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Over 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in Pakistan since January 2021: UNHCR

22nd June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: More than 250,000 Afghans seeking asylum have arrived in Pakistan since January 2021, according to the UN refugee agency. Qaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan, has said that Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from Afghanistan after the Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] takeover of Kabul.

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Escape from the Taliban |
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What’s at stake as UN Taliban travel ban waiver set to expire?

20th June, 2022 · admin

Al Jazeera: The Trump-backed waiver allows sanctioned Taliban leaders to travel abroad for negotiations. Writing on The Hill website in May, Annie Pforzheimer, a former acting US deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan, said the continued exemption “represents the creeping normalisation of international relations with a regime that overthrew a constitutional republic and an

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Posted in Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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UN Official Says Afghan Taliban Has Stripped Women’s Rights

18th June, 2022 · admin

Lisa Schlein VOA News June 18, 2022 GENEVA — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this week accused Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban of stripping women and girls of their fundamental rights and freedoms and rendering them invisible in public life. Her report was submitted Wednesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Bachelet told the council

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns

3rd June, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terrorists – The UN report suggests most senior al-Qaida leaders are currently based in the eastern region of Afghanistan, from Zabul province north towards Kunar and along the border with Pakistan. The border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan is lined with

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Security, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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UN-supported Survey Finds Pakistan Hosts 1.3 Million Afghan Refugees

3rd June, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News June 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A new United Nations-supported survey has concluded that 1.3 million Afghan refugees are residing in neighboring Pakistan, about 100,000 fewer than the figure officially used until now. An official statement said Friday the government had completed the survey, officially known as the Documentation Renewal and Information Verification

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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16 Afghan Children Killed in Two Days of Explosions: UNICEF

28th May, 2022 · admin

May 28, 2022 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan said that 16 children have been killed in the country in only the last two days. Mohamed Ag Ayoya, the UNICEF representative in Afghanistan, stated in a tweet on Friday, May 27, that violence against children should be stopped

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Posted in Afghan Children, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Rebuff UN Calls for Reversing Rules on Afghan Women

27th May, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 27, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Afghan Taliban have turned down renewed calls by the United Nations for the Islamist rulers to reverse restrictions on the human rights of women in Afghanistan, saying they are in line with local religious and cultural values. The hard-line group’s foreign ministry issued a statement Friday

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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UN Secretary General: Ground for Terrorism Revival Enabled in Afghanistan

12th May, 2022 · admin

8am: In a two-day counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised matters of concern that terrorism is reviving in Afghanistan, which could lead to a global threat in the future. According to Guterres, the spread of ISIS-K and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan poses growing threats to the world. Click here to

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban Security Failure |
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UNICEF confirms death of 20 children in Khost and Kunar airstrikes

20th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, on Wednesday said the organization has confirmation that a total 20 children were killed during airstrikes carried out by Pakistan on April 16 in the provinces of Khost and Kunar. “In Khost, twelve girls and three boys were killed, while in Kunar, three girls and two boys

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Posted in Afghan Children, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Khost, Kunar |
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Afghan people selling children, body parts amid economic crisis

31st March, 2022 · admin

The Hill: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in an address on Thursday that people in Afghanistan are “selling their children and their body parts” to provide for their families amid the country’s near economic collapse.  “Without immediate action, we face a starvation and malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan,” Guterres said in remarks delivered in New

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Posted in Economic News, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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