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OCHA: Humanitarian Update, June 2023
Externa nyheter Critical funding gaps threaten humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan
Beauty salons banned because they offer forbidden services: IEA
Externa nyheter IEA has given beauty salons in the country one month to wind down their businesses and close shop, drawing concern from international officials worried about the impact on female entrepreneurs.
Agriculture ministry tests viability of farming avocados in Nangarhar
Externa nyheter Officials said they have planted avocado trees along the province’s canal and hope the climate is suitable. If the program works, they hope to start harvesting avocados in two to three years. This is the first time avocados are being grown in the country.
UN planning another Doha meeting, tells IEA they will be included
Externa nyheter The head of the UN in Afghanistan’s political office, Scott Smith, said at a meeting at Arg (presidential palace) that another Doha meeting is being planned and that this time leaders of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will be invited to attend.
Taliban ban women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan
Externa nyheter A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, didn’t give details of the ban. He only confirmed the contents of a letter circulating on social media.
Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told
Externa nyheter Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry.
WFP set to run out of money for food assistance to Afghans in October
Externa nyheter Food assistance to Afghanistan will shrink to nothing by the end of October under current funding projections, the World Food Programme's country director told Reuters.
WFP Afghanistan: Situation Report, 25 June 2023
Externa nyheter 15.3 million people are projected to be acutely food-insecure between May and October 2023. 3.2 million people are acutely malnourished.
Exam for Graduates of Health Sciences Given in Nangarhar
Externa nyheter The Ministry of Public Health has held an exam to issue government educational certificates for the graduates of health sciences institutions in Nangarhar province.
According to the officials in this exam, 1,000 participants were women from different provinces. The exam was held for three days.