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Amid worsening humanitarian crisis, UN chief calls for more cooperation wi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 17 (ANI): Amid humanitarian crisis worsening by the day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) called for more cooperation between the world body and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Afghanistan.
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UK to co-host UN virtual pledging summit to address humanitarian crisis in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): UK on Tuesday (local time) said that it will co-host an upcoming United Nations virtual pledging summit to help address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Raging measles outbreak killed 150 in Afghanistan in January: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 14 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the raging measles outbreak infected tens of thousands and killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan last month, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Kabul hospital receives 8 malnourished children every day: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Amid the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday expressed concern about the situation of malnourished children and informed that Indira Gandhi hospital in Kabul receives
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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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UN's first tranche worth USD 32 mln arrives in Kabul amid crippling humani
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): To prevent the collapse of Afghanistan's economy, the first tranche worth USD 32 million sent by the United Nations in cash arrived in Kabul on Tuesday, said Afghanistan's Central Bank-Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB).
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West going to end up recognizing Taliban: Former UK defence chief David Ri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI): UK's former chief of defence David Richards on Tuesday said that the West will recognize Taliban sooner or later and urged governments to be "magnanimous in defeat."
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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis to affect Pakistan, warn Senators
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Islamabad [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): Pakistan's senators have warned that a humanitarian crisis is brewing in Afghanistan that could have serious ramifications for Pakistan's national security, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka needs to save its economy from China's debt-trap policy: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] February 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic downturn in Sri Lanka, the Washington-based group Global Strat View said that the island nation has to rethink seriously to save its economy, which analysts say have fallen into China's debt-trap policy.
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EU adopts humanitarian exemption to Afghanistan sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 6 (ANI): As Afghanistan witnesses a severe financial and humanitarian crisis, European Union has amended its Afghanistan sanction regime to include a humanitarian exemption, local media reported.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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