Dealing with extreme hardship, approximately 85 percent Afghans live on less than one dollar a day, UNDP said in a report. The UN agency in a report published yesterday that the situation became markedly worsened after August 2021, particularly for women facing severe restrictions. UNDP had to adapt to this new situation and did so More
An Afghan refugee in United Kingdom (UK) has been found guilty of murdering his two-year-old refugee daughter, who he adopted from Afghanistan, after bashing the toddler’s ‘head against a wall’ in a furious rage, according to a media report on Thursday. Daily mail reported A father-of-four Jan Gholami, 33, and his wife Roqia Ghulami, 32, have More
The United States has supported the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution’s call for a UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan. Earlier, the UNSC has adopted a resolution on an independent assessment on Afghanistan that provides recommendations on international engagement to address the challenges being faced by the country. The resolution advances the process outlined in the More
Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs officials say 320 enmities between tribes and families were resolved last year across the country through mediation. Since coming into power the interim government has been trying to resolve feuds and enmities between tribes and families through negotiations. Addressing a gathering of tribal leaders and religious scholars, organised by More
A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon state of the United States ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility, a preliminary federal report of the crash released Friday said. All three individuals killed in the accident on Dec 19 were More
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution on an independent assessment on Afghanistan that provides recommendations on international engagement to address the challenges being faced by the country. The UN News wrote on X that the resolution approved after 13 positive votes about of 15. The United Arab Emirate (UAE) mission to the More
The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on former Afghan parliament speaker and his family for corruption. The Treasury named the two as Mir Rahman Rahmani, who served as speaker of Afghan parliament before the government collapsed in 2021 when U.S. forces withdrew and the Taliban took over, and his son Ajmal Rahmani, another legislator. “Through More
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif wants his country to focus on mending its relations with Afghanistan and other neighbours. Besides pursuing détente with Afghanistan and India, he also called forfurther cementing Pakistan’s cooperative ties with Iran and China. Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Parliamentary Board in Lahore on Saturday, Sharif opined Islamabad should focus on proactive diplomacy on the world stage. The More
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
