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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Over 3,000 Afghans have been transported from Turkey to Kabul for deportation in the last 20 days, Khaama Press reported citing the head of the Ministry of Refugees' Legal Support Directorate.
The Taliban Embassy in Qatar has issued a memo expressing concerns to all diplomatic and international organizations regarding the unilateral and forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, Khaama Press 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.
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi has accused Pakistan of humiliating Kabul through the expulsion of immigrants, Khaama Press reported.
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.
The earthquake survivors in Afghanistan's Herat are devoid of access to basic life necessities and are living under unsanitary conditions, Khaama Press reported, citing a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
The Pakistani government's deportation of unauthorised Afghan migrants has drawn criticism from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which has said that 200 Afghan journalists are now in danger of being deported as well, according to Khaama Press.