JURIST: After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero. Given the Taliban’s rules restricting women’s lives, women’s contribution to the social and political life of the country is destroyed—at least under Taliban rule. Considering this, women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be
Akmal Dawi VOA News March 9, 2023 After weeks of dispiriting debates over whether to suspend or downgrade humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, the United Nations on Thursday launched a $4.6 billion appeal to assist more than 23 million of the most vulnerable Afghans this year. The humanitarian appeal was developed last year for release in
Khaama: Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Representative of UNAMA on Tuesday in a press conference said that Afghanistan’s gross income has declined by 35 percent, and nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs over the past 18 months. Mr. Alakbarov added that 65 percent of the people need humanitarian aid, and millions are on the
Al Jazeera: Omar Sadr, an Afghan academic and former professor at the American University of Afghanistan, told Al Jazeera that China’s engagement with the Taliban is based more on security rather than economic interests. China is also aware of the Taliban’s limitations and, as a result, has not committed much, Sadr added. The investments under
Akmal Dawi VOA News February 23, 2023 Afghanistan has a higher maternal mortality rate than all its six neighbors combined, according to a World Health Organization report released Thursday, and experts say the maternal health crisis is feared to get worse. The landlocked country’s 620 fatalties per 100,000 live births is the highest in Asia,
By Nargis Momand Hasanzai Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 23, 2023 The Taliban has banned begging and rounded up thousands of impoverished Afghans seeking alms on the streets of the capital, Kabul, in recent months. But many of Kabul’s poorest are now going door-to-door around the city of some 5 million people in search of food
Daily Mail (UK): After decades of war, the blood-thirsty fighters have spoken of their disdain for office life and are reminiscing about the Taliban’s past and their lives which they claim to be ‘free of restrictions’. After the realisation of how day-to-day life works, former soldier Abdul Nafi claimed to miss the war as he
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] on Tuesday announced AFN 15 million (approx. $166,000 USD) in humanitarian aid for people affected by recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Of the total, AFN 10 million (approx. $111,000) will be for Turkey, and AFN 5 million (approx. $55,000) will be for Syria. Click here to
Khaama: This week, the UN warned all its member states that 70% of the people in Afghanistan are facing extreme hunger and need aid, while six million are facing the risk of famine. Martin Griffiths, the UN humanitarian chief, told the UN Security Council that Afghanistan faces multiple humanitarian, economic, climate, hunger and financial crises
AP: Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs, with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said on January 26. The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout