Category: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Isolation of economy leading to extremism threats to Afghanistan, region

MONITORING (SW) – The isolation of the Afghan economy following last August’s political crisis risks erasing development gains achieved over the past two decades, leading to grave poverty, displacement, fragility, and extremism threats to Afghanistan, the region, and the world, says the World Bank’s new Afghanistan Development Update.

IsDB calls for support for Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund

MONITORING (SW) – President Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser has sought generous support from the member countries of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), development partners, humanitarian organizations and donors to successfully operationalize the newly formed Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund.