The Taliban’s Acting Minister for Martyrs and Disabled Affairs Mullah Abdul Majeed Akhund has appointed his grandson to a high-ranking contract-based post in the ministry, contrary to the Taliban supreme leader’s decree, Wesal TV has reliably learned. Known as ‘Joiner Minister’ among the ministry staff, the grandson has been given full authority in the ministry in addition More
Gynecologists want prospective couples to visit doctors for blood tests before getting married in order to prevent possible congenital disorders in their children. They say at times, children inherit some diseases from their parents, who may or may not be relatives. Kabul-based gynecologists Dr. Mursal Bahar Mahmoodi told Pajhwok Afghan News there were various reasons More
Some religious scholars and social experts say slaughtering animals in the public glare has negative effects on children. They say the ritual should be conducted in accordance with Islamic principles. A specific place should be determined for sacrificing animals away from the sight of children, they suggest. Speaking, Mohammadullah Motamed, a professor of the psychology More
Some affiances in northern Jawzjan province have considered some customs and traditions, including taking sweets and clothes to fiancés house on the occasion of Eid an unpleasant and back-breaking, and demanded its prevention. Purchasing Eid gifts for the fiancé by the groom’s family is a very old custom in Afghanistan, one week before Eid, the More
Noor Jahan, a 72-year-old mother of five children, got married decades ago. A resident of Kabul, she hoped her children would become her strength. However, they have left her high and dry. Pajhwok conducted interviews with a number of mothers in Kabul on this National Mother’s Day (June 13). Some of them commended their children’s More
The residents of different provinces have shared their views regarding the changing wedding ceremony customs and said in the past wedding was financially affordable and organized simply but currently more customs have been introduced and the cost has increased. The wedding ceremony is held in every country based on its own culture, Afghanistan like other More
Zia Gul had been expelled from home by her husband with her five children after marrying another woman, now she has been dealing with many problems and says men should not do injustice with their women. According to religious scholars, Allah (swt) has set special conditions for polygamy in the Holy Quran. Having multiple wives More
Some widows complain about hardships and economic problems in their lives while religious scholars say the government and every member of the society is responsible to help vulnerable families. Government officials, however, say the process to provide aid to widows is ongoing. Samar Jan, 39, a widow in Qala-i-Naw City, the capital of northwestern Badghis More
Tired of a difficult life, 11-year-old Salma is forced by poverty to work in a brick kiln with her ailing father to support her family in eastern Nangarhar province. Khan Mohammad, Salma’s father, a resident of Sultanpur area of Surkhrod district has been suffering from a rheumatic disease. Salma daily comes to the brick kiln More
A 10-year-old girl, Fatima, who sells junk scavenged from garbage heaps to support her family in northwestern Nimroz province, asks the acting government to support poor children and pave the way for their education. Dozens of children, including boys and girls, on a daily basis collect useable things from garbage piles in alleys and streets More
