The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported that at least 721 families have been impacted by the recent heavy rainfall and flash floods in the Afghan provinces of Kabul, Laghman, and Kapisa, Tolo News reported.
Several young people in Afghanistan have recently died by suicide, with drug addiction, unemployment, and mental health struggles as key causes, TOLO News reported. Families and experts urge greater awareness and support, as 72 cases have already been recorded in Khost province alone in 2024
A vaccination campaign against polio was launched across 24 provinces of Afghanistan on Monday, Khaama Press reported, adding that the disease remains a public health concern for the country.
Insecurity has risen across Afghanistan, with four murders recorded in Nangarhar, Takhar, Faryab, and Oruzgan in the last 36 hours, reported Khaama Press on Wednesday.
Three people were killed and ten others sustained injuries in three separate road accidents on Friday in the Central province of Daikundi of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing officials.
As Afghan girls continue to remain deprived of education under the Taliban regime, girls in Balkh province have once again called out the de-facto authorities to reopen schools for them and let them learn, TOLOnews reported.
At least four farmers have died, and five others have been injured in a dispute over the poppy field destruction in the northeastern Darayim district of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has issued a warning about a widespread Moroccan locust outbreak across eight provinces in Afghanistan's wheat-growing north and northeast region, Khaama Press reported.
Owners of greenhouses in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of a sharp decline in temperature as cold weather continues to affect their business, TOLOnews reported citing the local officials in Farah province.
Numerous people in the Nimroz province of Afghanistan continue to face the tough situation as heavy rains and sandstorms wreaked havoc in the Afghan province, TOLOnews reported.
Security officials have discovered a drug manufacturing facility in the Takhel region of the Lolash district as well as drug addiction and its usage has become very common in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control in August of the previous year, according to Pajhwok news.