Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies
Taliban say want Afghans not to leave, expect foreign evacuations to end by Aug. 31
(Reuters) -The Taliban expect foreign evacuations from Kabul to be completed by the end of the month, the Islamist group's...
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Italy calls for common Afghan immigration policy, wants G20 involved
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday it was vital for the Group of Seven wealthy...
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Taliban take over some U.N. premises, curb movement -U.N. report
By Ned Parker and Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Taliban fighters have taken over some U.N. compounds in Afghanistan,...
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UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that she had received...
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Afghanistan ‘marching towards starvation’ -UN food chief
By Alexander Cornwell DOHA (Reuters) -Millions of Afghans could soon face starvation due to a combination of conflict, drought and...
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Starvation stalks Afghanistan, politics must be worked out fast, WFP says
(Reuters) - Millions of Afghans could soon face starvation due to the combination of conflict, drought and the coronavirus pandemic,...
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China says U.S. army must be held accountable for Afghanistan actions
GENEVA (Reuters) -China's envoy told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday that the U.S. army and the militaries of...
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U.N. rights chief to report back on Afghanistan in Sept-Oct
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is to report back in the September-October session on the situation...
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WHO says it only has medical supplies in Afghanistan for a week
By Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -The World Health Organization only has enough supplies in Afghanistan to last...
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Security-focused EU ramps up humanitarian aid for Afghans
(Reuters) - The EU announced a ramped-up Afghan aid programme that an official said it would seek safety guarantees on...
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Afghan envoy tells U.N. that millions live in fear under Taliban
GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior Afghan diplomat from the deposed government on Tuesday called for accountability for Taliban actions, describing...
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G7 leaders plan to pledge unity on Taliban recognition, sanctions -sources
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the G7 advanced economies are expected to pledge unity on whether or...
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Other G7 leaders to press Biden to extend Kabul evacuation deadline
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will face pressure to extend an Aug. 31 deadline to...
Read moreSix out of 136 abducted Islamic students die in north-central Nigeria
MINNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of...
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Kabul airport curbs blocking medical supplies for Afghans -WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due...
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Uzbekistan accepts 400 more refugees from Afghanistan – Russian state media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has accepted about 400 more refugees from Afghanistan and put them up in temporary accommodation near...
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Biden says he cannot promise what final outcome will be in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday a large evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan...
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Afghan footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul – Ariana
(Reuters) - An Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a U.S. plane at Kabul airport on Monday,...
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Afghan Taliban not stopping people leaving Kabul, official says
(Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban are not stopping people leaving the country at Kabul airport, a Taliban official said on...
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U.S. aid chief says emergency food in Ethiopia’s Tigray to run out this week
By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - For the first time in nine months of war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, aid...
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