Amnesty International asks Pakistan to stop arresting Afghan refugees
MONITORING (SW) – The international rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan’s government on Tuesday to stop what it described as random arrests of Afghan refugees,
Category: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
UN to hold meeting on Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The United Nations Human Rights Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on the human rights situation in Afghanistan on Monday in
Baharak residents unhappy with health services
FAIZABAD (SW) – A number of residents of Baharak district of Badakhshan complain about the lack of medical equipment and professional personnel in the government hospital
Registration of people with disabilities, survivors of martyrs resumes
KABUL (SW) – The biometric registration process of people with disabilities and survivors of “martyrs” has resumed. Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Deputy Minister of Martyrs and
Over 1 million minors in crippling child labor
KABUL (SW) – Latest estimates by the International Labour Organization suggest over a million minors in Afghanistan are busy in crippling child labor practices. In
WHO establishes 37 centers to control the spread of polio
KABUL (SW) – The World Health Organization has set up the environmental monitoring system to check and counter the spread of polio virus in Afghanistan.
Measles fast spreading among children in Parwan
CHARIKAR (SW) – The number of spiralling measles patients in Parwan has surged to 82 in Parwan province. Nazanin, a resident of Parwan, is a
Humanitarian aid not helping eliminate poverty, says Habib
KABUL (SW) – Officials at the Ministry of Economy say that the United Nations and international aid organizations can help the economic growth of this
WFP limits aid operations in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations World Food Program and the International Food and Agriculture Organization have expressed concern about the increase in hunger in
Polio is spreading, warns UNICEF
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Children’s Fund has expressed concerns about spreading of the polio virus in Afghanistan. After registering three new polio cases
Persons with disabilities disproportionately affected by humanitarian crisis
KABUL (SW) – Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, said United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
2.3 million children suffer from malnutrition
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 2.3 million children in Afghanistan will suffer from malnutrition this year, and 875,000 of
