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UK officials hold talks with Taliban, discuss ways to prevent 'Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 5 (ANI): UK senior officials on Tuesday held talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan to prevent the country from becoming "an incubator for terrorism".
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Afghanistan experiencing serious crisis, socio-economic collapse looming:
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 3 (ANI): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said Afghanistan is facing a "serious humanitarian crisis and a socio-economic collapse is looming" that will prove to be dangerous for the region and international security.
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Taliban say govt employees will get paid, money transfer allowed
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): The Taliban announced that they had partly or completely paid salaries of staff in five ministries namely education, higher education, public health, finance, and the central bank, a media report said.
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Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis with about 3 million people requiring as
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Myanmar is facing a humanitarian crisis with about 3 million people requiring assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Monday.
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UN special envoy discusses humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting f
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons on Monday discussed the humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to a UN agency.
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Jaishankar to attend G4 talks, G20 meeting on Afghanistan today; India to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): India will be participating in the G4 Foreign Ministers meeting and also the G20 meeting called on Afghanistan and will brief world leaders on the unfolding situation in the war-torn country.
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Taliban resort to 'ethnic cleansing' in several provinces
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): The Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan last month, have "started ethnic and tribal cleansing" in several provinces of the country even as Afghans face an escalating humanitarian crisis, reports said.
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Amid looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, critical gains on educati
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 10 (ANI): Sounding a warning on what is at stake for education in Afghanistan, UNESCO has said advances since 2001 must be upheld in the face of a looming humanitarian crisis.
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Secretary Blinken urges countries to hold Taliban accountable on counterte
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken urged countries to unite in holding the Taliban accountable on issues of counterterrorism and mitigating a potential humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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UN should prevent Taliban's onslaught in Panjshir, negotiate political sol
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Highlighting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Panjshir valley, former Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh has called on United Nations to do its utmost to prevent the Taliban's onslaught into the resistance stronghold.
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan needs urgent response: HRW
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said foreign donors should take immediate action to ensure that necessary aid reaches Afghans facing hunger and collapsing health services after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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'Major' humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan; UN to convene fundraisin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, warned again on Friday, amid uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders.
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