Afghanistan: ‘Keep Afghanistan on the path towards stability,’ Ban tells...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Afghanistan5 October 2016 – Addressing a conference aimed at charting a way forward for conflict-ravaged Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today...
View ArticleWorld: UNHCR’s Volker Türk says solidarity “essential” to refugee protection
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, WorldAddressing UNHCR’s annual Executive Committee meeting, protection chief highlights...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Brussels Conference on Afghanistan: the European Union announces...
Source: European CommissionCountry: AfghanistanEuropean Commission - Press releaseBrussels, 4 October 2016The European Commission has announced new financial assistance to the Afghan Government in the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Healthcare in Afghanistan: ‘doctors are threatened at gunpoint,...
Source: GuardianCountry: AfghanistanDoctors, nurses and their families are routinely attacked, disrupting the delivery of medical care and putting the healthcare system in danger of collapseIt’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Director-General highlights the role of women's empowerment at...
Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationCountry: AfghanistanFrom 4 to 5 October, UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova is undertaking a visit to Brussels (Belgium) to take part in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Brussels Conference on Afghanistan: a commitment on extractives,...
Source: Integrity Watch AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanIntegrity Watch Afghanistan and Global Witness welcome the inclusion of a commitment on extractive sector governance in the outcomes of the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Thousands of Afghans flee fighting in Kunduz
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: AfghanistanKabul, Afghanistan | AFP | Thursday 10/6/2016 - 20:27 GMT by Anne CHAONThousands of Afghan civilians have fled the northern city of Kunduz to escape days...
View ArticleFrance: France: le futur incertain des migrants de la "Jungle" sur le point...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Pakistan, Sudan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, WorldCalais, France | AFP | jeudi 06/10/2016 - 07:18...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Exiled from Pakistan, destitute Afghans return to a country at war
Source: GuardianCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanHundreds of thousands of Afghans, banished from Pakistan, find destruction, violence and hardship in their homelandBy Sune Engel Rasmussen in...
View ArticleNigeria: Polio this week as of 4 October 2016
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, PakistanPolio this week as of 4 October 2016The new Global Polio Eradication Initiative web site has been launched! The site...
View ArticleWorld: Norway intensifies efforts in fragile states and regions
Source: Government of NorwayCountry: Afghanistan, Mali, Norway, Pakistan, WorldPress release | Published: 2016-10-06'The refugee crisis and large-scale humanitarian crises arising from conflicts, wars...
View ArticleFrance: Calais migrants divided over future as 'Jungle' camp winds down
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Pakistan, Sudan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, WorldCalais, France | AFP | Friday 10/6/2016 - 23:30...
View ArticleAfghanistan: EU and Afghanistan Get Deal on Migrants: Disagreements, pressure...
Source: Afghanistan Analysts NetworkCountry: Afghanistan, WorldAuthor: Jelena BjelicaFinally, after a year of negotiations and some last minute hurdles – including on the Afghan side refusals to sign...
View ArticleWorld: PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update, Issue 3 (2016)
Source: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Country: Afghanistan, WorldLorentzen, Jenny & Julie Marie Hansen (2016) Integrating Gender into Foreign Policy, PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Children Forced into Heavy Labour in Afghan Province
Source: Institute for War and Peace ReportingCountry: AfghanistanThousands are employed in menial and dangerous work.By IWPR AfghanistanMore than 8,000 children are missing out on school and being...
View ArticleAfghanistan: UNICEF urges more investment in meeting the basic needs of...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: AfghanistanTackling poverty and under-development will help address root causes of migrationBRUSSELS, 7 October 2016 - UNICEF has welcomed the commitment made by...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan - Conflict (ECHO, OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07...
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: Afghanistan◾On 3 October, the Taleban attacked Kunduz city from four sides, and...
View ArticleAfghanistan: ACAP III Supports Victims of Attack on the American University...
Source: UN Mine Action Service, US Agency for International Development, Government of AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanOn 24 August 2014, gunmen stormed the heavily barricaded campus of the American...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Thousands flee pitched battles in northern Afghan city
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: AfghanistanKabul, Afghanistan | AFP | Sunday 10/9/2016 - 15:27 GMT The number of war-displaced civilians in Kunduz has more than doubled to 24,000, the UN said...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) Fact Sheet: Western...
Source: Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan, Mine Action Coordination Centre of AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanScope of the Remaining Problem: Due to the fact that only 35 percent of the communities...
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