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CICA members to discuss Afghan situation: Uzbek Foreign Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nur Sultan [Kazakhstan], October 10 (ANI): The foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will discuss possibilities of providing humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan said the Uzbek Foreign Ministry
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Thousands of Afghans received humanitarian assistance: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 9 (ANI): Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency said on Saturday.
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Renowned Indian businessman, philanthropist receives UAE Golden Visa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai (UAE), October 8 (ANI/PNN): After Indian actors like Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan, Mohanlal and Mammootty, a Dubai-based renowned businessman and philanthropist, Bharat J Mehra has been awarded the UAE's coveted 10-year Golden Visa for his humanitarian activities along with Cristiano Ro
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Afghanistan records drop in COVID testing, vaccinations as crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the troubled country and that around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire in near
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Afghanistan: UN humanitarian agencies call for greater support as winter a
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 7 (ANI): UN humanitarian agencies and their partners on Wednesday urged countries to honour their pledges to Afghanistan, as they rush to scale-up delivery of lifesaving aid ahead of the coming winter season there.
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Top UK officials hold talks with Taliban on humanitarian crisis, terrorism
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 6 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's High Representative, Simon Gass, and Charge d'Affaires of the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha, Dr Martin Longden met with senior members of the Taliban and held discussions on several issues including the humanitarian
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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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Accenture, IBM, Microsoft honoured with USIBC's 2021 Global Leadership Hum
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US]/New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has honoured the 2021 Global Leadership Humanitarian Awards to Julie Sweet, CEO and Chair, Accenture; Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO, IBM; and Brad Smith, President and Vice-Chair, Microsoft, for thei
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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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EU aid agency delivers 14.4 metric tonnes of medical supplies to WHO in Af
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 3 (ANI): EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid has delivered 14.4 metric tonnes of urgently needed life-saving medical supplies to World Health Organisation in Afghanistan.
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Ethiopia expels seven top UN officials for 'meddling'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 30 (ANI): Ethiopia asked seven senior United Nations staff members to leave the country within 72 hours for allegedly meddling in the Horn of Africa nation's internal affairs, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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Mass hunger, paralysis of health services loom large in Afghanistan: Red C
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): Afghanistan will be devastated by hunger and the collapse of health care services within the next few weeks if humanitarian support is not dispatched immediately, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Thur
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