Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of the ICRC's largest operations worldwide with more than 1,100 national and expatriate staff involved in a wide range of activities on behalf of people affected by conflict. The following is an update of ICRC activities…
Afghanistan
HUMANITARIAN ISSUES & EMERGENCY RESPONSE During this period, over 13 provinces were heavily affected by floods. Deportation of Afghan families continued from Iran as well as a low scale deportation of Afghan families from Pakistan. Population movement as a result…
Afghanistan
Dr. Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA Press Officer: Welcome, all of you to our press conference. Today's honoured guest is Dr Abdi Momin Ahmed, of the World Health Organisation. He will present some of the achievements and challenges of the health…
Afghanistan
Security incidents in schools and threats against students and teachers in Afghanistan have spiked in recent months, disrupting education in the country, which this year has seen some of the worst violence since the fall of the Taliban in…
Afghanistan
Flash floods, heavy snow fall, landslides, disease outbreaks and armed conflict have affected thousands of Afghan children and their families since the beginning of this year. - Some parts of the country in Northern and Western regions still suffer from…
Afghanistan
Adrian Edwards, UNAMA spokesman: Before we get into the substance of today's press briefing, I want to say how deeply saddened UNAMA is to have heard, in the past few minutes, the President's announcement of the death of the…
Afghanistan
A reporter embeds with the Taleban to see the brutal evidence of war in Greshk. By Aziz Ahmad Tassal (ARR No. 261, 23-July-07) The image I cannot erase is a burqa in the ashes of a bombed-out house. When I close…
Afghanistan + 8 more
Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of six new contributions totalling $17,780,360.51 as of 29 June. The contributions were made by Egypt ($15,000), Iceland ($308,618.16), New Zealand ($762,700),…
Afghanistan
Jamil Danish, PIO: Good morning and welcome to today's press conference. We have a few announcements to make from the UN family here in Afghanistan before we turn to your questions. TALKING POINTS NEW UNAMA OFFICE IN GHOR Some of…
Afghanistan
KABUL, 10 JULY 2007- "On Monday, July 9, two rockets fired by militants struck a primary school in Kunar province, killing one child instantly and injuring three other children. That same night, a school was burnt in Ghore province.…
