Afghanistan: Memorandum of Understanding on India’s $USD One Million Aid to...
Source: Government of AfghanistanCountry: Afghanistan, IndiaMinister of Education, Dr. Assadullah Hanif Balkhy and Mr. Manpreet Vohra, Indian Ambassador to Kabul signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Norway to double its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Source: Government of NorwayCountry: Afghanistan, NorwayNorway will provide NOK 208 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in 2016, twice as much as in 2015. ‘There are still urgent humanitarian...
View ArticleWorld: Delivering health care in crises: attacks on health care and the need...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Syrian Arab Republic, World20 May 2016– Saving lives in a number of countries of the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region is a dangerous profession....
View ArticleAfghanistan: Statement on shooting incident
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan confirms that a security guard at one of its compounds in Kabul was killed today in a shooting...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Ghazni religious scholars & officials focus on peace
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanGHAZNI - Exchanging perspectives on peace and how it can be achieved for the benefit of the country’s development was the focus of a...
View ArticleWorld: External aspects of migration - Council Conclusions, 23 May 2016
Source: European UnionCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, World1.The Council stresses the need to further strengthen the work on the...
View ArticlePakistan: NCHR calls for repatriation of Afghan refugees
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanQUETTA: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has called for repatriation of Afghan refugees back to their country because they...
View ArticleGreece: Greece: Anxiety and depression in Elliniko sports stadium
Source: Médecins Sans FrontièresCountry: Afghanistan, Greece, WorldEvery morning, two vehicles belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) draw up in front of one of the three stadiums that make up the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after deadly drone strike
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: AfghanistanKabul, Afghanistan | AFP | Wednesday 5/25/2016 - 14:18 GMTby Anuj CHOPRAThe Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new...
View ArticleAfghanistan: UNAMA condemns attack targeting judicial authorities
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today’s suicide attack in an outlying western suburb of Kabul which...
View ArticleAfghanistan: ARCS Provides Relief Items to Recent Affected Population
Source: Afghan Red Crescent SocietyCountry: AfghanistanARCS has optimally distributed relief items among affected population from natural and man-made disasters in Oruzgan, Kondoz, Badakhshan, Ghor,...
View ArticleWorld: New and Old Vaccines Still Out of Reach for Many
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Pakistan, WorldBy Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, May 26 2016 (IPS) - While long-awaited new vaccines for malaria and dengue may finally be...
View ArticleFrance: 20 injured in brawl at French 'Jungle' migrant camp
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, France, Sudan, WorldCalais, France | AFP | Thursday 5/26/2016 - 17:35 GMT Some 20 people living in the "Jungle" refugee camp in the northern French...
View ArticleWorld: The Humanitarian Clock Is Ticking, The Powerful Feign Deafness
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, World, YemenBy Baher Kamal ROME, May 26 2016 (IPS) - The humanitarian clock is now ticking away faster than ever,...
View ArticleFrance: France/rixe dans la "Jungle" de Calais: 40 blessés (nouveau bilan)
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, France, Sudan, WorldLille, France | AFP | vendredi 27/05/2016 - 08:27 GMT | 406 motsUne quarantaine de personnes ont été blessées au total jeudi dans...
View ArticleWorld: Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016: 194,611; deaths 1,475
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Eritrea, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria,...
View ArticleWorld: Menstrual Hygiene Gaps Continue to Keep Girls from School
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, WorldUNITED NATIONS, May 27 2016 (IPS) - Around the world girls are struggling to stay in school when their menstrual...
View ArticlePakistan: Dispatches: Protecting the Rights of Afghans in Pakistan
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanA delegation of Pakistani and Afghan former ambassadors, diplomats, and civil society representatives brainstormed strategies last week to help...
View ArticleBulgaria: Bulgaria to return detained Afghan migrants to Greece
Source: Reuters - AlertNetCountry: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Greece, World53 migrants detained aboard freight train to be returned to Greece to "send a strong message" to others tempted to use same...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Civilians caught in crossfire of war against Taliban
Source: Al JazeeraCountry: Afghanistanby Shereena QaziAs the Taliban threatens to retaliate its leader's death, Afghan civilians continue to pay the highest price.Basira Mohammadi has no answer to give...
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