Asia Afghanistan Pakistani-Afghan trade via Torkham has doubled during the last three months and is likely to rise further; the number of vehicles taking Pakistani goods to Afghanistan via Torkham had dropped to just 80 vehicles soon after Kabul fell to the Taliban
Asia Afghanistan Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs said efforts are underway to decrease the unemployment rate in the troubled country by creating job opportunities through projects including Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to prevent women from boarding flights unless accompanied by a male relative; the latest restriction on women follows the closure of all girls' secondary schools
Asia Afghanistan Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools to girls above the 6th grade, reneging on a promise and opting for their hard-line base; the international community has urged to reopen schools and give girls their right to public spaces
Asia Afghanistan With 95% of families not getting enough to eat and World Food Programme funds to alleviate the humanitarian crisis are running out, it is estimated that $1,6 billion would be needed to assist 23 million Afghans
Asia Afghanistan The country tops the list of countries affected by terrorism in 2021, according to the Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), which calls Afghanistan the most terror-affected and least peaceful country
Asia Afghanistan UNICEF will pay Afghan teachers a monthly wage for at least two months, as salaries haven't been paid for months due to the economic crisis
Asia Afghanistan UNICEF has expressed concern over the situation of malnourished children in the country, adding that Indira Gandi Hospital in Kabul receives up to 8 malnourished children every day
Asia Afghanistan Some public universities opened for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with very few women in attendance
Asia Afghanistan NGOs trying to provide emergency aid in the country have started turning to cryptocurrencies to avoid US sanctions, failing banks and the Taliban; among them is "Code to Inspire", an NGO teaching computer programming to young Afghan women
Asia Afghanistan UN human rights experts expressed their concern about the exclusion of women, particularly women from ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities such as the Hazaras, Tajiks, Hindus, who are found to be even more vulnerable
Asia Afghanistan Engagement with the world and self-sufficiency are the core policy for the 2022; Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, said that its recognition is both the need of the Islamic Emirate and of the international community
Asia Afghanistan 231 newspapers have had to close and 6400 journalists have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control of the country, according to a survey conducted by Reporters without Borders, RSF, and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association