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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- Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in OsloThomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, tweeted on Sunday: "As we seek to address humanitarian crisis together with all...24 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
- Taliban deputy PM calls for aid without 'political bias'The Taliban appealed on Friday for emergency humanitarian aid without "political bias", saying recent snow and flooding had worsened the pl...07 Jan, 2022, 08.35 PM 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
- Afghanistan's tumultuous year and uncertain futureThe Taliban's astonishing return to power caught everyone on the wrong foot -- not least the hardline Islamists themselves -- and Afghans a...27 Dec, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
- Afghanistan will become 'biggest man-made crisis' if world fails to act, Pakistan PM Imran warns at OIC SummitThe chaos in Afghanistan mean the end of the government which would strengthen the ISIS, enabling it carry out acts of global terrorism, Kh...19 Dec, 2021, 11.00 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
- Afghans 'marry off' baby girls for dowries as starvation loomsChild marriage has increased in tandem with soaring poverty since the Taliban seized power 100 days ago on Aug. 15, with reports of destitu...23 Nov, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
- Ready to deliver urgent grain, medicines to Afghanistan: IndiaIt may be recalled that India has given grants of around three billion USD for various reconstruction projects in Afghanistan over the last...19 Nov, 2021, 06.38 AM IST
- India wants to send wheat to ease Afghan hunger crisis. Pakistan has yet to OK transit.Despite agreeing to help Afghanistan, the souring relationship between India and Pakistan is getting in the way of 50,000 tons of Indian wh...13 Nov, 2021, 11.33 PM 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
- More than half of Afghans face 'acute' food crisis: UN agencieshe crisis is already bigger in scale than that facing Yemen or Syria, and worse than any food insecurity emergency apart from the Democrati...25 Oct, 2021, 03.16 PM 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
- Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cashThe cash squeeze threatens to upend the country's already battered economy, largely dependent on hundreds of millions of dollars shipped by...15 Sep, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
- Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for AfghansAt the first high-level conference on Afghanistan since the Taliban took power a month ago, Western governments, big traditional donors and...14 Sep, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
- China is our most important partner, says TalibanChina has been making some positive statements towards the Taliban and has expressed the hope that the insurgents will follow moderate and ...04 Sep, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
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