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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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Afghanistan records drop in COVID testing, vaccinations as crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the troubled country and that around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire in near
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Quick fall of Afghan government shows structures created by US were weak:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan] September 18 (ANI): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday blamed the US for the crisis in Afghanistan and said that the quick fall of the Afghan government showed that the structures created by Washington were weak.
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Afghanistan refugee crisis threatens to prolong amid Pakistan playing ball
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 17 (ANI): With Pakistan playing the ball with the Taliban, the refugee crisis in Afghanistan post-Taliban threatens to prolong and needs continued focus.
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Afghanistan: Daily wagers in 'dire' condition after Taliban siege
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 11 (ANI): The Taliban takeover has brought an unprecedented crisis in Afghanistan with the economy plummeting day by day and daily wagers not getting enough work to support their family, pushing them towards hunger.
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Amid looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, critical gains on educati
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 10 (ANI): Sounding a warning on what is at stake for education in Afghanistan, UNESCO has said advances since 2001 must be upheld in the face of a looming humanitarian crisis.
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Secretary Blinken urges countries to hold Taliban accountable on counterte
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken urged countries to unite in holding the Taliban accountable on issues of counterterrorism and mitigating a potential humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan needs urgent response: HRW
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said foreign donors should take immediate action to ensure that necessary aid reaches Afghans facing hunger and collapsing health services after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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Power vacuum in Afghanistan will lead to military, political crisis, say a
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 31 (ANI): In the absence of an inclusive government in Afghanistan post -Taliban takeover of the war-torn country, analysts said that it will lead to a military and political crisis in the country.
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Protesters gather around Greek Parliament blaming Pakistan for ongoing cri
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 29 (ANI): Approximately 800 demonstrators protested against Pakistan in front of the Greek Parliament on Sunday in an Afghan protest rally amid the ongoing crisis in the war-torn country.
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Global community should learn from its past mistakes, engage with Taliban:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 28 (ANI): Pakistan has urged the international community to learn from its past mistakes and engage with the Taliban in order to avoid a humanitarian and refugee crisis in Afghanistan.
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ISKP creation of Pak intelligence agency to shed responsibility of Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], August 28 (ANI): The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), which has claimed responsibility for the horrific Kabul attack, is a "clever creation" of notorious Pakistan intelligence agency--ISI--to deny responsibility for the recent spiralling crisis in Afghanistan, said
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