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Women Activists in Kabul Protest Closed Girls’ Schools
Externa nyheter A group of women activists staged a protest near the Malika Suraya High School in the Taimani area of Kabul to express their concerns about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th grade.
IEA working on curriculum, transport for school girls above 6th grade
Externa nyheter The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is working on modifying the curriculum and establishing a transport system for school girls above sixth grade, its spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday.
Speaking at an international conference of clerics in Turkey, Mujahid said that schools for girls above sixth grade are closed not because IEA is against their education, but to prepare principles.
“We correct their curriculum… we plan for their transport so that people are prepared psychologically and religiously to allow their daughters to go to school. Their environment should be safe. What they learn should be religious and ethical,” Mujahid said.
1 in 2 Afghans Suffers from Mental Stress: MoPH
Externa nyheter Officials within the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) estimated that one in two Afghans are struggling with mental stress.
According to the MoPH, at least 20 percent of the country’s population needs mental services.
Afghans targeted by surge in online smuggling and visa scams
Externa nyheter A growing number of Afghans, the ICMPD says, are losing thousands of dollars to scammers plying a trade in useless, fake visas. Others pay far more to be smuggled out of Afghanistan, only to find themselves stranded in foreign countries with none of the support they paid for to reach their agreed destination.
Private University Enrollment Down 50% Since Govt Change: Union
Externa nyheter The Union of Private Universities in Afghanistan said that the number of students attending private universities has dropped by 50 percent since the political change in 2021.
The union said that the political change and the economic crisis are the main reasons for the decrease.
380M Banknotes of Afghan Currency to Arrive Within 1 Month
Externa nyheter A member of the Afghanistan Trust Fund, Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, said that the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) is due to deliver new Afghani banknotes to Afghanistan within one month.
“DA Afghanistan Bank signed one contract with PWPW, a Polish printing company, for 380 million banknotes of various denominations with a face value of 10 billion Afghanis,” Mehrabi told TOLOnews. “PWPW should deliver these notes in a month, possibly earlier. These banknotes should inject adequate liquidity into the market.”
Media restrictions and implications for gender equality in Afghanistan
Externa nyheter A UN Women report says that the Afghan media sector has “fundamentally changed for the worse,” under Taliban rule, with self-censorship and a systematic effort to muzzle the media and erase women from public spaces.
According to the report, harassment, attacks, and detentions, as well as the requirement that female TV anchors cover their faces, are all strategies used to eliminate women’s voices, faces, experiences, and perspectives from the public sphere.
Kabul Residents Despair Over Halt in Passport Distribution
Externa nyheter The Ministry of Interior’s Department, Abdul Nafay Takor, said that the passport department has stopped operations due to technical problems.
Residents of Kabul expressed concerns over the Interior Ministry’s decision to halt the nationwide distribution of passports to applicants.
The citizens, many of whom are seeking medical treatment abroad, said that they are struggling with severe challenges due to a lack of passports.
Afghanistan Labeled ‘Least Secure’ Country in the World
Externa nyheter Afghanistan was ranked as the “least secure” country in the world by Gallup’s Law and Order Index, which evaluated 120 countries based on their people’s sense of safety.
The index is a composite figure based on Gallup World Poll questions about whether people trust their local police, feel safe in their communities, or have been victims of theft or assault in the previous year.
Afghanistan’s score in 2021, albeit low, was an improvement over its previous result in 2019.