Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Cases Increase in Kabul

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Tolo News: Doctors at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kabul said that Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases have increased in recent days.  Doctors said that after Eid al-Adha, they admitted nearly fifteen suspected patients to the hospital each day.  “Our cases are increasing day by day, approximately 10 to 15 people have suspicious symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, they come to us and after diagnosis they are admitted to beds intended for these patients,” said Faridullah Omari, a doctor at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).

Over 60,000 Women in Afghanistan Will Lose Jobs Due to Closure of Beauty Salons

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Khaama: Over 60,000 women will lose their jobs due to the closing of all women’s beauty parlours and hairdressing salons across Afghanistan. Sources in the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry have told the BBC that closing all women’s beauty parlours/hairdressing salons will leave around 60,000 women unemployed nationwide. The source said on the condition of anonymity that there are 3,100 women’s beauty salons in Kabul and over 12,000 women’s hair salons across the country, each having an average of five women employment. These women are only the breadwinners of their families.  On Tuesday, 4 July, the Taliban announced they would ban women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan. The Taliban-ruled government in the country has ordered to shut down the beauty salons within a month, according to the moral ministry of the Taliban. This is the latest restriction on Afghanistan’s access to public spaces. Click here to read more (external link).

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Q&A: Nine Out of 10 Afghan Households Lack ‘Adequate’ Food, WFP Top Official Says

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VOA: The deputy executive director and chief operating officer for the U.N. World Food Program, Carl Skau, says that Afghanistan is facing a dire humanitarian situation with nine out of 10 Afghan families lacking adequate food and “children and pregnant women are the hardest hit.” In an interview Wednesday with VOA via Skype, Skau said that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is “dire,” adding that WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, would need $1 billion “to get through” the winter. “We have so far only managed to mobilize some 10% of that,” Skau told Waheed Faizi of VOA’s Afghan Service. Skau, who visited Afghanistan last month, said that one of the main challenges for his organization is to reach the most vulnerable groups, especially women and children, in Afghanistan, adding that the Taliban’s “bans on women working for us are complicating that.” Click here to read more (external link).

UK’s Afghanistan inquiry to centre on ‘conduct’ of special forces

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Al Jazeera: British special forces are at the heart of an inquiry into allegations of unlawful activity in Afghanistan, the United Kingdom’s defence ministry has confirmed. Defence Minister Ben Wallace commissioned the independent probe in December 2022; it will also consider accusations that the Royal Military Police’s (RMP) investigation of unlawful killings by special forces was inadequate. Click here to read more (external link).

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Wagner of Which Country Is the Taliban Group

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Taliban militants (file photo)

8am: After statements made by Joe Biden, President of the United States of America, about Taliban collaboration with the U.S. against Al-Qaeda, many social media users and some political activists have claimed that the Taliban has taken on a role similar to that of the Wagner Group for the Russian government, even dubbing them the “American Wagner.” Their argument is based not only on Biden’s words but also on the large amount of money the Taliban receives. Many assume that various actors are providing this money to the group in exchange for covert agreements made with American negotiators in Qatar. Click here to read more (external link).

Victims of Raids by Foreign Forces in Paktika Want Compensation

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Tolo News: The relatives of the victims of a village in Mata Khan district of Paktika which was raided by foreign troops 15 years ago, are calling for compensation and justice. The residents of Ibrahim Kariz village said that 40 villagers including women and children were killed in the raid. Click here to read more (external link).

Taliban Impose Curfew in Ghazni: Nighttime Restrictions Leave Residents Stranded

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8am: According to these sources, on Tuesday, July 4th, the Taliban implemented limitations on residents in several villages on the outskirts of Ghazni city, as well as in the Khaja Omari and Jeghato districts. It is reported that the Taliban have warned residents of the Naw-Abad, Qala-e Shahada, Tawhid-Abad, and Rawza districts in central Ghazni, stating that they are prohibited from leaving their homes or moving around in these areas after 10:00 PM. Click here to read more (external link).