Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official saysAction Against Hunger has halted critical services. Their Kabul feeding unit is closing. Over 3.5 million Afghan children will suffer from ...
16 Apr, 2025, 06.16 AM IST
Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annuallyUS special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, highlighted that the Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan cost the nation over $1 ...
11 Mar, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
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
Taliban govt reaches out to India for investments in urban infrastructureThe request came at a recent meeting with the head of the Indian technical mission in Kabul, said officials. The Taliban regime is keen tha...
04 Dec, 2022, 08.14 AM IST
222 million children in India face double threat of climate disaster, poverty: ReportDeveloped by child rights NGO Save the Children and climate modelling from researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, it also stated th...
26 Oct, 2022, 07.53 PM IST
TV anchor sells food on street in Taliban-ruled AfghanistanThe World Bank, in its report, stated that the economic condition of Afghanistan worsened as per capita income dropped by one-third in the ...
17 Jun, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before TalibanThe annual report ranked Afghanistan as last among 149 countries surveyed, with a happiness rate of just 2.5. Lebanon was the world's secon...
19 Mar, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administrationAfghanistan's acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the cou...
19 Jan, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
COVID-19: India supplies 5 lakh more Covaxin doses to AfghanistanTaking to Twitter, Bharat Biotech said, "Today, India supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of CO...
03 Jan, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
Taliban thank world for promised aid, urge US to show 'heart'Amir Khan Muttaqi, the regime's acting foreign minister, told a press conference the Taliban would spend donor money wisely and use it to a...
14 Sep, 2021, 08.29 PM IST
Afghans face 'their most perilous hour', warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres"After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour," he said in opening remarks at a Geneva confer...
13 Sep, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
China holds first meeting with South Asian countries on COVID-19, poverty relief cooperationChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing, that the first meeting with the South Asian countries on anti-epi...
08 Jan, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
Uzbekistan joins India to eradicate poverty as President highlights commitment against menaceIt is understood the Uzbek President like the Indian government has made poverty eradication as a key pillar of his governance.
25 Sep, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
South Asian nations should learn from Indo-Afghan ties: Shaida Mohammad Abdali"Afghanistan's relationship with India is time-tested and it is a great example of how two neighbours should live together and help each ot...
04 Nov, 2016, 08.37 PM IST
'Heart of Asia' conference begins in PakistanThe fifth 'Heart of Asia' conference is aimed at enhancing cooperation for countering security threats and promoting connectivity in the re...
08 Dec, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
Need to raise private sector role for regional integration: SAARCSouth Asian countries called for greater involvement of private sector players for enhancing the regional integration of SAARC and increasi...
17 Jan, 2014, 02.51 PM IST
SAARC comes out with poverty profileA poverty profile for eight South Asian nations was released today to share of the best practices and experiences towards poverty alleviati...
02 Oct, 2013, 07.04 PM IST