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VP Danish Calls for National Mobilization Campaign against Illiteracy
Sarwar Danish, the Second Vice President on Tuesday said than more than 60 percent of Afghan population is Illiterate and there is a need for national mobilization to reduce its numbers.
Speaking during a session organized by the National Literacy Committee on Tuesday in Kabul, Danish said that the government has the responsibility to take practical steps in fight against illiteracy in the country.
“The government’s main duty is to make efforts for eradication of illiteracy and to form a national mobilization,” Danish said who also chairs the National Literacy Committee.
The Second Vice President, however, stressed that the national mobilization could not be achieved without the support of religious scholars and media outlets. “Every government institution is responsible to hold literacy classes and participate in national mobilization,” he added.
Officials at the Ministry of Education, meanwhile, said that the government should consider further financial support for reducing the level of illiteracy in the country.
“The budget for literacy in the country is very less and there is a need for allocation of more budget in order to reduce the numbers of illiteracy in the country which is more than 60 percent,” said Sardar Mohammad Rahimi, the Deputy Minister of Education for Literacy.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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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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