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2021-10-17 Afghanistan
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Kam Air, Ariana, PIA to resume flights from Kabul to Pakistan, border crossings still closed, int’l charity orgs. step back
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[KhaamaPress] Afghanistan’s ministry of transport and civil aviation said that Pakistain International Airlines (PIA) and Afghanistan’s Kam Air and Ariana Airlines to resume their normal fights from Kabul to Islamabad.
The decision was made after the acting minister of transport and civil aviation met with Pakistain’s ambassador to Kabul and authorities of the three Airlines.
The trilateral meeting was conducted on Friday, October 15 in Kabul.
It comes after PIA suspended its flights from Kabul following a warning by Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Administration. The statement had warned of the ban on PIA and Kam Air if they do not reduce fares.
The ministry, ambassador, and Airlines unanimously agreed to be reducing the prices of tickets, and a trilateral technical team will be established by the Airlines to do so.
Recently, PIA was charging $2,500 for each ticket the price of which was once $150 from Kabul to Islamabad.
Pakistain has closed all its land crossing points with Afghanistan that has put tens of thousands of people in trouble.
The closure of crossing points has also rotten tens of tonnes of pomegranate and the Afghan traders have inflicted heavy financial loss.
Intl Backing for Food, Farming Programs Halted: FAO
[ToloNews] The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that some of the organizations supporting food and agriculture in Afghanistan have halted their operations.
Deputy FAO Representative Fabrizio Cesaretti said on Friday that the organization would cover 3.5 million people who are in grave need. "Agriculture is still one of the main sectors for the economy of Afghanistan and it is surely the basic food production for the people and rural livelihoods are at risk because ... many government-sponsored projects funded by the World Bank or other donors are now suspended," he added.
The recent drought, Covid-19 crisis and halt in international humanitarian support are said to be the main reasons for the increase of food insecurity and challenges to the agriculture sector of Afghanistan.
The World Food Program (WFP) warned that Afghanistan was facing a severe food shortage crisis.
According to WFP officials, this year’s theme for the celebration of International Food Day was "climate change." They called climate change a main factor in hunger and food insecurity.
"There are a lot of problems this year in Afghanistan, food insecurity is a challenge, and organizations including the WFP are attempting to provide assistance to the people," said Wahidulllah Amani, a front man for the WFP.
A Kabul resident, Haji Mohammad, said: "I usually buy four pieces of bread and eat them together with a family of 13 members just to stay alive, we don’t have anything else."
October 16 is designated World Food Day. According to initial statics, over 60 percent of Afghans are jobless, and more than half of the country’s population is facing hunger.
"This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. The COVID-19 pandemic remains a global challenge, causing untold losses and hardship. The impact of the climate crisis is all around us. Crops have gone up in flames. Homes have been washed away. Lives and livelihoods have been thrown into turmoil due to conflict and other humanitarian emergencies. Global food security challenges have not been this severe for years," said, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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According to WFP’s statistics, over 14 million people are struggling with foode insecurity in Afghanistan.
Truckloads of Medicine Stopped At Customs Borders
[ToloNews] The union of pharmacy owners said that the over 50 trucks loaded with medical supplies have been stopped at the borders for unknown reasons.
The union warned that if the trucks are not allowed to enter Afghanistan, there will be a severe shortage of medical supplies across the country within the next month.
“The medicine factories are faced with a shortage of medicine and the important medicine is used up,” said Azizullah Shafiq, a member of the union. “If this situation continues, Afghanistan will face a serious crisis of medical supplies.”
The majority of medical supplies are imported to Afghanistan from foreign countries.
Shukrullah, a resident of Kabul, said: “The doctor gave me this prescription. I have been searching for this medicine for the last three days but couldn't find it. The important medicines don’t exist.”
The owners of the medicine factories said that many factories stopped operating due to a shortage of medicine elements.
The chief inspector of medical factories, Abdul Karim Khosti, said: “The flights are suspended and the customs stopped many trucks with medical products and now many factories lack access to medical materials to produce medicine.”
Pharmacy owners voiced concerned, saying that the stopped flow of medical supplies at the border is affecting their business.
“The increasing rate of the dollar and closure of ground borders and suspension of flights caused us to face a shortage of drugs,” said Abdullah, a pharmacy owner.
Earlier, the World Health Organization warned that due to the suspension of flights, the public hospitals in Afghanistan are facing a shortage of medical supplies. 
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