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USAID announces scholarship for 900 females Afghan students

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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United State Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced of a five year education scholarships program for nearly 900 Afghan girls.

According to USAID, around 720 girls will be select complete undergraduate in private universities of Afghanistan and the another 180 girls will have mastery in Afghanistan neighboring countries.

US Charges’ d’affaires   in Kabul considers this program, the biggest program of women’s capacity building the American history and also announced of an extra assistance of $ 15 million to USAID for this program.

Afghan Chief Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah who was present in the opening ceremony of this program, emphasized that “Investment on education means investment on peace and development.”

Dr. Abdullah considered this program very important and essential opportunity for Afghan women and girls.

“Investment on education means investment on peace, luxury, stability, development and a comfortable life. I am waiting for the implementation of this program in next four and half years. The message of education and providing the opportunities is the message of lightening, while the message of terrorism which is a global challenge is the darkness,” said CEO, Abdullah Abdullah.

USAID’s commitment to Afghan women also includes the creation of an institute for gender and development studies and an international scholarship program for Afghan women pursuing careers in highly technical professions.

With substantial assistance from USAID, Afghanistan has seen one of the most rapid declines in maternal mortality anywhere in the world and an increase in overall life expectancy of 15 – 20 years.

Girls now account for more than a third of all school children in Afghanistan compared to virtually none in 2002. 

More than 120,000 young women have finished secondary school and 40,000 are working on university degrees. Women have entered the business and political arenas with women making up more than 25 percent of the Afghan parliament.

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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, issued a joint statement on Thursday calling for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, and to firmly combat terrorism.

According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.

“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.

“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.

“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.

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Talks underway to ditch the US dollar in Afghan-Iran transactions

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Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.

According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.

Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.

Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.

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Turkey to send 670 tons of aid to flood victims in Afghanistan

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Turkish ambassador to Kabul Cenk Ünal met with the acting Minister of Economy Din Mohammad Hanif on Thursday and announced that 20 tons of emergency aid will arrive by air in Afghanistan on Friday.

The Ministry of Economy said in a statement that Ünal assured the Islamic Emirate that Turkey will also send 650 tons of humanitarian aid including tents, food, medicines, clothes and other items to the victims of recent floods in northern Afghanistan.

He said this aid will be sent by rail and arrive via through Turghandi Port in Herat province.

Hanif welcomed the assistance and said Turkey has been a good “friend and partner” to Afghanistan throughout history.

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