The Torkham crossing has reopened only for cancer patients after four days of closure, an official said on Thursday. Afghan and Pakistani officials agreed to allow patients to travel across the Durand Line without passports and visas. Sediqullah Qurashi, an official of the Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News previously all patients were More
Education Department officials in northern Baghlan province say more than 200 out of 570 schools in the province have no buildings and their students face serious problems. Education director Maulvi Mohammad Noor Azizi said 209 schools had no buildings and more than 51,000 students attended classes under the open sky. He said this year surrounding More
US diplomat says the United Nations and donor countries together will assess the effectiveness of assistance to Afghanistan. In a post on X, Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker wrote: “With UN agencies and donors to review assistance in Afghanistan. Transparency and oversight key focus.” She said: “Afghan women are difference-makers, defenders, drivers of change. Appreciate @IndrikaRatwatte’s More
Nearly half of the state-run schools in northern Badakhshan and central Daikundi provinces are without buildings and the students of these schools study in the open air, according to local officials on Sunday. Enayatullah Sahar, head of the Daikunid Education Department, said total of 431 schools existed in the province out of which 170 schools More
Two Afghan brothers have been shot dead in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi in what police called a targeted attack. The gun assault happened in Federal B Area in the jurisdiction of the Samanabad police station on Friday evening, Dawn reported. The victims were identified as Jamal Deen and Hayatullah, Afghan nationals who lived in More
On International Women’s Day, the UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan has reiterated her call for the caretaker government to reverse the restrictions imposed on women and girls. International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The longer the curbs remained in place, the more More
The UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan has reiterated her call for the caretaker government to reverse the restrictions imposed on women and girls. The longer the curbs remained in place, the more damage they would result in, warned Roza Otunbayeva, special representative of the secretary-general (SRSG). Briefing the UN Security Council on Wednesday, she slammed More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) will host a consultative meeting about Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to the UN Security Council work program, the UNAMA-led meeting will be held on March 6 in the Security Council office. UNAMA will also address a press conference the same day The upcoming conference would discuss the United More
The UN food agency has expressed its concern over dwindling assistance to Afghanistan, warning that the situation is getting worse. In a post on X, the World Food Programme (WFP) wrote: “Nearly 4 million mothers and children are malnourished today in #Afghanistan and with assistance cuts, the situation is only getting worse.” The agency also More
American police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on the charge of killing an Afghan in Washington DC, Fox News said on Saturday. Fox News reported: “Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, was shot and killed while driving for Lyft in the D.C. area on July 3”. Yar had served as an interpreter for the US Army Special Forces More
