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KABUL, 11 November 2015 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the murder by anti-Government elements of seven civilians, including two women, one girl and two boys, in the southern province of Zabul. The…
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MSF releases internal review of the Kunduz hospital attack Reveals the view from inside the hospital before, during & after airstrikes Kabul/London,5 November 2015 -- The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today released…
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"It was late at night when I decided to flee Kunduz with my two children and my orphan cousin under my custody. We spent days in a jungle not knowing where it would lead us, until…
Afghanistan
By Bilal Sarwary KUNDUZ, 27 October 2015 (IRIN) - Several districts near the epicentre of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan are contested by government forces and Taliban insurgents, complicating relief to some of those affected by Monday’s…
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KABUL, Afghanistan/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , 27 October 2015 – Children in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing further deadly threats as extreme conditions and insecurity cut off communities from aid - warns UNICEF. Around 200…
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International Day of Peace: Highlighting the impact of landmines and ERW on peace United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA), a project of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), along all the implementing partners of Mine…
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KANDAHAR, 15 October 2015 – Colleagues and friends of Toopaki Ulfat gathered in Kandahar today to pay tribute to her life and express their sense of loss on account of her murder earlier this week. Staff from…
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(New York, 13 October 2015): The Head of Operations at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, John Ging, called today for renewed international commitment to address urgent humanitarian needs and shore up…
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HIGHLIGHTS On September 28th, armed clashes broke out between non-state armed groups and Afghan National Security Forces in Kunduz City in the North East of Afghanistan. Since the launch of the Taliban offensive on Kunduz, at least 10…
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Shakiba, mother of four, sought refuge in Pakistan when the Taliban took over Mazar-i-Sharif. After many years living with her family-in-law in the neighbouring country, she received a call to return to Afghanistan: her father was very…
