Afghanistan: Afghan Women Need Support in Building Peace
Source: International Peace InstituteCountry: Afghanistanby Arsla Jawaid and Delphine MechoulanThe Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 80 people in Kabul in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Funding cuts, insurgency hamper Afghan goal to clear mines by 2023
Source: Reuters - AlertNetCountry: Afghanistan"The longer these minefields last, the higher the human cost"Uncleared minefields deter investment, hinder economic recovery International funding for...
View ArticlePakistan: Cost-sharing agreement between UNDP and Balochistan government...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanIslamabad, 18 August 2016– The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Balochistan today signed a cost-sharing...
View ArticleGreece: Migrant Arrivals on Mediterranean Reach 266,026; Deaths at Sea: 3,156
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Libya, Mali, Nigeria,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: On World Humanitarian Day, joint UN and OIC visit to Afghanistan...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Organisation of Islamic CooperationCountry: AfghanistanKabul, 19 August 2016 – At the start of a three-day visit to Afghanistan,...
View ArticleWorld: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, DR Congo – in all these countries...
Source: People in NeedCountry: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nepal, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, WorldAt the occasion of the World Humanitarian Day on the 19th of August we...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Helping Returnees Rebuild Their Lives
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanIn the remote district of Deh Sabz in the central highlands, locals are eagerly awaiting the completion of a new village access road that will...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan district falls to Taliban: officials
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: AfghanistanKunduz, Afghanistan | AFP | Saturday 8/20/2016 - 12:59 GMTThe Taliban on Saturday captured a district in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province, near...
View ArticlePakistan: UN repatriation centre struggling to handle Afghan refugees
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanZULFIQAR ALIPESHAWAR: The United Nations Voluntary Repatriation Centre (VRC) in Peshawar is unable to cope with the unexpected surge in the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Return of Undocumented Afghans from Pakistan - Updates as of 14...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanDuring 8-14 August, a total of 18,502 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Urgent humanitarian needs for Afghan refugee returnees
Source: Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanUnregistered refugees are falling between the cracksThousands of families who have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan in the past month...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan forces retake district from Taliban
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: AfghanistanKunduz, Afghanistan | AFP | Sunday 8/21/2016 - 10:21 GMTAfghan forces have recaptured a district that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Bamyan civil society leaders develop plan to enhance government...
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanBAMYAN - Strengthening civil society’s role in decision-making at the grassroots level, with a view to enhance government transparency...
View ArticleGreece: Food for refugees on the island of Lesbos
Source: HumedicaCountry: Afghanistan, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkeyby BWO, 2016/08/19Since August 2015 many thousands of refugees come to the vacation...
View ArticleAfghanistan: FSAC Afghanistan Newsletter April - June 2016
Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security ClusterCountry: AfghanistanInside this Newsletter⇒ Seasonal Food Security Assessment (SFSA) 2016...
View ArticlePakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, August 22, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 34
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: Afghanistan, India, PakistanHIGHLIGHTS:UN lauds Pakistan’s capacity in dealing with natural calamitiesCDA to launch Monsoon Tree Planation DriveNDMA chairman vows to...
View ArticleFrance: Sudanese migrant killed in Calais clashes
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, France, Sudan, WorldLille, France | AFP | Tuesday 8/23/2016 - 09:38 GMT | 233 wordsOne Sudanese migrant was killed and another injured in clashes with...
View ArticleFrance: France: mort d'un migrant soudanais après une rixe près de Calais
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, France, Sudan, WorldLille, France | AFP | mardi 23/08/2016 - 10:00 GMTUn Soudanais d'une trentaine d'années est mort de ses blessures, après une rixe...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Kazakhstan, Japan join forces to support Afghan women’s economic...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Japan, KazakhstanKazakhstan and Japan will for the first time work in tandem on a USD 400,000 programme designed to expand women’s economic...
View ArticleWorld: Statement on the 10th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldThe tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the...
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