Mercy corps creates learning opportunities for 500 men, women

Herat (Tolo News): Nearby 500 people that most of them are women and girls are learning carpet weaving, sewing, embroidery and other skills to improve their future.These women and girls said that living at home made them unhappy...

UNFPA: US aid cuts may trigger maternal health crisis in Afghanistan

KABUL (TOLONews): The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that the suspension of aid could result in 1,200 additional maternal deaths and 109,000 unintended pregnancies in Afghanistan between 2025 and 2028. Pio ...

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Mawlawi Abdul Kabir urges halt to forced deportation of Afghan migrants

KABUL (TOLONews): Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the acting minister of refugees and repatriation, has once again called on neighboring countries to immediately halt the forced deportation and mistreatment of Afghan refugees. In separa...

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Taliban hands management of Afghan hotel to German firm

KABUL (AFP): A luxury Afghanistan hotel that saw several bloody attacks during the 20-year insurgency is now being managed by a German company a week after the Taliban government took control of it, the firm’s CEO told AFP. ...

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Refugees minister meets with Japan’s envoy

KABUL (Ariana News): Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, has met with Takayoshi Kuromaya, the Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan, for talks on various issues including the need for urgent humanitar...

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IEA says left over US military equipment is Afghanistan’s ‘assets’

KABUL (Ariana News): Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says the military equipment that was left behind by US troops in August 2021 belongs to the Afghanistan government and will remain in the...

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