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UK officials hold talks with Taliban over humanitarian crisis in Afghanist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 11 (ANI): Top UK official held talks with the Taliban leadership about the dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, British Foreign Office said on Friday.
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WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minister Qalander Ebad and discussed the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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US allows money transfer to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): As Afghanistan faces a severe financial crisis, the United Stated has allowed the international banks to transfer money to the crisis-torn country for humanitarian purposes, local media reported.
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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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Starvation in Afghanistan, people sell children and body parts: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 29 (ANI): The UN Head of World Food Program (WFP) has again expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and added that the Afghan people have resorted to selling their children and parts of their bodies to survive.
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At Oslo talks: West stresses on need to resolve humanitarian crisis in Afg
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): Special Representatives and Special Envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the UK and the US met in Oslo on January 24 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including sessions with representatives of the Taliban and civil society a
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US lawmakers urge Biden to release frozen Afghan funds to prevent imminent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, three US lawmakers urged US President Joe Biden to release the country's assets to prevent imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the Afghan people.
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UN warns of harsh winter in Afghanistan, collects USD 1.5 billion to avert
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 6 (ANI): In order to avert a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, aggravated due to severe winter conditions, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) collected USD 1.5 billion for the cause.
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China blames US for bringing serious humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 30 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the irresponsible withdrawal by the United States from Afghanistan has brought a serious humanitarian crisis to the Afghan people and enormous security challenges to regional stability.
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Afghanistan: Women hold protest in Kabul, demand release of Afghan Bank as
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Dozens of women came out on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest the continued hold on Afghan bank assets by the US amid an economic crisis in Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Global Action Group holds meet on Afghanistan, speakers slam Pak's role in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 23 (ANI): The Parliamentarians for Global Action Group, an international network of legislators from around the world, held a virtual biannual strategic meet on December 21 on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Imran Khan blames US for deteriorating situation in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 22 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has blamed the United States for creating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan that is affecting millions of people and allowing it to worsen.
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