Afghanistan: Food discrimination against women in Afghanistan
Source: Heinrich Boell FoundationCountry: Afghanistanby Weeda Mehran Afghanistan has been described as the world’s most dangerous country for women. Many civil society organisations working on women’s...
View ArticlePakistan: UNHCR’s health project to benefit 200,000 patients in Balochistan
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanQUETTA, 7 August, 2017: In an effort to improve the health services in public hospitals in Quetta, the UN Refugee Agency Monday...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Tackling ozone depleting substances as casualties mount in...
Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanKabul – On a recent Monday morning on 24 July, the Director General of National Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleAfghanistan: 704 Returnees and Displaced Families Received Humanitarian...
Source: Government of AfghanistanCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanDirectorate of Refugee and Repatriation with cooperation of international stakeholders to 704 returnees and displaced families has cash...
View ArticlePakistan: Statement of the 14th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syrian Arab RepublicWHO statement 3 August 2017The fourteenth meeting of the Emergency...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan Border Police Officers complete OSCE-supported patrol...
Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeCountry: Afghanistan, TajikistanSeventeen Afghan border service officers completed a four-week OSCE patrolling and leadership training course...
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Syrian Arab Republic: Polio this week as of 9 August 2017
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Nigeria, Pakistan, Syrian Arab RepublicThe United Kingdom has...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Honouring Afghanistan’s Young Generation
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanUN ENVOY YAMAMOTO'S INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY MESSAGE IN HASHT-E-SUBHThe following article, by Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Thirteen Civilians Killed By Mortar Shell In Northern Afghanistan
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyCountry: AfghanistanA mortar shell that landed in a house in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab Province has killed at least 13 civilians, officials said on August...
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World: USIP’s Work on Gender
Source: US Institute of PeaceCountry: Afghanistan, Colombia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, WorldSTATE OF THE FIELDViolent conflict upends and polarizes societies, disrupting social structures and...
View ArticleIndonesia: Indonesia: Asylum seekers camped at basketball court
Source: Jakarta PostCountry: Afghanistan, Indonesia, SomaliaBy Fachrul SidiqFifty asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan and Somalia, have been camping on the basketball court of the Jakarta...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Good governance key to community development, say Baghlan...
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanPUL-E KHUMRI - The pivotal role of good governance in promoting development and strengthening coordination with civil society was...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Nimroz leaders strategize on women’s economic empowerment
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanZARANJ - Empowerment of Afghan women and their increased participation in the country’s economic and political development was at the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Kandahar’s community leaders and government officials call for...
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKANDAHAR - In the southern region of Afghanistan, the UN is continuing work on an initiative to leverage the power of local communities...
View ArticlePakistan: Reluctance to vaccinate children causing healthcare problems, say...
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanBy Faiza IlyasKARACHI: Regretting the country’s slow progress on childhood vaccination especially on the polio front despite massive...
View ArticleSpain: Migratory flows in July: Numbers fall in Italy, remain high in Spain
Source: European UnionCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Spain, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldIn July, there were 15 400...
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Afghanistan: Acting humanitarian coordinator deeply saddened by killing of...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: AfghanistanKabul, 15 August 2017: Reacting to the news that three national staff members of the NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRS)...
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World: Explosive Violence in July 2017
Source: Action on Armed ViolenceCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldIn July 2017, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 3,314 deaths and injuries from explosive...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Top UN Afghanistan official meets with government, community...
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKANDAHAR - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, visited the country’s southern province of Kandahar on...
View ArticlePakistan: Report: Considerable Drop in Militancy in Pakistan’s Restive Tribal...
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanMadeeha AnwarPakistan’s northwestern tribal region, beleaguered for years by terrorism and lawlessness, has seen a decline in militant activities...
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