Informes

This news comment is attributable to Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by escalating risks faced by Afghans seeking to flee into neighbouring…

Kabul, Afghanistan – With International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November launching 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, UNFPA, the United Nations reproductive health agency, calls on humanitarian partners to…

This weekend the EU held a two-day dialogue in Doha with members of the Taliban declared interim Afghan government (‘the Afghan delegation’). This dialogue does not imply recognition by the EU of the interim government but…

Highlights The humanitarian situation remained serious in South Asia despite downward trends of the COVID-19 infection in some countries. As of November 10, there have been 38,862,350 confirmed COVID-19 cases of which 38,100,101 cases recovered and 551,561…

In This Issue: South: Over 55,000 people in need of winter support North-east: 248,000 people receive food assistance North: 355,000 people receive food assistance East: 138,000 people receive humanitarian assistance West: 4,000 people in need of assistance identified Centre: 2,800 people receive…

Written by Abigail Brown “Life in Zabul is difficult...Zabul is one of those provinces where, unfortunately, not much progress has been made for women, neither by the government nor by NGOs; due to family and social etiquette,…

One in five children in fragile states risks dropping out of school as COVID takes its toll: Save the Children Millions of children have not returned to school in low-income countries after classrooms were closed by the…

The international community must urgently ease existing financial restrictions on Afghanistan that are blocking the provision of healthcare, food and other essential services, and expedite delivery of scaled-up humanitarian assistance to avert a mounting crisis that…

Health needs across Afghanistan continue to soar. The fast-approaching winter has increased the risk of disease transmission and could further burden the already vulnerable health facilties. WHO is continuing efforts to sustain the health system. Shortages of staff,…

The following is a statement from Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the end of a six-day visit to Afghanistan: I am livid. Pictures viewed from afar of…