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Resettlement Challenges in Afghanistan Discourage Refugees From Returning
Resettlement challenges in Afghanistan have discouraged refugees living in neighboring countries from going home, with 60,000 returning in the past 10 months against 100,000 during the same period last year, officials said. How People Arrived Here: resettlement...
“Pay Your Taxes”, Afghanistan’s Government Tells NGOs
The Afghan Ministry of Finance (MoF) has called on all local and international NGOs to pay their taxes promptly or face legal consequences, including fines and a revocation of their operating licenses. How People Arrived Here: Annual Return Tax afghanistan...
Red Crescent Wants More Funding in Afghanistan But Not At Any Price
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) is always keen to get more funding but is unwilling to take money from some major donors for fear its impartiality could be compromised. We don’t accept funds from donors such as USAID [US Agency for International...
Air Pollution in Kabul Prompts Advice on Use of Masks
Worsening air pollution in Kabul has forced the Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) to advise people to use masks or other protective devices during the morning and evening rush hours.
Bleak Outlook for Afghanistan’s Food Security in 2011
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) plans to assist 7.3 million people in Afghanistan in 2011 but only has enough funding to feed the most vulnerable for a few months, and needs $400 million to continue its humanitarian activities next year.
NGOs Under Pressure in Afghan Government Anti-corruption Drive
The recent ban on around 150 NGOs – almost all of them local NGOs – for flouting reporting procedures is believed to be an Afghan government attempt to demonstrate it is taking action against corruption, aid workers say.
More War Victims in Afghanistan, Fewer Landmine Casualties
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has opened its seventh prosthetic and orthotic center in Afghanistan to help rehabilitate permanently disabled people, but the man leading the program says more centers are needed.
Afghanistan Pins Its Hopes on Kazakhstan Wheat
Tens of thousands of tons of wheat flour will be imported from Kazakhstan by the private sector to alleviate food shortages before the winter, officials say.
