Afghanistan
Natural disaster Assessment and Response Update: Kunar: As per initial report , 16 families were affected by rainfall incident in Wata por, Asad Abad and Marawara districts on 16 September. A joint team consisting of IOM, WFP and…
Afghanistan
The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Afghanistan threatens to push it to the brink. Vulnerable displacement-affected communities, already at high risk for the rapid spread of Covid-19, are struggling to cope. In Afghanistan, where decades of…
Afghanistan
Investigate Airstrike on Mosque School that Killed at Least 12 Children (New York) – Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties from an Afghan government airstrike on October…
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Situation Overview COVID-19 Cases: 799,602 COVID-19 Deaths: 20,378 There has been a sharp increase in cases both in Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern countries; states that had seemingly controlled infections are once again on high alert (Jordan, Georgia, and…
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South: Thousands of people displaced by fighting Continued fighting between the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) near Lashkargah city in Hilmand province forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The…
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls for urgent protection and assistance for tens of thousands of civilians displaced by recent escalation of violence in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province. Men, women and children have been forced from their…
Afghanistan
By Murray Jones At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 wounded by a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province on Sunday [October 18th]. According to the nation’s Interior Ministry, the bomb detonated near…
Afghanistan
SG/SM/20348 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the indiscriminate attack today on a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan’s province of Ghor, in an area where many…
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Highlights by country South-West Asia Afghanistan • Utilization of health services in Afghanistan has dramatically decreased during the pandemic according to WHO, indicating that many severe medical cases that required hospital care were unable to receive treatment for a variety of…
Afghanistan
Roald Høvring Forty pairs of shoes are neatly lined up on a concrete staircase outside a simple grey entrance door. This is no ordinary school. It is the home of a generous neighbour who has made parts…
