Afghanistan
Following the devastating attack on HALO staff in Afghanistan on 8th June we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from across the world. At 21:50 local time on June 8, ten HALO staff were killed…
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SC14548 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sven Jürgenson (Estonia): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly targeted attack against humanitarian mine clearance workers…
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The targeted shootings of mine clearers by unidentified gunmen in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday 9 June 2021 has left at least 10 mine clearance workers dead and over a dozen injured. According to BBC reporting, masked…
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South: Fighting and civilian displacement The overall security situation in the south remained volatile, with reports of increased conflict between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a nonstate armed group (NSAG) in Kandahar, Hilmand, Uruzgan and Zabul…
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Context Overview Wardak province, also known as Maidan Wardak, is located in the central part of Afghanistan and has a population of approximately 660,000. The main ethnic groups are Pashtuns, followed by Hazaras and Tajik enclaves. The…
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Context Overview Parwan province is located in the central part of Afghanistan and has population of approximately 738 000. The main ethnic groups are Tajiks, Pashtuns and Hazaras. The province borders Baghlan, Panjshir, Kapisa, Kabul, Wardak and…
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Context Overview Kapisa Province is located in eastern Afghanistan, on the Afghanistan - Pakistan border. Kapisa is bordered by Panjshir in the north, Laghman in the east, Kabul in the south, and Parwan in the west. The…
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Context Overview The province of Herat has a population of approximately 2,141,000. The main ethnic groups in the province are Pashtuns, Tajiks and Hazaras. It is located in the west of Afghanistan and is divided in 20…
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Context Overview The province of Ghazni has a population of approximately 1,363,000. The main ethnic groups in Ghazni are Pashtuns, Hazara and Tajiks. The province is located in the south-east of Afghanistan, bordering Bamyan, Wardak, Logar, Paktya,…
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Context Overview The province of Farah has approximately 563 000 inhabitants. Most of its inhabitants are Pashtuns. It is located in the western part of Afghanistan. It borders Herat, Ghor, Helmand and Nimroz, and shares an international…
