Afghanistan
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Afghanistan education, Myanmar flooding, Syria recovery, homecare workers in New York
Five years since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, life for some Afghans has improved while many others suffer growing…
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Asia Pacific
Deadly Afghanistan floods kill at least 26 as aid agencies race to reach survivors
Flash floods have killed at least 26 people across eastern Afghanistan, including 23 in the mountainous province of Nuristan, where…
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Humanitarian Aid
Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread…
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Human Rights
A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban rule
A woman is stopped for buying groceries alone. The shopkeeper who served her is slapped and hauled in for questioning.…
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Humanitarian Aid
Afghanistan: 3.7 million young lives at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns
Some 3.7 million children under five in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition due to food insecurity, poor diets…
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Humanitarian Aid
Afghanistan among the world’s largest displacement crises
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises amid poverty, drought and earthquakes, UN agencies warned on Monday. A…
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan faces ‘lost generation of talent and potential,’ Security Council hears
As the Security Council met on Afghanistan, senior officials and civil society representatives delivered a clear warning Monday: despite relative…
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Humanitarian Aid
Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
Imagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps,…
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Middle East
‘Grave concern’ after dozens of women arrested in Afghanistan for dress violations
Gender equality agency UN Women is “gravely concerned” by the arrest of at least 30 women in Herat city last weekend…
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Human Rights
Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns
Afghanistan’s deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as…
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