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West's economic sanctions on Taliban won't reform outfit: Report
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The economic sanctions approach that the West has adopted towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after its takeover of Kabul in August last year is neither helping the humanitarian situation in the country nor will reform the outfit in its outlook on s
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Afghanistan's private sector hit hard by political crisis: World Bank
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 9 (ANI): With one in three businesses temporarily ceasing operations since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan's private sector has faced the brunt of the economic devastation that hit the country following the withdrawl of the NATO-led coalit
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UK pledges USD 374 million to Afghanistan in humanitarian aid
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], March 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged USD 374 million towards the provision of food grains and other humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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Afghanistan: Schools, Universities lose 60 pc students amid humanitarian c
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The owners of private schools and universities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have complained that they have lost 60 per cent of their students amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
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13 million Afghan children in dire need of international assistance: UNICE
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Nearly 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international assistance, said communications chief for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, Sam Mort, according to a media report.
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UK to co-host UN virtual pledging summit to address humanitarian crisis in
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): UK on Tuesday (local time) said that it will co-host an upcoming United Nations virtual pledging summit to help address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Kabul hospital receives 8 malnourished children every day: UNICEF
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Amid the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday expressed concern about the situation of malnourished children and informed that Indira Gandhi hospital in Kabul receives
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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis to affect Pakistan, warn Senators
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): Pakistan's senators have warned that a humanitarian crisis is brewing in Afghanistan that could have serious ramifications for Pakistan's national security, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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State Bank of Pakistan refuses to open Afghanistan Relief Fund
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 15 (ANI): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has refused to open the Afghanistan Relief Fund and requested the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to review its decision, expressing the fear that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) might impose sancti
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