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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, today expressed serious concern over grave violations against children during ongoing hostilities in Kunduz, in north-eastern Afghanistan. Since the launch of the Taliban offensive…
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1. Displacement from Afghanistan: Overview World’s largest protracted refugee population Since the mass exodus from Afghanistan began in 1979, either Pakistan or the Islamic Republic of Iran has ranked as the world’s top refugee hosting country for 33 out…
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GA/SHC/4131 Seventieth Session, 5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM) States and United Nations agencies must strengthen cooperation in addressing transnational crimes, human trafficking and the world drug problem while putting human beings at the heart of solutions to…
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GENEVA, Oct 6 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today appealed to the international community to refocus its attention on Afghanistan, warning that it would be dangerous to ignore the country, and praised…
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Statement by MSF International President, Dr Joanne Liu - Geneva, 6 October 2015 For four years, the MSF trauma centre in Kunduz was the only facility of its kind in northeastern Afghanistan, offering essential medical and surgical…
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On Saturday 3 October 2015 the MSF Trauma centre in Kunduz was hit several times during sustained bombing by coalition forces, and was very badly damaged. Twelve staff members and at least 10 patients, including three children,…
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1. KHOST & PAKTIKA UPDATE Operational access in Khost has expanded for UN agencies. UNHCR has conducted missions to numerous communities in the past few weeks to gather information on transitional shelter needs, assess gaps in assistance…
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The death toll from the aerial bombing of the MSF Hospital in Kunduz has risen to 19, including 12 MSF staff and 7 patients, of whom three children. There has been widespread condemnation of the attack…
Afghanistan
Kabul/London, 3 October 2015 - The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific aerial bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Twelve staff members and at…
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Mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by Taliban death squads are just some of the harrowing civilian testimonies emerging from Kunduz as Afghan forces today claimed to have regained control of key areas of the…
