Nation

By: Hekamatullah Aziz AT Kabul: On Tuesday evening, December 20, 2022, a letter signed by Mawlavi Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Acting Minister of Higher Education, was published on social media pages and in some media outlets, in which an immediate order was given to suspend the education of girls in universities …

AT Kabul: Following reports of mistreatments of Afghan refugees in Pakistan especially women and children former president Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to treat Afghan refugees humanely in accordance with universal principles of human rights. Karzai tweeted that as a good and civilized neighbor behave with Afghan refugees in accordance …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s independent media support agency “NAI” says that hundreds of journalists and media workers have lost their jobs in the past year and 50 percent of visual media, 48 percent of audio, all print media and 80 percent of news agencies and online media have stopped their activities. …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Refugee Agency says that it is deeply concerned by the reports and pictures of Afghan refugees in Pakistani prisons, especially in the city of Karachi. “UNHCR is extremely concerned to see images and reports of the arrest and detention of Afghan refugees in Sindh province, …

AT Kabul: A former Soviet soldier who chose to stay in Afghanistan when the Red Army withdrew following a disastrous decade-long occupation that ended in 1989 has died, officials said Wednesday. Bakhretdin Khakimov, who was thought to be in his 60s and was known as Sheikh Abdullah after converting to …

AT Kabul: Following the suspension of women from attending universities in Afghanistan, the union of private universities said that at least 35 private universities are at risk of collapse, Tolonews reported. “The economic challenges have surged widely. Now that we are interviewing you, 30 to 35 universities are facing major …

AT Kabul: The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of ban on women aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies and several aid groups …

AT Kabul: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, welcomes the position of the United Nations Security Council regarding the closure of universities, schools and educational centers for girls and women’s work restriction in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai calls the Taliban interim government to open the doors of educational institutions for …

AT Kabul: The UN Security Council has called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the “increasing erosion” of human rights. The 15-member UN security council said it was “deeply alarmed” by the increasing restrictions on women’s education, calling for “the full, …

AT Kabul: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday he took responsibility for corruption in the country while admitting that the United States was involved in it. “[I take] full responsibility for the corruption and bribes in the delivery of services … But the big contracts, big corruption, in …