Today, Tuesday, the Afghan media reported that an explosion occurred near a mosque in the center of the capital Kabul. second security zone in Kabul. He added that no one was hurt, and according to him, the incident is under investigation.
In another context, the Taliban announced last month that more than 160 people have died due to cold in Afghanistan this month, the harshest winter in more than a decade, as residents described their inability to afford fuel to heat their homes at temperatures. below degrees Celsius antifreeze.
“162 people have died due to cold weather from January 10 to now, including about 84 people who have died in the last week,” said Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the Minister of Disaster Management, citing Reuters.
The coldest winter in 15 years, when temperatures dropped to -34 degrees Celsius (-29.2 degrees Fahrenheit), hit Afghanistan amid a severe economic crisis. Many aid groups have partially suspended their activities in recent weeks due to the Taliban administration’s ruling that most female NGO staff cannot work, leaving the agencies unable to run many programs in the conservative country.
During a visit to Kabul this week, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said the international organization is seeking an exemption from the travel ban on most aid workers, which comes at one of the most vulnerable times for many Afghans.
“The Afghan winter… as everyone in Afghanistan knows, is the biggest harbinger of death for many families in Afghanistan, and we are living through this multi-year humanitarian need… we are seeing some consequences in the form of loss of life,” Griffiths told Reuters.
