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Taliban relocation plan could worsen humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, analysts say

Nov 17, 2024 | globalsecurity.org | roshan noorzai |John Pike

By Roshan Noorzai, Noshaba Ashna November 15, 2024 The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced plans this week to return millions of internally displaced people (IDP) to their home villages and provinces in Afghanistan, a move analysts warn could worsen the country's humanitarian crisis. "In the first phase, 5,000 displaced families in Kabul would be moved to different places to their places of origin.
How Afghan, Pakistani clerics battle polio vaccine misinformation

Oct 24, 2024 | voanews.com | Masood Farivar |Iftikhar Hussain |roshan noorzai

Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, the top cleric in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, has seen up close the devastating effects of polio. Two of his own kin were once paralyzed, victims of a scourge that has been vanquished worldwide yet refuses to go away from Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. “Had their parents not neglected [to have their children vaccinated], their children wouldn’t be disabled today,” Qureshi said of his relatives.
Media in 3 Afghan provinces banned from showing images of living beings

Oct 17, 2024 | voanews.com | roshan noorzai

The Taliban has ordered media in three provinces of Afghanistan to stop airing images of any living being, a drastic step widely criticized by journalism and civil liberty groups. A Taliban official said this week that state-run media in the provinces of Takhar, Kandahar, and Maidan Wardak have been told to stop showing images of living things. Experts who spoke with VOA said the Taliban also met with local media outlets and told them that the rule also applied to their coverage.
Afghan journalist: 'We work in fear'

Aug 14, 2024 | voanews.com | roshan noorzai

At a radio station in Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province, the managing editor says he double checks everything before broadcasting, making sure that “nothing is against the Taliban and their policies.” His intense checking of content is just one of many ways journalists like him have changed how they work since the Taliban took power. “We work in fear,” said the editor, who has worked in journalism for around 10 years and asked not to be named out of security concerns.
Afghan missions vow to provide consular services despite Taliban disavowal

Aug 2, 2024 | voanews.com | roshan noorzai

Afghan diplomats and diplomatic missions in Europe, Australia and Canada say they will continue providing consular services despite the Taliban's recent announcement disavowing them. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry announced in a statement Tuesday that it would not recognize the legitimacy of consular services performed at Afghan diplomatic missions in Australia, Canada and 12 European countries.
UN warns of more flooding in Afghanistan

May 24, 2024 | globalsecurity.org | roshan noorzai |John Pike

By Roshan Noorzai, Waheed Faizi May 23, 2024 As the United Nations warns of more "intensive" floods affecting food security in Afghanistan in the coming months, experts say the country needs long-term planning to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. The U.N. said that floods in the northeastern and northwestern provinces in the past two weeks have affected more than 80,000 people in the country.
UN warns of more flooding in Afghanistan

May 23, 2024 | newsbreak.com | roshan noorzai

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Small businesses a lifeline for Afghan women facing Taliban restrictions

Apr 24, 2024 | globalsecurity.org | roshan noorzai |John Pike

By Roshan Noorzai, Zheela Noori April 23, 2024 Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women "so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health." Akbari told VOA that most of the 11 women who work with her are university graduates who lost their jobs after the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Lebih dari Dua Pertiga Muslim AS Lebih Pilih Bersedekah Selama Ramadan

Mar 31, 2024 | voaindonesia.com | roshan noorzai

Sebuah survei baru menunjukkan bahwa hampir 70 persen umat Islam di Amerika Serikat (AS) memberikan zakat, atau bersedekah selama bulan suci Ramadan. Survei yang dilakukan oleh Inisiatif Filantropi Muslim (Muslim Philanthropy Initiative) di Indiana University mendapati bahwa jenis kelamin, usia, ras, pendapatan, status perkawinan, religiositas, dan status pendaftaran pemilih merupakan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi preferensi Muslim Amerika untuk membayar zakat selama Ramadan.
More Than Two-Thirds of Muslim Americans Prefer Giving Charity During Ramadan

Mar 29, 2024 | voanews.com | roshan noorzai

A new survey shows that nearly 70% of Muslims in the United States give zakat, or practice almsgiving, during Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. The survey, conducted by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University, found that gender, age, race, income, marital status, religiosity and voter registration status were the factors that influenced Muslim Americans’ preferences for paying zakat during Ramadan.