Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 26, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe acting minister of Interior, Sirajuddin Haqqani, in a meeting with Tadamichi Yamamoto, the former head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the president of Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Atsushi Sunami, said that restrictions imposed by foreigners are causing the tragedy of humanitarian needs. According to the statement, Sirajuddin Haqqani said: “The visit of experts from Sasakawa Peace Foundation was positive and we hope…
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report in TOLOnews, Dec 16, 2023 at 8:35 PMThe UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his new report titled: “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security” addressed issues including political progress, security, regional cooperation, human rights, and humanitarian aid. This report mentioned that demands to establish a comprehensive government in Afghanistan have been ignored by the Islamic Emirate, and the rights of women and girls have also been limited. The report…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, Nov 22, 2023WASHINGTON: The US on Tuesday reiterated its call to Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking protection and coordinate with international organizations to provide humanitarian assistance. “We are in close and constant communication with the government of Pakistan on the safety of individuals in the US pipeline,” the US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said during the daily briefing. The pipeline…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 6, 2023The Former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has strongly criticized Pakistan’s widespread expulsion of Afghan refugees, labelling it as inappropriate and inconsistent with the principles of good neighbouring and humanitarian values. Mr. Karzai asserts that Pakistan’s problems are unrelated to Afghanistan and Afghan migrants. Hamid Karzai further emphasizes that this action starkly contrasts Pakistan’s four-decade-long history of extending brotherhood and hospitality to Afghan migrants. He…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, Sept 28, 2023The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan as well as representatives of the UK, China, Pakistan, and Iran called for the continuation of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Speaking at the UN Security Council Meeting, the head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan had received US $872 million, approximately only 28 per cent of the $3.2 billion requested. “Many programmes have already closed…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 20, 2023 at 9:07 PMThe OCHA humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, claimed that 38 workers were killed during the last two years. Daniel Endres said that most of them were polio vaccinators and deminers in Afghanistan. “We salute their courage and celebrate their dedication to serving humanity we also take a moment to pause to recognize those humanitarian workers who have lost their lives and were injured, abducted, arrested or…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 4, 2023At the UN Security Council High-level Open debate on famine and conflict-induced Global Food Security in New York, states’ representatives expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The Representatives of the countries, including Russia, the UK, Pakistan, India, Qatar and Switzerland, mentioned the humanitarian crisis and expressed concern over the number of people needing aid. The UK ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, said that…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 18, 2023Qatar Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had a phone on Monday and discussed the need for continued humanitarian support for the people of Afghanistan. According to a statement, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation, issues of regional and international interests, and the recent development in…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 15, 2023Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The organization said in a statement that two-thirds of the country’s population is food insecure, including 875,000 children facing acute malnutrition and women and girls remain most at risk. The statement also added that the United Nations is fighting with two fronts at a time, “keeping aid flowing to…
By Rick Noack in The Washington Post online, May 2, 2023 at 10.34 pmDOHA, Qatar — Twenty months after the Taliban returned to power, the United Nations is struggling to plot a course that, in part, would address Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis without running afoul of Western countries seeking to pressure the government in Kabul to moderate its policies. Emerging from two days of talks with diplomatic envoys focused on Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres…