Press TV October 20, 2016 The United Nations has warned that escalated fighting across Afghanistan could displace many more people, lamenting that international support is not enough to handle the unfolding crisis. United Nations special rapporteur Chaloka Beyani said on Thursday that UN agencies had registered more than 323,000 Afghans as internally displaced people (IDPs)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 19, 2016 The United Nations says government forces are responsible for a growing share of civilian casualties in the Afghan conflict. In a report published on October 19, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says at least 2,562 civilians died and another 5,835 were wounded in the fighting in the
Tolo News: The fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities, UNAMA said in a Human Rights special report on the 23 July attack in Kabul that killed 85 civilians and injured more than four hundred. The report, released on Tuesday, entitled “Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration in
VOA News October 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations says more than 200,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their war-torn country from Pakistan this year, more than half of them within the past five weeks, despite intensification in Taliban-led hostilities in Afghanistan. The overall figures represent the highest number since 2007 when more than 360,000
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 30, 2016 The UN mission in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of at least 15 civilians in what it says was an unmanned U.S. drone strike in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on September 30 called upon the Afghan government and international military
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 7, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations has warned of a growing threat to aid workers in Afghanistan where it says millions of people are in urgent need of life-saving assistance. “I am deeply concerned that aid workers are being targeted, with 93 of our colleagues abducted since the beginning of
VOA News Lisa Schlein July 25, 2016 GENEVA—A new report finds a record number of civilians in Afghanistan have been killed or maimed in the first half of this year. The report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office and U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan finds children account for nearly one-third of the more than
Press TV July 16, 2016 The United Nations (UN) says nearly 150,000 Afghan residents were displaced from their homes in the first six month of 2016 as a result of violence in Afghanistan. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said many of those displaced were farmers, who missed critical sowing and harvest
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—The United Nations on Thursday dismissed Pakistan’s assertions that Afghan refugees have become a source of terrorism in the country, urging the host government “not to adopt rushed solutions” for sending the displaced population back to Afghanistan. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi made the remarks
Tolo News: The United Nations refugee agency says in an annual report that persecution and conflict in countries like Afghanistan and Syria has increased the number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide to a record 65.3 million last year. According to the UNHCR’s Global Trends Report, Palestinians are the largest group of refugees at more