Afghanistan
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Middle East
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future…
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Middle East
Salaries for Afghanistan health workers sends ‘message of hope’ to millions
By the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, at the main hospital in Maidan Shar, a city of…
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Middle East
More than half of Afghans face food insecurity at ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ levels
Nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the Afghan population, are estimated to be in crisis or experiencing emergency levels…
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Asia Pacific
Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief
A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said…
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Middle East
‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN…
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Deadly hospital attack; UN ramps up aid delivery
A deadly attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital, is a reminder that health facilities should never be…
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Asia Pacific
UN commits to long-term support for Afghan mothers and newborns: Najaba’s story
The delivery of reproductive health services, including safe childbirth, has been seriously impacted in Afghanistan, due to the turmoil surrounding…
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Asia Pacific
Act swiftly and with determination on Afghanistan, UN chief urges
Countries must unite and act urgently to secure stability in Afghanistan, and a better future for its people, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in…
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgent humanitarian relief
The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population facing a record level of acute hunger, according to a new UN assessment published…
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Asia Pacific
$667 million funding call to help Afghans through economic crisis
Afghanistan’s economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households expected to fall below the poverty line in…
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