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US announces USD 180 million humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The United States has earmarked an additional USD 180 million to aid more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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Taliban sent letter to UN with commitments to protect UN Staff: Guterres
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he received a letter from the Taliban, in which the outfit committed to protecting UN personnel working in the country and addressing issues related to women's rights.
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UN official meets Afghan interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, discusses h
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 16 (ANI): A UN official met with Afghanistan's new interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is one of the world's most wanted terrorists, and discussed the ongoing situation of Afghanistan and humanitarian aid.
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EU to provide extra USD 118mn in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 15 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the bloc will increase its humanitarian aid for Afghanistan by extra 100 million euros to avert the humanitarian disaster in the country.
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UN chief underlines importance of engaging Taliban, aiding Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
United Nations [US] September 11 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said engaging the Taliban and providing humanitarian aid to the Afghan people are crucial for avoiding both a humanitarian catastrophe and an economic meltdown.
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Taliban delegation meets Pak officials in Doha, discuss border issues, hum
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 4 (ANI): A senior Taliban delegation led by Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanekzai met with the Pakistani Embassy officials in Qatar on Friday where the two delegations discussed issues concerning the current developments in Afghanistan.
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Air corridors for humanitarian aid delivery to Afghanistan to open soon: D
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Doha expects the air corridors for deliveries of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to be available in the next 24-48 hours, as Qatari experts have repaired some equipment at the Kabul airport, the Qatari Foreign Ministry's special envoy on counterterror
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Afghan crisis: UK, Taliban discuss humanitarian aid, bilateral ties in Doh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 3 (ANI): Senior Taliban leader Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai met with UK senior civil servant Simon Gass here and discussed humanitarian aid, security and political issues, as well as bilateral relations.
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EU foreign ministers discuss coordinated engagement with Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ljubljana [Slovenia], September 3 (ANI/Xinhua): In a debate on Afghanistan on Thursday, foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) discussed how to engage with the Taliban, in particular humanitarian aid and a possible tide of Afghan refugees.
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As US departs from war-ravaged Afghanistan, UN commits to humanitarian aid
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 1 (ANI): As the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, UN chief Antonio Guterres said that the flights evacuating civilians from the ravaged country may have come to an end, but a deepening humanitarian crisis remains.
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US will continue to support Afghan people through diplomacy, humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that the United States will continue to support the Afghan people through diplomacy, international influence, and humanitarian aid.
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European Union to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches vulnerable populati
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 1 (ANI): The European Union on Tuesday said that it will continue to coordinate with the UN and its agencies on the stabilisation of Afghanistan, ensure that humanitarian aid reaches vulnerable populations and for this purpose, will also step up financial suppor
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