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By Tabasum Akseer Almost nine months after Western forces and aid agencies left Afghanistan, this poverty-stricken country is facing an acute humanitarian crisis. The economy, long dependent on foreign aid, is collapsing, and livelihoods are vanishing. Basic…

Overview Afghanistan is facing one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world and the number of people needing humanitarian assistance continues to increase. The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) and non-government organization (NGO)…

Today 31st March 2022, we the co-hosts from OCHA, Germany, Qatar and the United Kingdom led the Afghanistan pledging conference for 2022. We were joined by the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Guterres, 38 Ministers and…

In Numbers 22.8 million people – half of the population – are projected to be acutely food insecure in 2022,1 including 8.7 million at risk of famine-like conditions 4.7 million children, pregnant and lactating women at risk of…

Last week in South Asia and Afghanistan, the Taliban continued to clash with the National Resistance Front (NRF), the recently-emerged Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), and the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. The Taliban and unidentified armed…

In Numbers 22.8 million people – half of the population – are projected to be acutely food insecure in 2022, including 8.7 million at risk of famine-like conditions 4.7 million children, pregnant and lactating women at risk of…

By Salima Ahmadi, Consultant, Amnesty International and Yamini Mishra Director, South Asia, Amnesty International Since the Taliban seized power seven months ago, Women and girls in Afghanistan have almost disappeared from the public life. This includes most…

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - “UNICEF is deeply saddened by the killing of four children, all boys, in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) detonated. According to media…

excerpt 2. Rationale 2.1 Background Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, increasing poverty and COVID-19 have deeply affected the people of Afghanistan. Conflict continued to induce physical and psychological harm and is forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands of…

A donor summit to raise humanitarian funds for Afghanistan fell short yesterday when donor countries pledged $2billion less than the United Nations said was needed. Just $2.4 billion was raised out of a $4.4 billion target…