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Significant numbers of new arrivals have been reported this past week in Gulan Camp, Gurboz, Matun and Alisher. Already UNHCR staff have verified 879 new families in the camp, 242 new families in Alisher, and approximately 300…
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Distributions of UNHCR supplemental food packages began at the end of December and include pulses, oil and salt. With funds from the CHF, this supplemental food package augments the wheat being distributed from the Strategic Grain…
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KEY FIGURES 23,247 individuals displaced by conflict were profiled during December 2014, of whom: 5,174 individuals were displaced in December 2014; 14,369 in November 2014; 1,616 in October 2014; and 2,088 earlier. The total number of profiled IDPs…
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"The adverse effects of child marriage on girls are inevitable. Early and child marriage robs a girl her childhood and denies her right to education and having a healthy live", said Mohammad Younus Payab, UNFPA Assistant…
Afghanistan
By Zeba Noori and Dawn Carmin Afghanistan’s 2014 national elections proved a turning point for women exercising their right to vote... hen Malalai* was a child, she was taught that government was a man’s business. These lessons were…
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2 January 2015 – United Nations [Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in the “strongest terms” the recent shelling that hit a wedding party in Afghanistan and reportedly killed 25 people and wounded 45 others. In a statement…
Afghanistan
KABUL, 1 January 2015 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns yesterday’s shelling that hit a wedding party in the southern province of Helmand killing as many as 25 civilians with a…
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Child labour is an inescapable reality in Afghanistan with a recent study reporting that 25% of children aged 5 to 14 participate in labour activities. Carpet-weaving is a sector that particularly lends itself to child labour…
Afghanistan
BY EDUARDO GARCIA ROLLAND The day I left Afghanistan in November, a suicide bomber killed a man who worked at the British embassy in Kabul. I had passed by the site of the explosion just a few…
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A new publication from a joint research by Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) and the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says, children attempting the unaccompanied journeys abroad are exposed to varying levels of…
