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New York: UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening. more
Afghanistan: Food insecurity and malnutrition threaten ‘an entire generation’

New York: People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of “unparalleled proportions”, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on ...

Women must be given space to lead if Afghanistan is to find peace: Bachelet

New York: Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country is to find ...

Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW

Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghan ...

UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan

New York: The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide im ...

UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months

Kabul: As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, UNICEF and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public education t ...

86 radio stations stopped operations in Afghanistan ever since Taliban came to power

Kabul: Media watchdog organizations said as many as 86 radio stations in Afghanistan have shut down in the past six months ever since the Taliban came to power in the country in 2021.

UN Secretary-General's special envoy meets Taliban Minister over issue of Afghanistan's missing women

Kabul: The UN Secretary General’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, held a meeting with the acting Taliban Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, where the issue of missing ...

Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan and across region

New York: 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 ...

International bodies express concern over disappearance of Afghan women activists

Kabul: The European Union, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have voiced concerns over the fate of Afghan women activists ...