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In Stamped Letter Taliban Asked Farah Local Govt to Ban Schools Girls
Taliban recently sent a letter with Emirate Title and stamped demanding the local Government of Farah province to ban schools girls in the province, amid six schools girls were closed either due to Taliban threats or the girls were afraid to go to schools.
Chief Education Mohammad Saber Faroqi said, “based on the reports received six schools girls were closed due to fresh threats of Taliban, or the girls were afraid to attend classes, the situation indicates that some of the other schools to experience the same situation, General policy of Taliban indicates that they would not touch schools, health and big projects.”
Meanwhile local officials in Women’s department of Farah Province expressed concerns over shutting the schools girls.
Head of Women’s department in Farah Kobra Azimi said, “What are the solutions, the scholars should seek the ways to ensure security, how does the unrest continue? How long do Afghan men-women pay the price and suffer from the situation?.”
Amid religious Ulemas have reacted over the issue insisted Education is obligatory for both male and female.
Mawlawi Abdul Jabar Mutmaen said, “Education centers should be opened for females, they should continue to their education, female should study and learn Holy Quran, everyone’s fathers are not well educated therefore the Women do need to go outside and continue their education.”
Civil society activists declared the recent action as shocking news.
Expressing concerns saying thousands of girls would remain uneducated and deprived from education.
Based on the information of Ministry of Education due to insecurity and Taliban threats more than 6000 schools were closed at the entire country.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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