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India sends 2500 MT more wheat to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): India has sent the 15th consignment of 2,500 MT of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance via the Attari-Wagah border.
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Afghanistan receives USD 32 million in humanitarian aid
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Amid a devastating economic crisis, Afghanistan received USD 32 million in humanitarian assistance on Sunday, the country's central bank informed while appreciating the humanitarian assistance of the international community.
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Afghan refugees left in limbo as Taliban-Iran border tensions rise
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Afghans who sought refuge in Iran in the wake of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, are increasingly facing a risk of deportation by the Iranian authorities, amid the rising tensions at the desert border between the two countries, a media report
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Afghanistan receives over USD 760 mn in cash aid
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has received over USD 760 million in cash as humanitarian assistance from the international community, the country's central bank informed, adding that the money donated is beneficial in maintaining the value of the Afghan currency.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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Distressed by penury, Afghan man sets himself on fire in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): A man in Kabul set himself on fire for being extremely impoverished following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, reported local media.
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West's economic sanctions on Taliban won't reform outfit: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The economic sanctions approach that the West has adopted towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after its takeover of Kabul in August last year is neither helping the humanitarian situation in the country nor will reform the outfit in its outlook on s
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Afghanistan's private sector hit hard by political crisis: World Bank
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 9 (ANI): With one in three businesses temporarily ceasing operations since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan's private sector has faced the brunt of the economic devastation that hit the country following the withdrawl of the NATO-led coalit
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UK pledges USD 374 million to Afghanistan in humanitarian aid
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], March 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged USD 374 million towards the provision of food grains and other humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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Afghanistan: Schools, Universities lose 60 pc students amid humanitarian c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The owners of private schools and universities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have complained that they have lost 60 per cent of their students amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
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13 million Afghan children in dire need of international assistance: UNICE
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Nearly 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international assistance, said communications chief for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, Sam Mort, according to a media report.
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