A large number of Kabul residents on Monday raised concerns over the longtime pause in the issuance of passports, saying that they face many challenges due to lack of national documents, Afghan news agency, TOLOnews reported.
A prison official in Karachi, Pakistan, said that from the first week of January, they will start deporting to Afghanistan, Afghan women who had been sentenced for living in the country without legal documents, reported TOLO News.
In 2022, many local media outlets in Afghanistan faced financial hardships. At least 10 media outlets were closed in Kabul and the provinces, according to watchdog organizations, reported TOLO News.
A group of painters in the eastern province of Paktia claimed that while things were better in the past, they are currently struggling to find a market for their creations as Afghanistan's economy is under deep crisis since the Taliban took control in August last year, TOLO news reported.
Crisis in Afghanistan does not seem to die down as several people are under the grip of hunger and lack of basic amenities in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Afghan land in August last year, TOLO news reported.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
Without providing more details, the official added that an investigation had been initiated into the incident. The Tolonews reported that the blast occurred next to a private health center named Qataghan hospital.
Mohammad Nasir Kazimi, a doctor, as quoted by TOLO News, said "Poor economic and social situation has affected children and has increased food insecurity because it has a direct connection with child nutrition."
Out of 140 Private universities that are functional in Afghanistan, at least 35 are at risk of collapse as the educational institutes in the country are facing an economic slump following the suspension of women attending universities by the Taliban, Tolo news reported.
On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.