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
UN Secretary General António Guterres has once again called for the reopening of girls’ schools and allowing them access to education in Afghanistan. Monday marks two years since the new government in Kabul banned girls from attending high school in Afghanistan, Guterres wrote on his X handle. Meanwhile, some girls also urged the Taliban to More
The body of an Afghan coal miner has been found in Duki district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a media report said on Monday. Dawn reported a police team reached the area after being informed by residents about the body and shifted it to a hospital in Duki. The deceased was identified as Saifullah, an Afghanistan More
US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has acknowledged the war in Afghanistan upon its conclusion did not align with the desire outcome. “It didn’t end the way I wanted it. That didn’t end the way any of us wanted it,” Milley said in an interview with ABC News. “Look, at More
For the first time an Afghan origin US citizen Abdul Nasir Yasini has been appointed head of the Republicans Muslims Committee in the California State of United States of America. During an exclusive interview with Wesal TV Abdul Nasir Yasini said he was elected with majority votes on the behalf of the party Head Jessica More
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that women and girls rights issue in Afghanistan will be part of the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting agenda. Addressing reporters prior to the seventy-eighth session of the UNGA, in New York, he said that humanity faced huge challenges — from the worsening climate emergency to escalating conflicts, More
About 300 women have been provided with work opportunities in northern Samangan province, the dried fruit trader association says. Abdul Khaliq, head of the t association, said more than 300 poor women worked in the processing of almonds. “Every year, we make contracts with one of the companies in the almond processing section, this year, More
