Tuesday. OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told a U.N. briefing that millions of Afghans were in need of food

the outskirts of Mekelle, Jens Laerke, spokesperson of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of

( Sept 7). Ocha spokesman Jens Laerke told a UN briefing in Geneva that millions of Afghans were in

Open this photo in gallery Internally displaced Afghan people, who fled from the northern province due to battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces, gather to receive free food being distributed by Shiite men at Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on August 13, 2021. WAKIL KOHSAR/ AFP/ Getty ImagesU.N. agencies on Friday warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as Taliban advances drive tens of thousands of people from their homes amid spreading hunger. Insurgents have taken control of

Join our Whatsapp channel GENEVA: A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said on Friday.“ Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs, ” said Tom Fletcher, the United Nations new undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. With more than a month left to go of 2024, the “ g

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( Reuters)-Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital Kabul, witnesses said, as video showed scores scurrying to escape volleys of gunfire. Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as" Long live the resistance" and" Death to Pakistan" marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban takeover.... Massoud denied that his force, consisting of remnants of the Afghan army as well as local militia fighters, was beaten." We are in Panjshir and ou

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