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UN Chief: Afghanistan ‘Hanging by a Thread’

27th January, 2022 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News January 26, 2022 The U.N. secretary-general warned on Wednesday that Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread,” as the organization appealed for a total of $8 billion to scale up humanitarian assistance to more than 22 million Afghans this year. “When it comes to complex humanitarian emergencies, Afghanistan is as bad as

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Setting Out To Exclude Women, Girls From Public Life, UN Experts Warn

17th January, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 17, 2022 Taliban leaders are attempting to institutionalize large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against Afghan women and girls, a group of 36 UN human rights experts warned in a statement on January 17. The experts said an array of restrictive steps that have been introduced since the Taliban’s takeover of

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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US must ‘respond positively’ to UN call to release Afghan funds: Taliban

14th January, 2022 · admin

Press TV January 14, 2022 The Taliban government has called on the United States to release billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s frozen assets to avoid a worsening humanitarian crisis after the 20-year invasion of the war-ravaged country by US-led forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid made the call on Friday, a day after UN Secretary-General Antonio

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Zabihullah Mujahid |
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UN Chief Calls on International Community to Rescue Afghan Central Bank

13th January, 2022 · admin

Michael Hughes AOPNEWS January 13, 2022 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to immediately inject liquidity into the Afghan economy and ensure the country’s central bank is preserved as millions face starvation and death. The global community, led by the United States, since the collapse of Kabul has made extensive efforts to bypass

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Da Afghanistan Bank |
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U.S. Earmarks An Extra $308 Million In Aid To Afghanistan As UN Appeals For Urgent Assistance

11th January, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 11, 2022 The United States will donate an additional $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the White House announced on January 11, bringing the total U.S. aid for the war-wracked country to nearly $782 million since October. The announcement came the same day as an appeal by the United

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Pakistan Issues Identity Cards to More Than a Million Afghan Refugees

8th January, 2022 · admin

Lisa Schlein VOA News January 8, 2022 GENEVA — Pakistan has concluded a months-long campaign to register Afghan refugees and issue them identity cards that will protect and safeguard their interests. The government-run campaign, supported by the U.N. refugee agency, began in mid-April. The registration drive has updated the data of some 1.4 million Afghan refugees.

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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28,500 Children Killed in Past 16 Years in Afghanistan: UNICEF

1st January, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Over 28,000 children have been killed in conflicts since 2005 in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children’s Fun (UNICEF) said on Friday in a press release. According to UNICEF, Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005: “Afghanistan, for example, has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005, at

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Posted in Afghan Children, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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UN Security Council Approves Resolution Facilitating Some Aid To Afghanistan

22nd December, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 22, 2021 The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as the war-torn country teeters on the brink of a humanitarian crisis after Taliban militants seized power in August. The resolution, approved unanimously on December 22, says the “payment of funds,

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Fallen Afghan Government’s UN Envoy Leaves Post

17th December, 2021 · admin

AFP: The Afghan ambassador appointed by the country’s overthrown government has left his post at the United Nations, the U.N. said. Ghulam Isaczai “relinquished his position as of December 15,” according to a letter received Thursday, assistant U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq told AFP. Click here to read more (external link). Related Naseer Ahmad Faiq to

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Posted in UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Ghulam Isaczai, Naseer Ahmad Faiq |
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UN Warns Of Killings, ‘Total Reversal’ On Rights In Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule

14th December, 2021 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 14, 2021 The United Nations says the first four months of Taliban rule in Afghanistan have been marked by “credible allegations” of more than 100 extrajudicial killings, the denial of women’s rights, and the recruitment of boys to be soldiers. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on December

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, ISIS/DAESH, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: child soldiers, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban Executions |
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