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UN 'encouraged' by US decision to use Afghan assets funds for humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 12 (ANI): The United Nations is encouraged by the US decision to split USD 7 billion of the frozen Afghan assets fund between humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, media reported quoting spokesman Stephane Dujarri
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Biden moves to split USD 7 billion frozen Afghan funds to 9/11 victims, hu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) moved USD 7 billion of the frozen Afghan assets to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Quad expresses grave concerns over Myanmar crisis, calls for end to violen
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 11 (ANI): The Quad countries have expressed grave concerns about the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to violence, the release of all those arbitrarily detained, including foreigners, and unhindered humanitarian access.
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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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Angelina Jolie urges US Senate to pass Violence Against Women Act
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): Oscar-winning actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie appeared in a press conference held at Capitol Hill and urged the US Senate to renew the Violence Against Women Act.
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Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Grand-Saconnex [Switzerland], February 9 (ANI): Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
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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
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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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UN, partners ramp up relief work for Cyclone Batsirai victims in Madagasca
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations and partners delivered initial aid to the victims of Tropical Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar while the organization's Humanitarian Air Service conducted needs assessment, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
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Terrorist groups make 'mockery of sanction regimes': TS Tirumurti at UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 7 (ANI): Ambassador of India to United Nations, T S Tirumurti, on Monday, said that the terrorist groups mock sanction regimes and rebrand themselves as humanitarian organizations to evade sanctions.
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