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Bayat Foundation renovates Herat Regional Hospital’s children’s ward

The children’s ward of the hospital treats on average 800 patients daily.

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Afghanistan’s Bayat Foundation has renovated and repainted the children’s ward at the Herat Regional Hospital, which had been in need of repair.

Local officials and hospital staff welcomed Bayat Foundation’s assistance and urged other organizations to help the hospital with much needed medical equipment.

The Bayat Foundation is dedicated to the health, education and well-being of the people of Afghanistan, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, marital status or religion.

The foundation provides programs and partnerships offering quality healthcare for women and newborns, increased access to education through new or refurbished schools, economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, social justice, strengthened families, competitive sporting events and cultural preservation.

Sayed Noor Ahmad Shah, a representative of Bayat Foundation in the western zone, addressed a ceremony to reopen the ward, and spoke on the foundation’s charitable work throughout Afghanistan.

He told how the foundation had provided life-saving help to Herat earthquake victims, and how it assisted with activating a telecommunications site installed by Afghanistan Wireless Communication Company.

“Similarly, in other provinces, people have been assisted during natural disasters,” he said.

Local officials meanwhile said at the ceremony that the number of patients visiting the hospital had increased considerably and that the renovated children’s ward would help ease some problems.

"A world of thanks to the Bayat Foundation for cooperating in this area and partially solving the problems of our compatriots' children," said Hayatullah Muhajir Farahi, acting deputy governor of Herat province.

Medical staff pointed out that not only did other wards need to be renovated but the hospital needed to be expanded due to the high number of patients.

The children's ward of the hospital treats on average 800 patients daily.

"Based on the agreement that was reached, the Bayat Foundation temporarily made the dormitory of the Herat Institute of Health Sciences available to the children's hospital and painted and repaired several rooms so that it could reduce heavy loads from other wards," said Ghulam Ahmad Hanafi, deputy director of Herat's public health department.

Mirwais Abedi, head of the children’s ward at the hospital said: “According to the assessment we conducted in this part of the dormitory, it has a capacity of about 50 patients. If we can accommodate two children in each room, Allah willing, it can temporarily solve the problems of our patients until we have a complex hospital for this zone, because Herat is a border city and we have patients from adjacent provinces such as Farah, Ghor, Nimroz and Qala-e-Naw.”

Bayat Foundation has always provided necessary assistance in various fields, especially humanitarian aid in the western zone of the country. People in this zone want such assistance to continue.

 

 

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Suhail Shaheen meets with Chinese ambassador to Qatar

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The head of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, met with China’s ambassador to Qatar late Monday for talks on bilateral relations, good neighborliness, and trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.

“About the Wakhan road, the export of Afghanistan's fresh fruit to China, the reconstruction of cold stores, China's assistance in the field of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health and good neighborliness between the two countries were discussed,” Shaheen said in a voice message.

China and the Islamic Emirate have been rapidly expanding relations in recent months.

Experts, meanwhile, have said that other countries need to engage with the IEA, as China is doing, in order for Afghanistan to come out of isolation.

Shaheen also met with Katharina Ritz, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation to Afghanistan.

He discussed numerous issues including humanitarian assistance, health sector challenges and climate change.

Both sides emphasized that ICRC activities need to be expanded, considering the needs of the people.

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IFRC reports over half of Afghanistan’s population needs urgent humanitarian aid

Afghanistan ranks among the most vulnerable countries globally to climate change and disaster risks

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The International Federation of Red Crescent (IFRC) has reported that Afghanistan continues to face prolonged and complex humanitarian crises.

IFRC said in a report published on Tuesday, that about 23.7 million people, more than half of Afghanistan’s population, are in urgent need of humanitarian aid.

According to the IFRC, natural disasters, the growing impact of climate change, population displacement, economic challenges, and food insecurity are the main factors contributing to Afghanistan’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Afghanistan ranks among the most vulnerable countries globally to climate change and disaster risks. 

The country is also prone to earthquakes, with nearly 400 tremors recorded in the last three years, including significant quakes, such as the 6.3 magnitude in Herat Province in October last year.

The compounding effects of disasters in the country have exacerbated the already fragile situation in Afghanistan, the IFRC’s report read. 

These successive disasters have pushed more Afghans into poverty and heightened their vulnerability. 

In addition, Afghanistan’s economic crisis is widespread, with more than half of households experiencing an economic shock. 

The country’s economy is heavily dependent on foreign aid and remittances, which have declined significantly since the political change in 2021. 

This has resulted in high levels of unemployment, challenging people’s coping mechanisms and thwarting the already fragile economy’s ability to adapt to shocks, the report read.

The IFRC said more than 85 percent of the country’s population is now living below the poverty line.

 

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Maldives recalls envoy to Pakistan over meeting with Afghanistan envoy

The island nation’s foreign ministry said the much publicized meeting had not been sanctioned by the government

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The Maldives government has recalled its top diplomat in Pakistan after he had an unauthorized meeting with an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan envoy in Islamabad. 

The island nation’s foreign ministry said the much publicized meeting between the Maldives High Commissioner Mohamed Thoha and IEA envoy Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb on Friday had not been sanctioned by the government.

Maldives media reported that the foreign ministry stated: “Consequently, appropriate action has been taken by the government of Maldives.” 

Thoha’s name has also been removed from the website of the Maldives mission in Islamabad, and an official source told AFP that he had been recalled.

Since regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, no country has yet officially recognized the government.

However, the IEA has been making inroads into the diplomatic arena and has official missions now stationed in a number of regional countries. 

 

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