Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

Army Chief Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat says “medical education is obligatory” as both male and female doctors are needed in Afghanistan.

Some Afghan politicians, including Former Presidents Hamid Karzai and Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, have condoled the deaths and injuries of the last night’s traffic accidents and expressed sympathies with the families of the victims.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has expressed its deep sorrow over the tragic traffic accidents in southern Ghazni province and has instructed the relevant authorities to conduct a thorough investigation.

On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the European Union has said it stands with Afghan migrants, internally displaced persons, and returnees, providing support in areas such as education, employment, and improving their economic situation.

Japan has announced it would give Afghanistan an additional $27.5 million in humanitarian aid through partners.

Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) representative have discussed the strengthening of Afghanistan’s health sector.

The Kabul Municipality has launched the distribution of coal at a subsidised rate of 6,500 afghanis per ton, about 50 percent less than the current market price of 12,500 afs.

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov have discussed various issues, including the acceleration of work on the TAPI gas pipeline project in Afghanistan, and provision of transit and visa facilities.

Based on instructions of the IEA supreme leader, a committee has approved a policy to prevent negative and extravagant customs across the country.

Officials and some students of higher education institutions have demanded the decision to close some higher education institutions should be reviewed, but the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), along with an explanation, considered the decision correct, and said that students of these institutions would be introduced to other educational institutions after the exams.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the European Union and several current and former Afghan officials have denounced the blast inside the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation in Kabul.

European Union (EU) Special Representative for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has pledged 45 million euros to Afghan farmers in alternatives to poppy cultivation.