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Highlights 720 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan 7,546 undocumented Afghans returned from Iran 6,011 total returns from Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018 141,492 total returns from Iran since 01 Jan 2018 94% of returnees from Pakistan (676 individuals) assisted 3% of returnees…
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Highlights Afghan citizens returning to their home country can become internally displaced within days. A total of 10,453 civilian casualties were recorded by UNAMA in the past year: 3,438 people killed and 7,015 people injured. On International Women’s Day,…
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FACTS & FIGURES 479 000 displaced people since January 2017 (OCHA, as of January 2018) 2.35 million Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan (UNHCR) 2.7 million undocumented Afghans living in Iran and Pakistan EU humanitarian aid: €775 million since…
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Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February – 23 March 2018 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Summary In…
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TALOQAN - Protecting civilians is the responsibility of all parties to the conflict, stressed panelists in a UN-backed radio programme in Taloqan, the capital of the north-eastern Takhar province. In an in-depth discussion later broadcast on local…
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Eleven students were injured when an attacker detonated explosives in a classroom in Kabul on Sunday. "As inhumane as this cowardly attack is, we continue to see similar attacks on schools. Afghanistan's children are becoming innocent…
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National Statement delivered by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Sweden Annika Söder on behalf of Sweden at the United Nations Security Council Debate on Afghanistan, 8 March 2018, New York. Madam President, Thank you for giving me the…
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Thirty years after they fled their homeland, Muhammad Hussain and his family found themselves caught up in conflict again. TIMISOARA, Romania - More than 30 years ago, Muhammad Hussain, aged just 23, took responsibility for getting his…
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SC/13240 SECURITY COUNCIL 8199TH MEETING (AM) Permanent Representative Calls for Debate on Regional State Sponsors of Terrorism The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ahead of a debate…
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KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan marks International Women’s Day today, recognizing the global movement for women’s rights and the work of activists who have been central to the push for gender equality. The theme for…
