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Executive Summary Background and Context: Returnees’ inflow from Pakistan is a part of the Government of Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan to return all undocumented Afghans to their country of origin. A similar repatriation exercise has been ongoing…

Limiting Support to Afghanistan to Ever-Dwindling Levels of Humanitarian Aid to Isolate the Taliban is Not the Answer Published in:The New Humanitarian Fereshta Abbasi Researcher, Asia Division FereshtaAbbasi Patricia Gossman Associate Asia Director Limiting support to Afghanistan to ever-dwindling levels of humanitarian aid…

Introduction It's winter in Kabul, where the mighty Hindukush range frontiers the city in a narrow valley. Sub-zero temperatures grip the region regularly and resilience becomes a way of life. In many homes, the biting cold yields…

DOWNLOAD REPORT Though countries in South Asia have witnessed substantial reductions in poverty in recent decades, a large share of households remains poor. Multiple recent shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises and climate-related disasters are…

In Numbers 12.4 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure between May and October 2024, including 2.9 million people in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 4 (emergency) 4 million people are acutely malnourished, including…

Since 15 September, there has been a notable surge in the number of returnees to Afghanistan, taking place primarily through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, following the announcement on 3 October by Pakistan’s national…

HIGHLIGHTS UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Indrika Ratwatte, visits Torkham border in anticipation of potential Afghan returnee influx - Pg. 01 Drought preparedness in Afghanistan: A slow-onset, early action plan is released by humanitarian partners - Pg. 02 The ban on…

Highlights • On 10 and 11 May, heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan, affecting 21 districts across Badakhshan (5), Baghlan (10) and Takhar (6) provinces. The weekend’s rains caused the largest flooding event in Afghanistan…

Since 15 September, there has been a notable surge in the number of returnees to Afghanistan, taking place primarily through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, following the announcement on 3 October by Pakistan’s national…

SC/15747 The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the sixth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan (document S/2023/893), agreed to address the following…