Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis Requires Immediate Action

Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Human Rights Watch recently stated that international donations to Afghanistan should take immediate action to ensure that critical aid reaches Afghans facing famine and collapsing health systems following the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021. They must also devise a concerted plan of action to address education, banking, and other serious matters that require collaboration.

Due to security concerns, staff evacuations, closures, and legal ambiguities, most of the previous Afghan government is no longer functional, and humanitarian relief and other assistance supplied by UN agencies and civilian organizations have been severely hampered. UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a warning on August 31: “A humanitarian disaster is approaching.”

Human Rights Watch’s associate Asia director, Patricia Gossman. “To avoid exacerbating an already terrible situation, donors should agree to support international agencies and nongovernmental organizations that can give emergency food, health, and education aid, as well as develop a plan to address assistance directly with the Taliban.”

Afghanistan is in the midst of a massive economic downturn. Food and other basic prices have soared, despite the fact that most banks are still closed, and the UN has warned of cash shortages and possible food shortages. Moreover, 30% of the country was enduring extreme food insecurity before the Taliban’s takeover; now it’s over 40%.

In December 2020, UNICEF reported that 3.1 million of Afghanistan’s nearly seven million children under the age of five were severely malnourished, implying that “a startling 1 in 2 children under the age of five is in need of acute malnutrition treatment services to save their lives.”

Most international aid to Afghanistan’s government agencies and institutions was discontinued immediately before and after the Taliban took control. The Taliban have cut Afghanistan’s Central Bank off from the international financial system and access to the country’s foreign currency reserves.

The International Monetary Fund has also denied Afghanistan credit and assets, purportedly at the behest of the United States, including around US$440 million in Special Drawing Rights the bank has set up in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Central Bank of Afghanistan is unable to receive fresh paper Afghan currency produced in Europe due to previous UN Security Council resolutions putting sanctions and other restrictions on the Taliban for terrorism-related conduct.

The complex set of sanctions imposed on the Taliban by the United Nations Security Council, as well as sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, and many other governments, should be reviewed to ensure that they do not obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid by non-governmental organizations.

The school system, which now enrolls nearly seven million students, 38 percent of whom are girls, will urgently require additional foreign finance. Nongovernmental organizations have played an important role in education, but they only educate a few hundred thousand pupils outside of the state system. Donor states should encourage the Taliban to open all schools and let girls and women to attend at all levels without fear of being intimidated or threatened.

Nongovernmental organizations’ main function in the health sector has been to deliver services on behalf of the government. They cannot replace the state system, which has relied on international funding delivered to the government through a World Bank-managed trust fund before being distributed to provincial groups. The Taliban should keep the system in place and pledge not to discriminate in the provision of services.

What does the fall of the Afghan government mean for Europe?

The escape route

The sudden loss of Afghan government forces and the Taliban’s takeover of power stunned Europe, sparking a heated discussion about the consequences for European strategy. While the United States was the driving force behind the Western engagement in Afghanistan and set the policy, other European countries contributed significant troops and resources to the fight. Now that effort is a shambles, Europeans are faced with a slew of inevitable questions. In the first instance, they are concerned with the best means to get their countrymen, as well as those who worked with them, out of harm’s way. However, in the future, they must consider the lessons learned in Afghanistan for their policies on security, stability, relations with the US and other regional powers, and migration, among other things. This collection brings together policy professionals from across the ECFR’s programs to discuss how the Taliban’s control affects Europe’s key interests and significant partners.

NATO

The dramatic conclusion of the Afghanistan mission will unavoidably raise the issue of military interventions in the future. Since 2014, NATO's focus has switched back to its fundamental purpose of deterrence and territorial defense, from out-of-area deployments. NATO member nations are experiencing a wave of intervention weariness. The United States is clearly unwilling to act as the "world's policeman" after the "forever wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the Obama administration, this could already be observed in Syria.

European dependency over the US

As a result, the pressure on Europeans to participate in crisis management in their own backyard has intensified. The European Union will have to increase its commitment to crisis prevention, stability, and peacebuilding in the future. The Europeans' reliance on American skills has been amply proved by the Afghanistan mission. The Europeans would be unable to evacuate their own soldiers and local Afghan forces from Kabul without US military assistance.

Germany Questioned

Simultaneously, the disastrous Afghanistan operation has many Europeans questioning if military deployments are even necessary. Many observers and officials, particularly in Germany, think that the operations in Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan have taught us that we should no longer engage in this type of action. Many people wonder what the years of training Afghan armed forces, deploying European soldiers, and investing vast sums of money have yielded.

No more persuasion about

This is to be assumed that European politicians will find it more difficult to persuade their citizens of the benefits and legitimacy of military deployments elsewhere. European member states will have to examine their current military missions, which might have substantial significance for France and Germany's commitment to the Sahel.

No place for the same mistake again

Simultaneously, Europe cannot isolate itself from the world's problems or imagine itself as a blessed island. Instability will come to Europe if Europeans are no longer committed to regulating their surroundings. It is critical not to make the same mistakes that were made in Afghanistan. Rather than overburdening requirements, future military interventions must have a clearly defined and feasible goal, as well as the tools to achieve it.

The Role of Illustration in Children’s Book

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The Role of Illustration in Children’s Book

Illustration means to highlight a particular point through colorful fascinating images. These illustrated images can be found in the Middle Ages hand-written books as well. But these images can be differentiated from other paintings, sketches, or drawings easily.

From the children's learning point of view, these illustrated images are to be designed in such a way as to teach them the real meaning of the text. These illustrations might be capable of transforming a straight simple story into an interesting one.

A child learns the text easily through an illustrated image that helps that child to identify and understand the whole scenario. That’s why illustration is a very important segment of the children's book. Sometimes some books use illustrations more than the text.

Young children learn the text more easily through pictures. They respond to the pictures comparatively higher. These images ease the text for the children to grasp the meaning.

If you are holding a fascinating story with you but you may not have the great illustrations for it. Don’t wait to write, start extracting the fascinating moments out of your mind. You can easily get some of the good, illustrated images from the internet. Some companies provide your required images. Or you by yourself learn some software applications in You tube tutorial to draw for your illustrated books.

Illustrations are not only related to children’s books but now all the fields of the profession require drawings, especially in print and visual media. In short, a child is to be more attractive and enters the world of words with the help of an illustration.

5 Things That Can Affect Your Child’s Creativity and Imagination

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humans are truly amazing creatures in this universe. From the day first a child learns things, either through observation or experiencing things. A child is so full of curiosity, ideas, and thoughts on life. It is, however, from a very young age, kids are being put in boxes! They are being imposed own experiences and knowledge by their parents and surroundings. They taught how to think and stripped of their creativity. Kids are being perceived by parents from their sides. This is affecting kids’ creativity and curiosity. But if you want to nourish your child’s creativity, there are some guiding points, you can apply to your child’s daily routine and sharpen their learning capacity. Here are 5 things that can affect your child’s creativity:

Encourage curiosity

From the early stage of childhood, every child is very curious. He tries to discover things by himself. He tries even elders forbade him to do so. This is only because of curiosity. Most of the parents don’t let their kids interact with the world. They don’t let them pick things up beneath the sofa. They don’t let them search lost things in the store. They make them scared of dangerous creatures in the store and holes in the corner of the room. Then they try to compensate by giving kids learning books to teach them how an animal’s fur feels, instead of taking them to a zoo. There is a certain amount of caution that should be in any parent’s mind. But don’t stop your kids from discovering the world just because it’s an inconvenience to wash their hands afterward. Let them explore first. Then let them imagine and experience by themselves.

Admire them instead of correcting their imagination

Kids are very imaginative. They don’t know the rationality behind events. They fly in the air, swim in the deep ocean. They play with dinosaurs and fight with dragons. They put themselves in a scenario with such kinds of creatures as they had seen in cartoons or listen to the grandmothers in stories. They name things from their sides. They are always positive about things. If parents or other socializing agents don’t scare them from snakes they would catch them in their hands. It means fear comes from the environment; it may not be naturally built-in. Try to let them grow with their imagination and let them practice. They will experience things by themselves. It is more learning instead of always correcting them verbally.

Give them the chance to see the world

As a human, we learn and experience things in every little interval. We can identify different things even in our room that we don’t focus at. The more we learn things, the more we broaden our views about the world. A child who doesn’t realize importance out of their city or country, he may not be able to see the wonders of the world. Try to realize them other places, other than his surroundings. Travel them around the world, if you don’t have the opportunity or resources, read books or show them documentaries about different cultures, places, languages, and people. These informative things make them creative and resourceful. 

give them free choice

Kids play and create the environment by themselves. The majority of the children don’t let you interfere with it. They want you to play with them but according to their wish. If you try to teach them how to play, it kills their imaginations and creativity. Do not impose your experience. Let them play in

their style. 

Most of the parents complain that their kids don’t show interest in books. The answer is very simple, for the children, books are like their toys. If you instruct a toddler how to handle books or show them the right way of picking up the pencil. They will never obey you. Let them have handle books or pencils in their way. Children compare their toys with books. In the toys, they have freedom in majority cases but in reading books, they have restrictions and instructions. That’s why they get rid of the things where they feel the imposition.

Lead by example

Creativity is as much an instinct as it is learned behavior. You cant teach your child creativity in things. Every child has his spark and natural tendency towards something. Let your child practice freely. Give time and presence to your child. Be creative and imaginative with them. Make your games and stories etc. be present, it is more important. If you set with your child and you are busy on your mobile or computer. It affects a child’s sense of his job. He will try to copy you. He will never be busy in his games, rather he will try to grab your mobile. If you give them time and attention and show your creativity to them, they will feed off it, and then they will develop their creativity and imagination. The only thing then you need to do, is asking them to explain things that they have done with toys or playing games. This activity may enable them to think more positively about their experiences. Because they feel that you are interested in their games and activities.

Conclusion

Being a parent, you have to work on your patience about kids’ experiences. Your child’s creativity and positive imagination are more important than preserving a better environment. If your child writes on the wall, don’t be angry with them. Get a whiteboard or hang a big piece of paper with the wall. Give them alternatives don’t restrict them in a certain scenario. The biggest influence on children’s behavior is their parents. It starts with you, what are you doing each day to promote their creativity. Provide them an outlet to express themselves. Admire them and interact with them all the time. Give them your presence physically and socially. Your interaction enables them to respond on time. It doesn’t stretch the gap between you and your child.

When she lost her Mom

A story of a little girl

                    It was a perfectly sunny Sunday morning. Everything looks very attractive. Birds were chirping in the tree. The two little squirrels were running and chasing each other, while their mother was calling them back in the nest. It was worth a scenic moment. She sat under that tree and enjoyed the scene for a long time. Her eyes were full of tears. She was recalling her both daughters when they were four and six years old. They used to play like these little squirrels. Time ago, I used to bring you both here. You were amazing runners and chasers. I don’t remember I and your dad ever chased you both. That was the happy time ever, was it not? 

O! Mom, we are here with you as usual. Indeed, it is also a good time. Look! We love you and thus your grandchildren too. No, my love, I am not talking about you. I am worried about Leeza she even doesn’t play games as she used to. She stays calm and cool. She lost all her energies. Do you not think these pets are very sensitive and loving too, with their families? Leeza is missing her mom since she lost her. Mom! I still remember when she was crushed by the car last week. But I cannot vanish Milly's screams that very moment. Milly is still upset about Leeza. Both of them are very sensitive.

By the way, where is Milly? Mom! She is with Cristy across the road. O! right let’s go to join them. Pick the little cat up. I don’t think she is willing to walk. Okay, mom, you go and I can join you all. Darling! Mom and little Leeza are coming through. Then we go for a walk.

Milly is still recalling the tragic crashing scene while sitting across the road. Her eyes were fixed exactly on the accident spot. Bang! A car struck a young 34-year-old lady exactly on the same point where Milly's cat bleed to death. Milly was mixing both the scenes. This time, it was her own mom taking her last breath. It was a quake, after the shock. The moments she did not forget yet. Milly lost a huge shadowing tree. 

  Though Milly was too young. she was very sensitive and sensible. On her side, she tried to manage her grief very smoothly. Now both Milly and her little sister Molly were being looked after by their grandmother and aunt Cristy. They never let them realized their mom’s absence. Mom’s tragic death tried to vanish her personality. But grandma found her a strong woman of words. Milly used to take her little sister to mom’s grave along with Cristy. She never lost her mom in her dreams. She used to recall her mom’s counseling words when she lost her cat.

Listen to me, my love! We come in order but we go without an order. Every living being has to go back to heaven where he, she came from. Be realistic, my love. Everybody had to die. We only to care and love the other who were being attached to us. It was like the passengers who boarded on the train. Some people come and some leave us on the train. If you had lost your beloved cat, you got its kitten. We lost my dad but I had you and molly.

It is a short imaginary story that covers the life of a little girl, who lost her pet first and then her mom. This loss nearly affects her life very badly. But her strong senses enable her to overcome this tragic loss. It shows a mom has to be very attached to her child and council her child every time.

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Writing a Fairy Tale. Step-by-step Guide line

How to Write a Fairy Tale

If you are a good observer and you can imagine scenic dreams. Then pick a pen up and try to create a fairy world. Many modern fairy tales are a mixture of classical tales. No one knows how many stories have been written throughout the ages. These stories might be thousands of thousands. But have you ever thought about snow white, Cinderella, Aladdin and lamp, etc. these stories got fame in the whole world, in any language and culture? We know such kind of stories and characters evolve around us. But the tellers or writers kept them alive in books or visuals. We experience these magical scenes in our lives but a fairy tale writer put them in magically scenes. He attracts our attention toward his characters in an unusual manner. Because all of us dream and we overcome our weakness in our dreams. That’s why all of us like these dreaming scenes and imagine them as of ours. 

We are not really sure about the origin of all fairy tales but we can trace most of modern famous tales back in the 15th or 16th centuries. As some writers imagined the story of Cinderella who got married to the king of Egypt back in 7 BC. Even today fairy tales are a huge part of our lives. They teach us important morals, such as accepting others who are different or not talking to strangers and provide motivational tales of beating adversity and hardship. 

Instructions

Describe the setting and background. 

The start of any magical story should be very attractive aesthetically . You need to very imaginative to create scenes. Very beautiful mountainous, vast meadows represent the dwellings of good character. While gloomy, sorrowful atmosphere represents the evil background. For example, a nice little cottage in a forest is the perfect place to create a cozy, warm feeling. While a gloomy castle might set the scene of a dark, Gothic fairy tale. 

Moral lesson

Every story relates a moral lesson to a purpose. Before you start any story, you need to think first about the purpose and that purpose must be supported by a moral lesson. Where The reader can easily understand the scope of the story. By the scope we mean, the objectivity of the story. How the story can be perceived by the reader and that reader imagine the characters of the story as of his surroundings.

Main character 

The main character may not be very good in every aspect but he/she may be fancied by the readers. That character will have to be good in dealings. The reader may wish him/her to succeed. The whole story should revolve around that character. For example, the character of jack in the story, “jack and magic beans” is not very good in nature but we all love him and wish him to succeed in the ending. This character is mostly consistent in all actions.

Evil character 

There must be an opposite character to the main one. It has some special powers which cause pain to the good character. Both these two characters come face to face, they may conflict the same point. The evil character uses special powers to suppress the good character while the good character tries to compete with him with a positive attitude. 

Magical Scene

Design a magical character or object to write into the fairy tale. The magical character can be the evil character but many fairy tales have both good and evil magical characters that work to off-set the other’s influence.

Obstacles or challenges 

Identify then, create obstacles and way outs for your good character to face. Whatever the obstacle he faces should seem insurmountable and mostly requires a bit of creativity by your good character and a little magical assistance.

Happy ending 

In the end, all obstacles created by the evil must be vanished and your good character should succeed. This is called a happy ending. Your good character should sum up the purpose of the story. He should overcome all the hardships with patience and must be persistent in all his good dealings. In the end, you can write….. “happily, ever after.”

Bonus tips on writing fairy tales

Still, struggling to write a fairy tale? Here are some bonus tips to help you get writing.

1. If you lose inspiration, try reading more fairy tales and then try re-telling these fairy tales in your way.

2. Keep it simple, use language that all age groups can understand and read and avoid using complicated and long sentences.

3. Include words like, “Once upon a time” and “Happily ever after”.

4. Things happen in threes or sevens – It’s a common fairy tale tradition. This could relate to characters, events, or places. For example, the seven dwarfs in snow white or the three little pigs.

5. Send your hero on a quest or journey and show the changes to them on their behavior and personality on the way.

6. Common fairy tales follow the Good vs. Evil story plot.

7. evil characters are mostly punished for their actions and the hero is rewarded in the end in some way.

8. The challenge or obstacle your heroes face must be impossible to overcome without the help of a magical character or some special abilities. For example, only true love could break the beast’s curse in Beauty and The Beast.

A super dog

I was super among all the street dogs. No dog could ever snatch even a single piece of meat or bread from me. all of us use to play and wander around the streets. I was their leader. We used to sit in front of the butcher shop. We walked around the city’s big bins for food. We were in big numbers and that’s why people got scared of our huge number. People often changed their ways whenever we passed through. They had complained about us in the city council and the dogs' control department.

The City council tried to poison us a few times but we escaped. I had a strong sense of drugs. Thus, nobody could ever damage us. They also tried to fire us with guns but luckily due to the huge human population we escaped.

Some of the people were, though, happy with us as well. Because we had to patrol the whole night and made them secure. Nobody could ever dare to get out of their houses at night. Night crimes were reduced too much because of our night patrols.

Time was passing on; our grip was tightened over the area. We used to be active at night and stayed asleep day time. I was a super dog.

These were the last shocking words of him and breathed his last in my arms.

He was not a dog at all. He was a young kid about 9 years old. He might be an unwanted kid of someone. He grew up with street dogs. Nobody ever tried to accept him. Somebody had poisoned the street dogs, where one the dogs had gone mad. He could not survive the wounds and now he was dead.