report in Khaama Press online, Sept 18, 2023The World Food Program (WFP) has warned that if it does not secure sufficient funding to assist those in need in Afghanistan, it will be forced to halt its operations there. Cindy McCain, the Executive Director of the World Food Program, has described the organization’s budget reduction as unprecedented and “discouraging” in a conversation with the American news network ABC News. She emphasized that the World Food Program’s…
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report in Khaama Press online, Sept 5, 2023The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reduced rations for an additional two million Afghans this month. The agency’s country director has raised concerns about an impending “catastrophic” winter if funding is depleted, leaving remote communities with insufficient food supplies. Amidst increasing concern over declining aid for Afghanistan, the reduction in rations occurs. The UN humanitarian response plan for the country is currently only a quarter funded despite…
report in Khaama Press online, August 27, 2023In a recent report, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urgently appealed for a budget of $125 million to provide crucial funding for hospitals across Afghanistan. The plea underscores the pressing need to ensure the continued operation of essential medical facilities in the country, emphasizing the pivotal role that adequate funding plays in sustaining healthcare services for the people of Afghanistan. The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, Auf 11, 2023US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul criticized the intervention of the Islamic Emirate in the country’s aid to Afghanistan. McCaul said that there is an urgent need for transparency from the Biden administration on funding to Afghanistan. “It is despicable that US taxpayer money is lining the pockets of a terrorist group like the Taliban, which persecutes Afghan women and girls. For months, I have…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 12, 2023Turkish Investors asked for funding for mines and processing facilities in Afghanistan at a meeting with Shahbuddin Delawar, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said in a statement. According to the ministry, Turkish investors reportedly expressed interest in investing in Afghanistan’s mineral resources and indicated they wanted to invest in Afghan mines and mineral processing facilities. At the same time, Delawar welcomed Turkish investors’ interest and…
By Damith Wickremasekara in The Sunday Times, July 9, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to make an official visit to China in October, his first to that country since becoming the Head of State last year. According to Government sources his main role will be to look for new investments, reach trade agreements and resume funding for stalled projects. Expediting investments for the Colombo Port Financial City and discussions with the Exim Bank on resuming…
report in The Daily Star, May 31, 2023Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha has expressed concern over itsinsufficient funding for the Rohingya case. Appreciating the support of Member States for the Rohingya case, he assured that OIC will continue to encourage them to contribute funds for the Rohingya case filed by The Gambia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The OIC secretary general reiterated OIC’s relentless support in resolving the…
AFP report, May 23, 2023The United Nations food agency said Monday lack of funding has forced it to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for the second time in three months. Rations would be cut from $10 per person per month to $8 from 1 June, World Food Programme spokesperson Kun Li told AFP in an email. The full ration of $12 had already been cut in…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 25,2023 at 8:20 PMThe UK government has cut almost £6m in funding to a programme in Afghanistan supporting vulnerable women and girls, the Guardian Newspaper said, citing Save the Children. According to the report, Save the Children said it has been told by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that it will receive just over £1m of a promised £7m to support more than 100,000 people to access…
report in Prothom Alo, Feb 20, 2023The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement, reports news agencies Reuters and AFP. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape an army crackdown the UN said was carried…