Informes

President of the Swiss Confederation and head of the FDFA Ignazio Cassis attended a UN conference on Afghanistan on 31 March. Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan became more acute as the winter wore on. The UN conference…

Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. At the High-level Pledging Event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan held today, Finland pledged to increase its assistance to the country, for example, through the…

Australia will commit an additional $40 million in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan for 2022. This commitment made overnight at the UN Afghanistan Conference, builds on the $100 million in additional humanitarian assistance announced…

NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON During today’s High-Level Pledging Event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan, the United States announced we are providing nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Afghanistan, bringing…

Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Today at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Kingdom, Germany, and Qatar-hosted virtual pledging conference, the United States announced it is providing nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian…

Doha, 31 March 2022 As delivered Many thanks Melissa. Thank you very much for this opportunity. And thank you, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, and of course Secretary-General. Thank you all for being here. I would like to add my thanks also…

Regional Overview The drastic deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan in 2021, resulting in forced displacement, required the activation of the Refugee Coordination Model and the rapid scale-up of interagency preparedness in neighbouring countries. In August, UNHCR…

Policies put in place by western donors in efforts to isolate the Taliban have driven the country to the brink of famine, cutting the country and its economy off from the lifelines of the international financial…

"I am eight months pregnant, but this is the first time I'm seeing a doctor", says Belqees*, in her early thirties, at a CARE mobile health clinic in Balkh province, in the north of Afghanistan. Like…

Introduction The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is considered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The country suffers large-scale humanitarian needs, displacement and a severe food crisis. This is due to decades of conflict, recurrent droughts, and…