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☆ Foreign Aid Drops Sharply as Taliban Abuses Jeopardize the Afghan Health System, Group Says
  + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. “Women and girls have been disproportionately affected by the healthcare crisis, particularly because of Taliban abuses,” said the report. “The loss of foreign development aid and Taliban rights violations have caused a catastrophic health crisis in Afghanistan that is disproportionately harming women and girls,” the report quoted Fereshta Abbasi, Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, as saying. Fifteen of the interviewees, 12 women and three men, were with Afghans who had sought health care. The rights group also talked to Afghan healthcare officials, 10 women and eight men.
Persons: ”, Fereshta Abbasi, Abbasi Organizations: Rights Watch, NATO, Food Program, Human Rights Watch, HRW, Mercy Corps Locations: ISLAMABAD, New York, Afghanistan, Samangan
☆ Deadly blast hits religious school in northern Afghanistan
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
KABUL, Afghanistan — A blast tore through a religious school during prayer time in the northern Afghan province of Samangan on Wednesday, killing 15 people, a provincial spokesperson said. At least 20 people were also wounded in the explosion in the provincial capital of Aybak, Emdadullah Muhajir, spokesperson for Samangan’s provincial government, added. “A blast took place around 12:45 p.m. inside Jahdia Madrassa in the center of city. Interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Nafi Takor confirmed the blast but put the death toll so far at 10 with more injured. But several attacks, including at mosques, have taken place in recent months, some of which have been claimed by the Islamic State.
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