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Passport Distribution for Afghan Citizens Begins in Three Countries
Externa nyheter The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the beginning of the process of distributing passports to Afghan immigrants in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. Officials of the ministry said that they are trying to resume this process in Uzbekistan and China in order to solve the challenges of immigrants.
UNICEF: Over 8 million Afghans in neighbouring countries
Externa nyheter As of 30 June 2023, there were over 8.2 million Afghans1 of various statuses living in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, including 2.1 million registered Afghan refugees - 1.6 million of whom have arrived since August 2021.
UN: Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials
Externa nyheter UNAMA presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, over 144 instances of torture and ill treatment, and 424 arbitrary arrests and detentions.
In interviews, individuals recounted beatings with pipes, cables, verbal threats and abuse at the hands of de facto security force members.
Women Banned From Visiting Band-e-Amir National Park
Externa nyheter The acting Minister of Virtue and Vice stated that going on a trip is not obligatory.
33 hospitals at risk of closure in Afghanistan due to lack of funding
Externa nyheter The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for a budget of $125 million in its recent report to fund hospitals in Afghanistan.
UNICEF: Afghanistan Among Most Weapons-Contaminated Countries in World
Externa nyheter The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan said that 85% of the victims of explosions and unexploded mines in Afghanistan are children.
32 positive environmental samples of polio so far this year in Afghanistan: WHO
Externa nyheter “Although the number of positive samples in Afghanistan has increased in 2023 compared to the year 2022, this was in part due to more intensive surveillance in the country, with more sites being sampled and increased frequency of testing,” the statement said.
Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal
Externa nyheter Two years after its takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban is overseeing its first major infrastructure project, the 115-mile Qosh Tepa canal, designed to divert 20 percent of the water from the Amu Darya river across the parched plains of northern Afghanistan.
Bread, Work, Freedom—Afghan Women’s Two Years of Resistance
Externa nyheter Women have adopted new forms of resistance, such as leading movements and protests from inside their homes to raise international awareness.