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Afghanistan requests support for its education system

Published on: August 1, 2022
08:17

Kabul, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The acting Minister of Higher Education, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, asked the international community to support the educational system in Afghanistan, regardless of the country's political problems.

At least 13 million Afghan children need humanitarian aid

Published on: July 28, 2022
10:07

Kabul, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 24 million people in Afghanistan, including some 13 million children, need immediate humanitarian aid, Save the Children organization reported on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Disease cases on the rise

Published on: July 17, 2022
11:15

Kabul, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Seasonal infectious disease cases have increased in the last three weeks in Afghanistan, while physicians asked families to take more precautions to prevent infections such as cholera, diarrhea, flu, malaria and measles, according to Mohammad Naeem Akbari, physician at the Kabul Hospital for Infectious Diseases.

China to deliver 7.5 million dollars in aid to Afghanistan

Published on: June 26, 2022
08:52

Beijing, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) China will deliver humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan worth 7.5 million dollars for the victims of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that left more than a thousand dead, its Foreign Ministry reported on Sunday.

Indian delegation arrives in Afghanistan to monitor delivery of aid

Published on: June 2, 2022
08:52

New Delhi, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) An official team from India is visiting the city of Kabul to supervise the operations of delivering humanitarian aid to the population of Afghanistan.

Afghan women reject new decree against their rights

Published on: May 11, 2022
11:29

Kabul, May 11 (Prensa Latina) At least a dozen women protested in Kabul against a recent Afghan Government decree that requires them to fully cover themselves in public, it was reported on Wednesday.

Nearly half of the Afghan population faces acute hunger

Published on: May 10, 2022
08:33

United Nations, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Almost half of the population of Afghanistan, over 19 million people, will face acute hunger, according to a report by various UN agencies.

Prime Minister of Afghanistan asks to investigate growth of begging

Published on: April 21, 2022
10:57

Kabul, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hassan Akhund, asked the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to investigate the growing number of beggars in the capital and find solutions to address the problem.

Explosions reported at Kabul school

Published on: April 19, 2022
09:07

Kabul, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The school in Dasht-e-Barchi, a Shiite Hazar neighborhood in western Kabul, was hit by two explosions when students were leaving their morning classes, the Afghan police reported.

UN official criticizes Afghanistan for closing girls’ schools

Published on: April 8, 2022
14:01

Kabul, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Special Envoy for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mette Knudsen, on Friday described the decision to ban girls' schools as discriminatory.

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