Herat Journalists Association, in conjunction with the provincial culture and information department, has established the Monitoring and Supporting Media & Journalists Committee, which aims to prevent unwarranted arrests of journalists and media workers in the province. Herat’s department of information and culture has emphasized that no security department is allowed to arbitrarily detain a journalist
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has deployed food and logistics equipment to support communities devasted by the June 22 earthquake that struck near the city of Khost in Afghanistan. According to WFP, 18 trucks have been deployed to the earthquake-affected areas carrying emergency supplies, including High Energy Biscuits (HEB) and mobile storage units.
The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has rejected claims that orders were given to restaurants in Herat to separate male and female patrons. This comes after reports emerged recently that officials from the provincial department of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice visited restaurants and instructed owners to separate patrons