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Around 500 needy families receive humanitarian aid in Kabul
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Amid a severe humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the citizens have been living miserable life. On Tuesday, aid was provided to 500 needy families in Kabul by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Afghan Red Crescent Society, and the King Salman Charity
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Vulnerable Afghan families receive humanitarian aid post Taliban's takeove
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) started an aid distribution campaign amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Canadian lawmakers call for Afghan women MPs to be brought to Canada
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
After former Afghan parliamentarian Mursal Nabizada, was shot dead in Kabul on Sunday, a group of Canadian Members of Parliament called for immediate action to bring eight Afghan women MPs who are left behind in complete desperation in Kabul as the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and Tali
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Afghans' lives have become "unbearably hard" due to rise in poverty: WFP
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Since Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after withdrawal of US troops, the country has witnessed a surge in poverty, unemployment and extreme food insecurity. Moreover, the economic crisis wiped out jobs, salaries and livelihoods across Afghanistan.
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World Food Programme to help 15 million Afghans overcome food crisis till
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) is set to provide more than 15 million Afghans with food assistance every month till March 2023.
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World Food Programme calls for USD 1.1 bn aid for food-insecure Afghans
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Due to a massive surge in food insecurity amid the Ukraine war, the World Food Programme has called for USD 1.1 billion to continue delivering monthly food and nutritional assistance for the next six months to 15 million acutely food-insecure people i
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Afghanistan: People of Helmand request aid as violence-hit province suffer
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 25 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the residents of Helmand Province have requested financial aid to re-build the demolished homes as the Taliban regime and conflicts have resulted in financial difficulties for the people in the coun
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World Food Program, UN express concern over food insecurity, economic cris
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan condemned the ongoing economic crisis in Afghanistan as people in the country are on the brink of starvation and facing pove
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Afghan delegation to discuss humanitarian crisis in Vienna
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): At least thirty-one political and intellectual figures from Afghanistan will discuss the ongoing political as well as humanitarian crisis and put forward a critical perspective on the Taliban's rule in a Vienna meeting which is scheduled to take place
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UN chief raises concern over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): Calling the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan "unjustifiable", the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has raised his concern and said that there is a violation of women's rights.
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Charter flight carrying 324 Afghan refugees arrives in Canada's Winnipeg
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): As part of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 324 people from Pakistan landed in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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