Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
By Charlotte Bruneau and Ahmed Rasheed HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - "Where we are standing right now, there should be a...
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Taliban name new Afghan government, interior minister on U.S. sanctions list
(Reuters) -The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including...
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U.N. footage from northern Ethiopia shows humanitarian crisis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Footage of war-hit northern Ethiopia published by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday reflected the...
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UNICEF trying to reunite evacuated Afghan children with families
GENEVA (Reuters) - UNICEF is trying to reunite hundreds of Afghan children who were separated from their families and evacuated...
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U.N. says basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing
GENEVA (Reuters) - Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is about to run...
Read moreTaliban gunmen fire in the air to disperse protest in Kabul – witnesses
(Reuters) - Taliban gunmen fired in the air to disperse protesters in the centre of the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, on...
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IFRC urges urgent global humanitarian support for Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Conflict, drought and the pandemic have rendered 18 million Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance, the International Federation...
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Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue
(Reuters) - The Taliban claimed victory on Monday in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule,...
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Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan – WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the...
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Myanmar junta agrees to ASEAN call for ceasefire to distribute aid -Kyodo
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an ASEAN call for a ceasefire until the end...
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Taliban claim complete control of Afghan province of Panjshir
(Reuters) - The Taliban have taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being held by resistance...
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Taliban say U.N. promises aid after meeting with officials in Kabul
(Reuters) - Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to...
Read moreQatar to operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has flown humanitarian aid into Kabul and said it will operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan...
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U.S. lawmaker urges Blinken to clear private evacuation flights out of Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mike Waltz has called on the State Department to work with non-governmental organizations that he...
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Taliban, opposition fight for Afghan holdout province, top U.S. general warns of civil war
(Reuters) - Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan...
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U.S. seen funding humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, but not its government
By Arshad Mohammed, Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is likely to finance U.N. and...
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Taliban sources say last Afghan holdout region falls; resistance denies claim
(Reuters) -Three Taliban sources said the Islamist militia had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last...
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Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government – Taliban sources
(Reuters) - Mullah Baradar, the head of the Taliban's political office, will lead the new government in Afghanistan, at least...
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Rebels hold out in Afghan valley as Taliban set up government in Kabul
(Reuters) -Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud battled in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley on Thursday, more than...
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UK will pay to shelter refugees in countries neighbouring Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it would release 30 million pounds ($41 million) of aid to support nations...
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