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Germany announces USD 140 million to support UNICEF in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): To help children and women in Afghanistan who are facing severe conditions due to humanitarian crisis and harsh winters, Germany Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation on Wednesday announced USD 140 million to support United Nations International Chil
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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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UK stands with Myanmar people in face of military brutality: Johnson
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 1 (ANI): The United Kingdom stands with the people of Myanmar in the face of brutality by the military and a humanitarian crisis, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
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Taliban's legitimacy impossible until US hostage is released: Ned Price
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): The United States has raised the release of US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who was taken hostage in Afghanistan nearly two years ago, in every meeting with the Taliban, said State Department Spokesperson Ned Price on Sunday (local time), adding that the
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Women activists disappearing in Afghanistan under Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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Taliban's acting health minister asks people to get vaccinated against COV
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Stressing that the threat of COVID-19 pandemic has not yet vanished globally, the Taliban's acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad on Saturday asked people in Afghanistan to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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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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Over 3,000 Afghans returning daily from Iran-Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 26 (ANI): International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed concerns over the challenging conditions of undocumented Afghan returnees.
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UNSC to convene meeting on Afghanistan today
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 26 (ANI): The United States Security Council (UNSC) is set to hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
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Oslo summit: Taliban, Afghans civil society call for joint effort to resol
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 26 (ANI): The Taliban delegation and representatives of the Afghan diaspora met on Sunday in the capital city of Norway to discuss ways to overcome the building crisis in the country.
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US lawmakers urge Biden to release frozen Afghan funds to prevent imminent
Updated : 4 years, 2 months 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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