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As Afghanistan's economy collapses, starvation grips children
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): According to the global organization, Save the Children, many people in Afghanistan are facing a severe food crisis during Ramzan and the most vulnerable are children.
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UN urges emergency development measures in Lebanon amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Najat Rochdi, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, urged Lebanese authorities on Thursday to adopt emergency development measures amid the current humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, a statement by Lebanon's Council of Ministers reported
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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Ukraine reveals how many Russian soldiers killed in war. The figure is sho
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 23 (ANI): The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to a humanitarian disaster with over 5 million people fleeing the country apart from civilian deaths and military casualties for both Ukraine and Russia. Devastating pictures of destruction and death have come out of Ukrai
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Distressed by penury, Afghan man sets himself on fire in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): A man in Kabul set himself on fire for being extremely impoverished following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, reported local media.
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Two in three children in Afghanistan not eating enough, says report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): With the country facing one of its worst food crises, about two in three children in Afghanistan - or 12 million - whose families depend on farming to survive, are struggling to get enough food to eat daily according to reports.
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Talks with Ukraine depend on Kyiv's readiness for Russia's demands: Lavrov
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, during their phone conversation that the outcome of negotiations with Ukraine depended on Kyiv's readiness to take into account Moscow's legitimate demands, the R
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EU backs UN chief's call for ceasefire in Ukraine during Orthodox Easter
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union supports the UN secretary-general's appeal to cease hostilities in Ukraine during the Orthodox Easter celebration this week, EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday.
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West's economic sanctions on Taliban won't reform outfit: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The economic sanctions approach that the West has adopted towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after its takeover of Kabul in August last year is neither helping the humanitarian situation in the country nor will reform the outfit in its outlook on s
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Pope mentions Ukraine, Afghanistan and Myanmar in Easter Sunday plea
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], April 18 (ANI): Pope Francis has made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace around the world pointing to a "senseless" war in Ukraine, reconciliation for Myanmar, where violence still persists and for Afghanistan which is gripped by a humanitarian crisis, includin
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Former US ambassador to Afghanistan airs concern over rising humanitarian
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 17 (ANI): The former US diplomat to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, has expressed concerns about the growing adversities in Afghanistan as the world turned a blind eye to the nation's situation amidst the rising Ukraine-Russia crisis.
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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