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AWN Demands NUG to Introduce 4 Women in New Cabinet

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Afghan Women Network has demanded the National Unity Government to introduce 4 Women as the new Ministers Nominees within the cabinet for the Parliament to receive confidence votes.

During a peaceful rally which has been held in Kabul city, they have insisted that the Governmental officials should not forget the political partnerships of Afghan Women within the Body of the Government.

A number of female Mps in lower house of the parliament have warned that if the Government doesn’t introduce at least 4 Women as the new Ministers Nominees for the cabinet otherwise we will not cast our votes to male Ministers.

Member of the Afghan Women Network AWN Miss Mahboba Saraj said,” the object of our rally is to demand our rights from the Governmental officials according to the percentages 9 chairs should be specialized for Women but we want at least 4 chairs from the Government.”

Members at AWN have also requested that lawmakers in the house of the parliament to cast their confidence votes for the female eligible Ministers nominees observing no racial, discrimination.

One of the Mps Rangina Kargar stated that our demand is the female Women Ministers Nominees in the new cabinet otherwise we will not vote for male Ministers.

Their remarks come after 3 Female Ministers have been introduced for the parliament to receive confidence votes but due to some technical problems could not make through in the first round of voting process, earlier Afghan Government has announced that at least we will have 4 female Ministers within the new cabinet.

Reported by :Abdul Aziz Karimi

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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