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AFGHANISTAN MALNUTRITION CRISIS
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise the Afghan health system, group saysHuman Rights Watch has reported that Afghanistan's public health system has been severely impacted by a sharp reduction in foreign assistan...12 Feb, 2024, 01.52 PM IST- An alarming number of pregnant women suffer from malnutrition: UNICEFMany pregnant and nursing women experience malnourishment.07 Mar, 2023, 08.36 PM IST
- Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 peopleIn the district of Gayan, at least 1,000 homes were damaged by the earthquake. Another 800 homes in the Spera district of Khost province we...24 Jun, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
- EXPLAINER: Why effort to help Afghanistan is falling shortAid groups and international agencies estimate about 23 million people, more than half the country, face severe hunger and nearly 9 million...24 Jan, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
- Why effort to help Afghanistan is falling shortLife in Afghanistan was precarious before the Taliban takeover in August, with more than half the people surviving on less than $2 a day. A...24 Jan, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
- US announces USD 308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis growsWhite House national security council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement that the new aid from the US Agency for International De...12 Jan, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
- View: How aid to Afghanistan is a dilemma for the westInstead of allaying global apprehensions about the grossly insensitive nature of their bizarre decrees, the Taliban keep on perpetuating th...03 Jan, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
- Afghan currency slides, prices surge as economy worsensThe value of Afghanistan's currency is tumbling, exacerbating an already severe economic crisis and deepening poverty in a country where mo...17 Dec, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
- Afghan economy nears collapse as pressure builds to ease U.S. sanctionsThis month, the World Health Organization warned that about 3.2 million children were likely to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanist...27 Nov, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
- Afghanistan could face severe food crisis in harsh winterThe Taliban, whose financial reserves came from illegal activities, are proving completely incapable of funding social services and food as...13 Nov, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
- G20 pledges help for Afghan humanitarian crisis at special summitU.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many European leaders took part, but Chinese President Xi Jinping and Rus...13 Oct, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
- United global response needed to bring desired changes in Afghanistan: PM ModiPM Modi called for an inclusive administration in Afghanistan. He conveyed support for the important role of the United Nations in Afghanis...13 Oct, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
- UN World Food Programme in talks with India for wheat donation to AfghanistanMary-Ellen McGroarty, the WFP country director in Afghanistan, said that discussions have taken place over the last two weeks and she hoped...07 Oct, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
- We have to consider Afghan children, as our children: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi"If people or nations think that it is the matter of Afghan children, and we are not going to bring peace and sustainability in that part o...19 Sep, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
- Hundreds of displaced families seek food and shelter in KabulAfghanistan's western-backed president and many other officials fled after government forces melted away in the face of the Taliban advance...27 Aug, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
- 12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UNThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 735,000 people returned to the country this year from Iran, Pakistan...20 Aug, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
- Financial crisis pushing hungry to wall, WFP saysEconomic crisis is pushing the world's hungriest people to the wall, but a fraction of the cost of financial rescue packages could make a h...17 Dec, 2008, 01.41 AM IST
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