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Quality of aid will be affected: UN on ban on female employees at NGOs by
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Taliban banned female employees from working at NGOs, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said that the quality of the UN aid will be impacted to quite an extent if Afghan women cannot go to work in the country, TOLOnews reported on Thu
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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: 'Risk of systemic collapse', says UN repo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As Afghanistan continue to face a severe humanitarian crisis under the Taliban regime, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a report said that it is a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe in the country as the citizens are grappling h
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Pakistan seeks more international aid as it fails to deal with devastating
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Next year will set another record for humanitarian relief requirements, with 339 million people in need of assistance in 69 countries, an increase of 65 million people compared to the same time last year, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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Around 28 million Afghans will need humanitarian assistance in 2023: UN
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Residents of Maidan Wardan province in Afghanistan receive aid from UN
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As Afghans continue to suffer under the Taliban's atrocious regime, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has provided cash assistance to 1,350 families in Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: People raise concern over humanitarian crisis as winter appro
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
As the winter season is coming closer, Afghanis' concern for the humanitarian crisis and dealing with hardships with poverty have also grown.
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5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan's Fayzabad
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Fayzabad [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology said.
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Over 2 lakh people affected by natural disasters in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Occurrences of floods and earthquakes across several provinces of Afghanistan have affected more than 2,23,000 people over the past several months, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report.
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World Food Program, UN express concern over food insecurity, economic cris
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan condemned the ongoing economic crisis in Afghanistan as people in the country are on the brink of starvation and facing pove
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25 mn Afghans living in poverty: UN body for humanitarian affairs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to witness a debilitating rights situation, the UN body for humanitarian affairs expressed concerns over the grave condition pointing out that 25 million people in the country are living in poverty, media reports said.
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Disaster-hit people in immediate need of humanitarian assistance in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): As catastrophic floods and earthquakes in several provinces of Afghanistan have affected thousands of people, leaving them in immediate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thur
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