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Afghanistan: Residents of Baghlan province raise concern over lack of bed
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The residents of Baghlan province of Afghanistan urged the government to complete construction of the hospital's new building as they have been suffering from a lack of beds and other facilities, the Pajhwok News agency reported on Thursday.
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EU delivers medicines, nutritional aid to crisis-hit Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan received a humanitarian cargo containing medicines and humanitarian aid from the European Union (EU) on Thursday. According to Khaama Press, humanitarian aid has reached Kabul via the EU humanitarian air bridge.
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US envoy lauds India's generous humanitarian support to Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
West met Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (PAI) JP Singh. During the meeting, the US Special envoy deeply appreciated India's generous humanitarian support to Afghans.
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ISIS claims responsibility for attack on top Pak diplomat in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Khaama Press quoted the regional wing of the Islamic State (ISIS) as claiming credit for the attack on "the apostate Pakistani ambassador and his guards".
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Around 28 million Afghans will need humanitarian assistance in 2023: UN
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN agency for the coordination of humanitarian affairs stated that Afghanistan continues to be one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with 28.3 million people expected to require aid in the upcoming year, TOLOnews reported.
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Iran using former Afghan soldiers as military force: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Iran is using former Afghan soldiers for their military force and they are also being sent to fight in Syria alongside Ukraine, said Taliban's acting minister for refugees and repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani on Friday, TOLOnews reported.
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Afghan economic stability 'critically dependent' on humanitarian aid: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The economic stability in Afghanistan is extensively dependent on humanitarian aid flows as the country faces hunger and deprivation for a second winter in a row, the US Institute for Peace (USIP) report said.
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Children's opportunities to study, flourish plummeted to 24 pc since Talib
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The economic and political situation of Afghanistan has only gone worse since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August last year, the Afghans' viewpoints of children's opportunities to study and flourish plummeted to 24 per cent, a Gallup survey said on Thursday.
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US special representative for Afghanistan to visit India
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said West's trip will include visits to Japan and the United Arab Emirates. "Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Japan, India, and the United Arab Emirates December 1-8," Price said.
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97 pc Afghan population living below poverty line, under acute food short
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan's economy has undergone a deep crisis, leading to acute food shortage and pushing 97 per cent of the country's population below the poverty line, the survey released by International Organization for Migration (IOM) in coordination with EU partnerships said.
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Cash assistance to Afghanistan from international community jacks up to US
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In order to assist the Afghans in need, the Central Bank of Afghanistan on Tuesday announced that cash assistance of USD 40 million has arrived in Kabul, taking the total amount of humanitarian aid from the international community to the war-torn country to USD 1.673 billion, Khaama Press re
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UN experts call for investigation into suppression of women's rights in Af
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan has been deteriorating with every passing day due to Taliban's suppression of basic rights of Afghan women.
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