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Afghan FM to travel to Delhi next week following UN travel exemptionTaliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is set to visit India next week, having secured a UN travel exemption. This visit underscores Ta...02 Oct, 2025, 11.22 PM IST- Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi set to visit India next weekAfghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is expected to visit India next week, marking the first high-level trip from Kabul since the Tali...02 Oct, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
- WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakesThe World Health Organization urges the Taliban to allow female aid workers to assist earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Restrictions preve...08 Sep, 2025, 10.49 AM IST
- USAID contracts cancelled: Donald Trump administration cuts funding for polio, HIV, malaria programmesThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) primarily funds humanitarian initiatives worldwide, supporting healthcare, e...28 Feb, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
- Trump gives Pakistan's F-16 a nearly $400 million boost; What it means for the debt ridden nationDespite a sweeping 90-day freeze on foreign aid, US President Donald Trump has approved $397 million for Pakistan to sustain its F-16 fight...25 Feb, 2025, 05.00 PM IST
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio widens exemption for US aid after freezeUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced exemptions in the freeze on foreign assistance, continuing funding for humanitarian items like ...29 Jan, 2025, 08.06 PM IST
- India calls for caution on extending exemptions to banned entities under 1267 sanctions regimeThe UNSC voted on the resolution presented by the US and Ireland, with 14 of the 15 Council members voting in favour and India the sole abs...10 Dec, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
- India says ready to provide assistance, support to Afghan people following devastating Earthquake"At the outset, I express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and to all those impacted by the devastating earthquak...24 Jun, 2022, 11.22 AM IST
- WTO should allow food exports from public stock to help countries in need: Piyush GoyalDuring an agri intervention in a WTO session, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said that the World Food Programme (WFP) over the...14 Jun, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
- India's approach to Afghanistan guided by 'special relationship' with its people: Amb TirumurtiIndia has said that its approach to Afghanistan has always been guided by its "special relationship" with the Afghan people and New Delhi r...27 Jan, 2022, 03.01 PM IST
- UN Security Council adopts US-proposed resolution on humanitarian aid to AfghanistanIndia backs resolution but cautions that UNSC should guard against diversion of funds.23 Dec, 2021, 10.06 AM 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
- 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
- South Korea to suspend defence exchanges with Myanmar, reconsider aidThe ministry also said Seoul would limit exports of other strategic items, reconsider development aid and grant humanitarian exemptions for...12 Mar, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
- U.S. to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen's Houthis due to famineThe United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen's Houthi movement in response to the country's hu...06 Feb, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
- US to review Yemen Huthi terrorist label, end Saudi support: BlinkenTrump has been a staunch ally of Saudi Arabia, offering US logistical help and military sales for its six-year campaign to dislodge the reb...20 Jan, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
- World Trade Organization mulls how to ease food aid hurdles in pandemicDozens of WTO members, including the United States, the European Union and China, support the proposal put forward by Singapore and the Wor...16 Dec, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
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