils to buy food and fuel for the winter,” the father-of-five, who lives in the northern Afghan province of
Equal Times: The Jogi camp, located on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif, a large city in the north of the country, is home to some 15 families and none of the children go to school. “What’s the point of going to school if you don’t have anything to eat?” asks Aisha, a neighbour who is
8am: Save the Children reports that girls are doing manual labor instead of learning in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. In a piece that appeared online on Monday (December 5th), Save the Children said that female students in Afghanistan have lost hope for the future after being banned from attending school since the Taliban regained control in August
Jurist: The Taliban don’t care about how the people suffer. Since they retook control of Afghanistan, people have only experienced constraints in their everyday life. The international community’s financial support seems to be not enough as there are a lot of complaints that the Taliban use them for themselves instead of giving them to needy
Khaama: The Central Bank of Afghanistan stated on Tuesday that a new package of $40 million had arrived in Kabul, taking the total amount of cash assistance from the international community to Afghanistan since the installation of the country’s new administration to $1.673 billion. Despite the arrival of the packages poverty, hunger, and unemployment remain
FP: Like the previous government, the Taliban also depend on exchangers to stabilize the value of the afghani currency through U.S. dollar auctions, where Da Afghanistan Bank sells U.S. dollars to exchangers to soak up excess afghanis in circulation that could otherwise devalue the local currency. Exchangers’ work has become only more crucial as Afghanistan’s
8am: Local sources in Paktika Province report that Taliban traffic directorate employees in the city of Sharan, the capital of this province have struck due to not being paid for the last four months. Click here to read more (external link).