Kyrgyzstan Sends Medical Aid To Pamir Region of Afghanistan

The Foundation of Nisar Ahmad Faizi Ghoryani said on Thursday that these two cases of polio were registered in the Jibrail area of Herat city.

On X social media platform, Ghoryani wrote that these two polio-affected children have been transferred to the capital of Herat.

Previously, "Polio Free", a global organisation committed to eradicating polio had warned about the rapid spread of polio cases in Afghanistan.

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

Pakistan has set a deadline for more than one million Afghan immigrants without legal documentations to leave the country in 10 days. Meanwhile, Iranian Interior Minister has also said that "illegal" Afghan immigrants should leave Iran.

While the Iranian authorities are addressing the challenges posed by Afghan immigrants, there has also been a concerning surge in anti-Afghan sentiments within the country. As per reports, incidents of violence against Afghan immigrants have occurred in Qazvin province.

Mattew Miller, spokesperson for the US State Department, said, “We strongly encourage Afghanistan’s neighbours, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking international protection, and to coordinate with international humanitarian organisations such as UNHCR and IOM to provide humanitarian assistance."

Through the first flight, 121 passengers travelled from Mazar-e-Sharif Airport to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Taliban’s ministry on X social media platform said this is for the first time that flights between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia have started.

Kam Air said that these flights will operate once a week from Mazar-e-Sharif airport to Jeddah city.

The organisation said that 114,000 people who were affected by the recent earthquake in Herat need life-saving health care.

In a statement on Thursday, WHO stated that over 90 percent of the casualties in the Herat earthquake comprise women, girls, boys, and other vulnerable communities.

According to the organisation, at least 40 health centres in nine districts of Herat have been damaged resulting in disruptions in accessing health services for 58,000 people.

Earlier, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that a total of USD 93.6 million is needed to deal with the Herat earthquake victims in different sectors.

The World Food Programme had also announced that it needs 19 million dollars for emergency aid to assist tens of thousands of Herat earthquake victims.

The United Nations said that more than 43,000 people were directly affected by the Herat earthquake and more than 3,330 houses were destroyed.

Earlier, Rahmon said that due to security threats, Tajikistan needs hundreds of security installations on the border with Afghanistan.

Asia Plus News Agency of Tajikistan reported on Thursday that new outposts have been set up in the districts of Lakhsh, Shamsuddin Shahin, Roshan, Ishkashom, Murghob, and Khorog.

According to this report, Rahmon had ordered the construction of all new outposts on the border with Afghanistan.

The president of Tajikistan, during a meeting with his country's soldiers in the border region, emphasised on strengthening border protection.

Earlier, Kheireddin Osman Zuda, head of the Centre for Strategic Studies of Tajikistan, announced that the number of outposts of the country on the Afghan border exceeded 100, and some of them were built with the help of international organisations.

Tajikistan, which is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, has repeatedly asked Central Asian countries to create a "security belt" around Afghanistan.

According to Tajik officials, terrorists are actively present on the borders of Afghanistan and are trying to penetrate into Tajikistan and Central Asia.