Ayaz Gul VOA News December 7, 2021 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched its largest ever single-country appeal Tuesday to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of “over 24 million people in Afghanistan, half of whom are children.” The relief agency said the appeal for $2 billion would help avert the imminent collapse
8am: The crisis in Afghanistan is so deep-rooted that even by freeing up foreign exchange reserves and providing cash assistance, it cannot be prevented. The Taliban’s policies are exacerbating the crisis and collapse in Afghanistan, the report stated. Click here to read more (external link). Related Humanitarian Aids Must Be Separated from Political Issues, WFP
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban criticized the United Nations Thursday for postponing a decision on who would represent the country at the world body. “This decision is not based on legal rules and justice because they have deprived the people of Afghanistan of their legitimate right,” Suhail Shaheen,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 1, 2021 The United Nations refugee agency is urging Afghanistan’s neighbors to open their borders to Afghans seeking to flee their war-torn country — even if they don’t have documentation. Afghanistan’s land borders with Pakistan and Iran are currently open “almost solely” to Afghans with the required passports and visas,
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 26, 2021 Afghan experts say urgent action is needed to protect the famed Minaret of Jam after guards disappeared and critical damage became visible on the cultural treasure. An apparent stalemate between UNESCO and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban-led government has left the Minaret of Jam unguarded and in immediate danger of collapse,
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS November 17, 2021 The Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) is active in every Afghan province because of the Taliban’s inability to stop them, the UN head of mission told the Security Council on Wednesday. “Another major negative development has been the Taliban’s inability to stem the expansion of the Islamic State Khorasan Province,”
Ariana: The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across Afghanistan over the past month, bypassing the health ministry in a test case to inject much-needed liquidity into a dire Afghan economy. Click here to read more (external link). Related Shortages of Medicine and Medical Staff in Badghis
Lisa Schlein VOA News November 2, 2021 GENEVA — A plane chartered by the U.N. refugee agency carrying desperately needed winter relief for thousands of displaced people landed in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Tuesday. This is the first of three mercy flights scheduled to take off from UNHCR’s warehouse in Dubai for Kabul this week. The
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 30, 2021 The Taliban said Saturday that a failure by the United States to recognize their government in Afghanistan would prolong multiple crises facing the country and it could eventually turn it into a problem for the world. The Islamist group regained control of the country in August and established
VOA News October 23, 2021 U.N. agencies are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign for all children under 5 in Afghanistan, a country where the potentially crippling disease persists despite a more than three-decade-long campaign that has nearly eradicated it worldwide. Vaccine doses will begin to be administered in Afghanistan on November 8 for