As the Taliban continues to ban Afghan girls from accessing education, girl students called for the doors of universities to open for them, TOLO News reported.
Refugees who have returned and taken up temporary housing in the Torkham Crossing region have urged that the present administration expedite the registration and assistance distribution processes so that they can return to their homes as soon as possible, according to TOLOnews.
As Afghanistan continues to grapple with a food crisis amid a deteriorating economy, the World Food Programme has appealed for USD 400 million to provide for the communities in the Taliban-ruled nation, according to Khaama Press.
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Families of Afghans who were repatriated to eastern Nangarhar province have requested the government provide their children with educational facilities after expressing worries over their children's education, according to Pajhwok News.
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi has called on Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) members to support economic improvement and reconstruction in Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.
After finishing a six-month handicraft training programme arranged by the "Shafaq" Institute in Kabul, at least eighty women who had been denied opportunities for employment and education have graduated, according to Khaama Press.
Pakistan Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday said there has been an increase in terror incidents in Pakistan since the Taliban came to power in 2021, Dawn reported.
Food insecurity in Afghanistan is on the rise, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme, resulting in Afghanistan emerging as one of eight nations whose citizens suffer from acute food insecurity, TOLOnews said in its report.
Afghanistan is home to approximately 3.5 million drug users, accounting for nearly 10 per cent of the country's total population, Khaama Press reported citing a report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan has decreased by 95 per cent in the past year, Khaama Press reported citing the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.