Tag: humanitarian

“West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan”

MONITORING (SW) – The west has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country, according to David Miliband, the former UK foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee.

UN chief says conflict prevention, support to Afghanistan among main priorities

MONITORING (SW) – Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.

WHO delivers medical aid to stranded families in Badakhshan

KABUL (SW) – After months of almost no access to medical services, the World Health Organization joined a team that transported by air essential medicines for the most inaccessible communities of Darwaz Districts in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan on 15 February.