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Landmine casualties 'exceptionally high', Syria and Afghanistan worst-hit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 11 (ANI): An UN-backed civil society report has revealed that global casualties from anti-personnel landmines were "exceptionally high" last year, with Syrians and Afghans worst-hit.
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Post resumption of int'l flights, Afghans complain about scarcity of ticke
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 11 (ANI): After the resumption of the international flights in Afghanistan, Afghans complain about the scarcity of tickets and their rising prices in the country, reported local media.
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Four Afghan children injured in landmine explosion
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] November 11 (ANI): Four Afghan children were injured in a landmine explosion in the western province of Ghor, as landmines and explosive remnants of war continued to pose a lingering threat to Afghans' lives, Xinhua reported citing local official as saying on Thursday.
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Troika Plus meeting: Pakistani FM calls on international community to prov
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 11 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday called on the international community to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan facing humanitarian crisis, its social, economic situation det
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the prevailing situation in Afghanistan, Karim Massimov, Chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Committee, on Wednesday said the social and economic situation of Afghans is deteriorating and the country is facing a humanitaria
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UNAMA's Mette Knudsen meets Taliban representative, discusses justice, equ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 9 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen on Tuesday met Taliban representative from Ministry of Justice, Sheikh Abdul Hakim Shar'i and discussed the importance of ensuring fairness, justice and equality for all people of Afg
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Imran Khan urges global community to fulfil 'moral obligation', save Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his plea to the international community to intervene and save Afghans from hunger pointing out that it is their "moral obligation" to avert the humanitarian disaster confronting people in Afghanistan,
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Tens of thousands of needy Afghans receive relief aid: UN humanitarian off
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 9 (ANI): Tens of thousands of Afghans have received relief assistance as the aid agencies scaled-up effort to provide assistance to more people before the winter in the Asian country, a UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday.
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US to waive immigration application free for thousands of evacuated Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The United States will exempt filing fees and streamline application processing for Afghan nationals who were paroled into the United States for humanitarian reasons on or after July 30, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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As food crisis deepens in Afghanistan, people resort to selling their chil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): With each passing day, the situation in Afghanistan is worsening under the new Taliban regime which does not have funds to procure food items and other essentials.
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Afghan crisis overwhelms neighbouring states with refugee spillover: Human
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): Amid the tense economic and security situation under the Taliban, countries surrounding Afghanistan are under increasing pressure as Afghans continue to flee their homeland to neighbouring states.
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55 per cent of Afghan population face food insecurity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): Nearly 55 per cent of the Afghan population are estimated to be in a crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year, a UN agency report has revealed.
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