Another $40 Million In Humanitarian Aid Reaches Kabul, Says Taliban

In a letter released by the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, it has been stated that Azizi's term has ended and Fida will take charge of the Consulate General in Dubai.

If the UAE approves of the Taliban's diplomatic leadership, the United Arab Emirates will join the group of several other countries in the region, who, without recognising the Taliban, have handed over Afghanistan's political and consular missions to the representatives of this group.

Previously, Iran, Turkey, Russia and China had accepted members of the Taliban as diplomats and heads of political and consular missions of Afghanistan.

Due to the non-recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate government, these countries cannot officially give credentials to the ambassadors of the Taliban. However, they have accepted representatives of this group in Afghan embassies and consulates in order to continue engaging with the Taliban government.

The provinces of Bamiyan, Daikundi, and Ghor have not been included in the current vaccination round.

The Taliban did not say whether they will implement the vaccine programme for these areas after the winter season ends in Afghanistan.

Earlier in 2022, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health also conducted a four-day polio vaccination campaign in 16 provinces of Afghanistan.

According to the Taliban, Afghanistan has recorded two positive cases of polio in Kunar and Paktika provinces in 2022.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries that have not been able to eradicate polio so far.

The women-only library had been opened for visitors in August 2022 by several women activists in Kabul.

These activists stated that the purpose of establishing this women’s library was to provide an environment for women and girls to access books even during a time when the Taliban had banned girls’ education in Afghanistan.

"We emptied the shelves, locked the door [of the Zan library], and transferred the books home," the library's founders said in a statement released on Monday.

According to the owners of Zan library, in addition to the Taliban's restrictions on women's activities, economic pressures also made it difficult to operate the women’s library.

Over the past 18 months since taking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed extensive restrictions on the social life of Afghan women.

Currently, Afghan women and girls are prohibited from entering schools and universities across Afghanistan.

WFP stressed that the assistance was provided by the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Asian Development Bank.

This is while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that the number of people in need of aid in Afghanistan to be around 25 million in 2022.

Meanwhile, OCHA in a report announced that a staggering 80 percent of households across Afghanistan have experienced income reduction.

OCHA’s assessment shows that the economy of Afghans has deteriorated since 2019.

According to the UN organisation, the deteriorating economy caused a sharp decline in income, rising debt, and high unemployment under the Taliban.

According to Ebad, if the doctors receive professional training, Afghans will not spend their money on treatments abroad Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s minister of public health has discussed capacity building in the health sector in Afghanistan at a time when Doctors Without Borders have repeatedly warned about the collapse of the health system of Afghanistan.

In its latest report, this international organisation had stated that the inefficient system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions against women have dominated the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Doctors Without Borders questioned the Taliban’s policies against women and said that without education, there can be no training or education for the next generation of health workers in Afghanistan.