Ivo Toniut Services Afghanistan

A 7-Year Odyssey Through Cancer, War, and Justice In 2018, after decades abroad (Russia, ex-Soviet states, Afghanistan...), I fled to Italy—my only safe haven as an Italian citizen—to escape death from severe health issues. Rushed from Kabul to Milan, I underwent emergency surgery. I woke up thinking I'd recover fast and return abroad. Instead, stage 4 cancer stole my voice forever, demanding brutal chemo and radiation. As side effects of the c hemoradiotherapy faded, COVID lockdowns and restrictions blocked screenings and travel for two years. Then, Ukraine's war shattered my family—my daughter lives in Russia, born from my marriage to a Donbass woman where I once worked. In 2023, when I started to come out of a deep depression and getting used to live without voice, an old, forgotten Twitter comment prompted the International Criminal Court judge who issued the arrest warrant for President Putin to file a complaint with the Rome Prosecutor's Office. What followed was 2...

Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise   😞 since the US invasion in 2001. Last year 9,000 tonnes were produced, an increase of 87%! 😱 As a result, the record number of people turning to drugs in desperation is also increasing.

The Italian Embassy in Kabul hosted today 14 March 2018 the Joint Committee to move forward on the project for the construction of the 155 km road from Herat to Chishti Sharif funded with Italian taxpayers' money. In the pictures below, the First Secretary Ugo Ferrero with the Afghan Minister of Public Works Yama Yari and representatives from the Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Afghanistan (AICS Kabul). Italy is financing the Herat-Chishti Sharif Road Project with a Soft Loan worth approximately 92.3 Million Euros and 2.0 Million Euros as a Grant to UNOPS for technical assistance; the Intergovernmental Agreement has been signed on April 2016.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday invited Pakistan to take part in the Chabahar Port project. According to Dawn News this came as Zarif sought to ease concerns of Pakistan over India’s involvement in the port. Zarif also meanwhile extended the invitation to China. “We offered to participate in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). We have also offered Pakistan and China to participate in Chabahar,” said Zarif, who is on a three-day visit to Pakistan. While in Pakistan, Zarif held bilateral talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif and addressed a trade conference, Dawn News reported. This move comes after Iran last month signed a lease agreement with India, which would give India operational control of the port. Dawn news stated that Zarif said both Pakistan and India need to link through sea and land routes in order to boost development in eastern and south-eastern Iran and in south western Pakistan. Minister Zarif also said the Chabahar port project was n...