Following the escalation of conflicts between Iran and Israel, an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was held on Friday evening, June 20; a meeting that displayed reactions and clear disagreements among world powers. At the beginning of the meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the military confrontation between Iran and Israel is
Zalala Hashemi kidnapped in Kabul; 15 days without news about the fate of the Afghan singer The family of Zalala Hashemi, a well-known Afghan singer, says that she disappeared in Kabul about two weeks ago and that there is no information about her fate yet. Sayed Mohsen Hashemi, Zalala’s husband, sent a video to the
Security sources in Sar-e-Pul province say that at least three people have died and eight others have been injured following three traffic incidents in Sar-e-Pul city and Sayed Abad district. Qari Muzaffar, the traffic accident chief of Sar-e-Pul Police Command, confirmed the incidents and said that the injured have been transferred to the provincial hospital
Local sources in Nangarhar have reported a fire at the provincial hospital in the province. Naqibullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Taliban’s public health department in Nangarhar, confirmed the incident and said the fire broke out in the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology ward. According to Rahimi, the fire started around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and was caused
The World Health Organization has announced that since April, nearly 100,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from Pakistan and are in urgent need of health support. According to the report, most of these people are women and children and are facing problems such as respiratory diseases, malnutrition, physical injuries and mental disorders. The World Health
The European Union has announced that it has funded a women’s and girls’ addiction treatment centre in Jawzjan province. The 20-bed centre will provide treatment and rehabilitation services to women addicts. The project is being implemented in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and is part of the EU’s efforts to
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has announced that for the first time since 2018, a delegation from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has visited Afghanistan. UNAMA said in a statement on Monday that during their visit, the members of the delegation met with representatives of national and international
DAYKUNDI – Local sources in Daikundi have confirmed that eight Afghan workers have lost their lives following an explosion at a coal mine in Tajikistan. According to the sources, the incident occurred at around 1:30 PM on Friday, May 19, in the Aini district of Tajikistan’s Sughd province. The cause of the explosion was attributed
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the second positive case of polio will be recorded in Afghanistan in 2025. The case was identified in March in southern Helmand province, the agency said. Although the World Health Organization did not provide further details on the patient, this is the second case of
Seven people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Sayedabad district of Maidan Wardak province. The Taliban security chief in Maidan Wardak said the incident took place in the Lori area of Sayedabad district on Friday evening. According to the police chief, a high-speed Fielder car
