Indonesia has hosted a workshop in support of an international conference on Afghan women’s education (ICAWE). The conference — Education for Her, Progress for All — within the framework of a unified effort is aimed to address the challenges to education for Afghan women. Addressing participants of the workshop,a Qatari diplomat said his country underscored the significance of Afghan women’s right to education. Director of Asian Affairs Department at the More
UN Security Council members will convene for a closed Arria-formula meeting on “women’s perspectives on Afghanistan” in New York on Dec. 11 (Monday). The meeting is being organised by Switzerland and co-sponsored by Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the co-penholders on the file, reads a statement from Security Council Report. The meeting at More
The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development says four local employees of aid agency GIZ have been detained in Afghanistan. However, the Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the arrests. “I can confirm that the local employees of GIZ are in custody, although we have not received any official information on why they More
The River Basin Authority in eastern Nangarhar province says it has started forming cooperative communities to prevent disputes over irrigation water in rural areas. The authority says farmers often enter verbal disputes due to irregular water supply system and such arguments sometimes turn violent and result in clashes. .It said recently licenses were issued to More
Pazhwak FoundationInc. organised an academic seminar on “National thoughts and social ambitions” of late political, cultural and literary figure Abdul Rahman Pazhwak. At the seminar, which was held through the zoom meeting, articles on the life, personality, works and cultural services of Pazhwak were read out, especially on his national thoughts and social ambitions. Farhad More
Princess India, daughter of King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya, has passed away at the age of 94 in Rome, the capital of Italy. India’s death was confirmed by her daughter Surya Malik and ex-Afghan ambassador to France Khalid Ahmad Zakaria in an interview with the BBC. Soraya Malik wrote on her Facebook page that More
The United States through USAID has announced more than $23 million, as well as new efforts to support countries in fighting tuberculosis (TB) and reaching global targets set at a meeting during United Nations High Level Week. Working with Congress, USAID will use $8.5 million to provide increased support to TB programs in conflict settings, More
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $400 million in grants to protect the welfare and livelihoods of vulnerable Afghan people. The support, delivered through the United Nations (UN), will address emergency food needs, enhance domestic food production for medium-term and food security. Additionally, the grants would be used to provide core health services for More
Some world leaders on the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) floor have stressed over the continuation of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, creation of an inclusive government and expressed serious concerns over the state of women rights in the country. The 78th gathering of the UNGA kicked off on Wednesday. Turkiye President Tayyip Erdoğan during his address to More
Afghan citizens in Pakistan can return to their country on national identity cards (NICs) without passport and visa in a month, an official said on Tuesday. Torkham Township Commissar Esmatullah Yaqoubi said Afghans without visa and passports could return to their homeland via Torkham crossing on NICs for up to one month without any problem. More
