Afghanistan

At least 920 people killed and more than 600 wounded after powerful quake rocks remote provinces of Paktika and Khost.

Others were treated on the ground. In 2015, a large earthquake that struck the country’s northeast killed more than 200 people in Afghanistan and neighbouring northern Pakistan. In 1998, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake and subsequent tremors in Afghanistan’s remote northeast killed at least 4,500 people. A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of southeastern Afghanistan early on Wednesday, killing at least 920 people and injuring 600 others in the deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said.

Analysis: humanitarian appeals for Taliban-ruled country have had poor responses and there are sanctions complications.

The decision has left the Taliban deprived of access to its overseas assets and to much World Bank funding. Ambulances were heading to Logar, Khost, Paktika and Paktia provinces, but in the short term the issue is access to the earthquake-devastated areas, which are in one of the country’s most inaccessible regions. In addition to the cash assistance, the Afghan Red Cross said it was sending 4,000 blankets, 800 tents and tarpaulins, 1,500 washing containers and hundreds of mattresses, pillows, blankets and cooking utensils.

The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on ...

So far, around 10 tonnes of essential medical supplies and medicines have been shipped to the affected areas. Teams of surgeons, medical doctors and several medical specialists have also been dispatched. Therefore, sufficient personnel were already on the ground to be deployed immediately. specific equipment to take people from under the rubble. The authorities have dispatched five helicopters to Paktika province to facilitate medical evacuations, and more than 45 ambulances. “Of course, as the UN we do not have… “The United Nations in Afghanistan is fully mobilized. “The de facto authorities have requested the support of UNICEF and other UN agency teams who are joining efforts to assess the situation and respond to the needs of the affected communities,” he said. Now is the time for solidarity.” A medical team was also sent to Gayan district. Nearly 2,000 homes reportedly were also destroyed and scores of people displaced. The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday morning.

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected ...

Overnight, an earthquake shook a remote and impoverished province of southeast Afghanistan, burying families under their homes. Taliban officials say more than ...

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The hardline Islamist leadership says help needs to be 'scaled up' after the quake devastated towns and villages in the country's mountainous east.

The children and my family were under the mud.” “I was away from my family who live in a remote village in the Gyan district. One survivor, Arup Khan, 22, who was pulled out of a collapsed guesthouse, described the moment the earthquake struck. Footage released by the Taliban showed residents digging a long slit trench to bury the dead. There were bodies wrapped in blankets everywhere. Huzaifa said more than 1,500 people were injured, many critically.

Hundreds of people have been killed and injured following the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan today. Photo credit: IOM Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 22 ...

By July, UNICEF will suspend assistance that enables access to safer water and sanitation for up to 3.6 million people. By July, UNICEF will cut in half mine risk education activities, putting 2 million children and their families at greater risk of mine-related injuries and deaths. These operations improve safety of local communities and are a precursor to humanitarian relief. WHO has delivered 100 cartons of emergency medicine to the districts of Barmal and Giyan in Patkika. Inter-agency joint needs assessments will be carried out in both districts in the coming days. By July, UNICEF may have to stop treatment for more than 50,000 severely malnourished children. I convey my deep condolences to the families of the victims and wish speedy recovery to the injured. My heart goes out to the people of Afghanistan who are already reeling from the impact of years of conflict, economic hardship and hunger. De facto authorities have delivered food and emergency tents to some of these families, but more assistance is required. Our humanitarian colleagues warn that the aid cuts – which are impacting all sectors - will also undermine prospects for further political progress, after all the hard work that went into agreeing and extending the recent truce. Last December, WFP had to reduce rations for 8 million people due to funding gaps. Given the unseasonable, heavy rains and cold, emergency shelter is an immediate priority. Numbers are expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue.

Desperate search and rescue operations were underway in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday following an earthquake that killed more than 1000 people, ...

On Wednesday, the WHO said it had mobilized "all of the resources" from around the country, with teams on the ground providing medicine and emergency support. "Our teams do not have specific equipment to take people from under the rubble," Alakbarov said. The move has crippled the Afghan economy and sent many of its 20 million people into a severe hunger crisis. Like nearly all other nations, it does not have official relations with the Taliban government. Photos from nearby Paktika province, a rural and mountainous region where most of the deaths have been reported, show houses reduced to rubble. At least 1,500 people have been reported injured -- but officials warn the toll is likely to rise as many families were sleeping in flimsy housing structures when the quake hit.

The disaster inflicted by the quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been ...

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The United States is deeply saddened to see the devastating earthquake that took the lives of at least 1000 people in Afghanistan. President Biden is.

We are committed to continuing our support for the needs of the Afghan people as we stand with them during and in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy. The United States is deeply saddened to see the devastating earthquake that took the lives of at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan. President Biden is monitoring developments and has directed USAID and other federal government partners to assess U.S. response options to help those most affected. The United States is proud to be the single largest donor of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and our humanitarian partners are already delivering medical care and shelter supplies on the ground.

At least 1000 people killed by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in remote, landslide-prone regions of eastern Afghanistan.

At the Paktika regional hospital, badly injured patients were being turned away. The death toll reported as of Thursday was equal to that of a quake in 2002 in northern Afghanistan. Those are the deadliest since 1998, when an earthquake of 6.1 in magnitude and subsequent tremors in the remote northeast killed at least 4,500 people. The Taliban government has appealed for international aid. “The Paktika regional hospital still lacks very important resources,” Latifi said. “Despite the sanctions that have been imposed by the international community, the government has done whatever it can in its capacity and the Afghan Red Crescent has immediately dispatched emergency aid to the area, along with the Turkish Red Crescent and other agencies,” Balkhi said. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter that eight trucks of food and other necessities from Pakistan arrived in Paktika. He also said on Thursday that two planes of humanitarian aid from Iran and another from Qatar had arrived in the country.

The 5.9-magnitude quake, in Afghanistan's remote southeast near the Pakistan border, injured more than 1600 people, officials said.

Afghans had been struggling to emerge from decades of conflict: the 20-year war between the United States and its allies against militants, the civil war of the 1990s, the Soviet occupation before that. The earthquake struck in the middle of the night, when almost everyone in the area was asleep at home. The Taliban have struggled to attract more foreign aid for public services from Western donors since announcing edicts barring girls from attending secondary schools and restricting women’s rights. Mohammad Almas, the head of aid and appeals at Qamar, a charity active in the area, said that because the earthquake hit at night, most people were inside sleeping. Many of the country’s assets overseas have been frozen and international support has collapsed. The location of the earthquake fault probably played a role as well. The Taliban have struggled to attract foreign aid from Western donors since announcing edicts barring girls from attending secondary schools and restricting women’s rights. During the day, people might be in offices or schools, which might be of higher quality construction than homes. That toll was expected to rise, reflecting the poverty of the region, where some residents live in homes of clay and straw, and the difficult terrain, far from many clinics or hospitals that could help the wounded. More than 1,000 people died and 1,600 others were injured, with the neighboring province of Paktika suffering the worst damage. Most attract little attention and cause few deaths, but the death toll in Afghanistan has surpassed 1,000 and is expected to rise as search-and-rescue operations continue. He said the U.N. lacked the equipment needed to rescue people trapped under rubble and that Turkey was best positioned to help with its search-and-rescue capability.

Unknown numbers were buried in the rubble of ruined, often mud-built homes by the magnitude 6.1 earthquake. The Taliban authorities have called for more ...

According to the UN, 93% of households in Afghanistan suffer food insecurity. "It's June and the weather shouldn't be like this. There are an average of 560 deaths a year from earthquakes. "My brother and his family died, and I just learned it after many hours. Health teams, medical supplies, food and emergency shelters were en route to the quake zone, UN officials said. My shoulder was dislocated, my head was hurt but I got out.

Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country's east, killing more than 1000 ...

"People in Pakistan share the grief and sorrow of their Afghan brethren. Relevant authorities are working to support Afghanistan in this time of need." "The situation is still evolving, and we are pushing more resources as the situation needs," he said. India expressed "sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families," according to a tweet by the spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday. But a WHO official told CNN's Eleni Giokos that logistics were stretched. The situation has crippled an economy already heavily dependent on aid. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended his condolences and an offer of support in a tweet on Wednesday. "Deeply grieved to learn about the earthquake in Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of innocent lives," he wrote. According to to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), heavy rain and wind is "hampering efforts with helicopters reportedly unable to land this afternoon." "Measures were also taken to provide cash assistance and treatment," Mujahid said and added that agencies were "instructed to use air and land transport for the delivery of food, clothing, medicine and other necessities and for the transportation of the wounded." A team of medics and seven helicopters have been sent to the area to transport injured people to nearby hospitals, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said in a tweet on Wednesday. "The timing of the earthquake (in the) dark of night ... and the shallow depth of 10 kilometers of its epicenter led to higher casualties," he added. "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan calls for the generous support of all countries international organizations individuals and foundations to provide and deliver urgent humanitarian aid," a press statement from the country's diplomatic missions read.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Red Cross will commit S$50000 to support affected communities in Afghanistan after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the country on ...

Details on how to donate will soon be published on its website once the fundraising appeal is launched. "The survivors are in urgent need of clean water, food and shelter, which we are working with our partners on the ground to provide. Advertisement

Umusaza ubabajwe n'ibyashenywe n'umutingito w'isi wo ku gipimo cya 6.1 washegeshe intara ya Paktika muri Afghanistan. Haciye amasaha 5.

Almost a year after Kabul's fall and the US's withdrawal, the economy remains in free fall, and the country faces a near-constant humanitarian disaster.

In some ways, the central bank funds and sanctions are the two points of leverage still available to the West, the things it can use to pressure the Taliban on reforms. But it is also risky, to make what should be a matter of basic human rights into a kind of quid pro quo — and there are few guarantees the Taliban will keep its word, or work to the benefit of the Afghan people. “What it does is that it will multiply the amount of the trouble that will haunt us again, later.” “That’s the whole purpose of what we want to do is to avoid financial sector crisis, and to allow businesses who are having difficulty to be able to pay for imports to be able to do that.” And politically, it’s difficult for the US to release these funds as long as the Taliban remains in charge. “The change of the government shouldn’t lead to the freezing of assets in the case when, for example, a country doesn’t recognize the results of an election or [the] overthrow of government. With the executive order, the administration tried to guarantee that some of the assets would return to Afghanistan in some form, though it’s still not clear what form that might be. Both the United States and the United Nations had existing sanctions on members of the Taliban; for example, those accused of orchestrating or coordinating attacks on the US and its allies or of having financial ties to terrorists. This was brought on by the near-instant evaporation of billions of dollars in foreign aid, sanctions on Taliban leaders, and the US’s freezing of Afghanistan’s foreign currency reserves. The Taliban can blame the West for sanctions and blocking the central bank reserves. And one of the toughest measures remains in place: The US continues to block Afghanistan’s central bank from accessing about $7 billion of its own assets, funds necessary to triage an economy in free fall. This is Afghanistan in the months after the Taliban marched into Kabul, the Afghan government fell, and the United States withdrew.

There are hundreds of reported casualties, with rescue missions under way to help those who might be trapped. With reports of homes having been destroyed in ...

In May, WFP provided 590,000 people in Paktika province and 320,000 in Khost with emergency food and nutrition assistance. WFP works in all 34 provinces of the country and has a fleet of 239 trucks on the road every day, delivering food to some 800 food distribution sites across the country. At least 18 trucks are making their way to the earthquake-affected areas carrying emergency supplies, including high-energy biscuits and mobile storage units.

Heavy rains and mudslides hampered rescue efforts, forcing displaced families to spend the night without any shelter.

This depraved cruelty needs to end urgently,” Balkhi argued. “We are committed to continuing our support for the needs of the Afghan people as we stand with them during and in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy.” Tremors were felt across more than 500km of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center. "The Afghan people are already facing an unprecedented crisis following decades of conflict, severe drought and an economic downturn,” said Gordon Craig, the WFP deputy country director. Balkhi reiterated the majority of Afghan aircraft were “damaged beyond repair or taken to third countries by the United States” before the Taliban seized power last August. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck eastern and southeastern Afghan provinces, bordering Pakistan, during the early hours of Wednesday. Officials said the calamity had buried entire families, including women and children, under the rubble across districts in the worst-hit provinces, Paktika and Khost.

Organised rescue efforts are struggling to reach the site of an earthquake in Afghanistan that has killed more than 1,000 people, as survivors dig through ...

Iran has promised us help and their rescue teams are on their way coming to the area. Iran has promised us help and their rescue teams are on their way coming to the area. “We have sent dozens of people to rescue people from under the rubbles but it is not enough. However, officials from multiple UN agencies said the Taliban were allowing full access to the area. Rescue efforts have been complicated by the fact that many countries have suspended or cut back on aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last year. An estimated 1,500 other people were reported injured, the state-run news agency said.

Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1000 people in an area ...

Sanctions have crippled the Afghan economy and sent many of its 20 million people into a severe hunger crisis. This means "around 80% of organizations (who responded to OCHA's monitoring survey) are facing delays in transferring funds, with two thirds reporting that their international banks continue to deny transfers. The government has so far distributed food, tents, clothing, and other supplies to the quake-hit provinces, according to Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense's official Twitter account. Already yesterday we'd had a lot of rain here and the combination of the rain and the earthquake has lead to landslides in some areas, making roads difficult to pass by," UNICEF Afghanistan's Chief of Communications Sam Mort told CNN from Kabul. Pictures from the badly hit Paktika province, where most of the deaths have been reported, show homes reduced to dust and rubble. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it had mobilized "all of the resources" from around the country, with teams on the ground providing medicine and emergency support. Like nearly all other nations, it does not have official relations with the Taliban government. "There will be months and potentially years of building back," she said. Teams deployed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have yet to arrive, according to Anita Dullard, ICRC's Asia Pacific spokesperson. The United Nations says 2,000 homes are thought to have been destroyed. The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions and decades of mismanagement, concerns people working in the humanitarian space, like Obaidullah Baheer, lecturer in Transitional Justice at the American University of Afghanistan. "This is a very patchwork, band-aid solution for a problem that we need to start thinking (about) mid to long term... what do we do when (another disaster) hits?"

June 23 2022, 9:16 a.m.. Taliban fighters are seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 18, 2022.

Instead, the U.S. has sent a small amount of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, much of which is consumed by the inflation caused by the U.S. seizure of the central bank’s funds. The prison is preferable to the alternative, he added. Abdul is still holding out hope for a last-minute surge of support, while attempting to find ways out of the country. “For me it’s like a prison,” said Abdul, adding that his wife is riddled with depression and anxiety. The children can’t leave for school or to play during the day. The U.S. helped construct the bank and offered to hold the reserves — totaling $7 billion — in an account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The reserves were used like those of any central bank: to stabilize the currency, fight inflation, and balance out import and export payments. Mauro said that more focus on the plight of those at risk is worthwhile but will also produce a backlash. Abdul guessed that there had been around 400 people holed up in the project’s safe houses. Up to 95 percent of Afghans aren’t getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. To maintain the safe houses, he said, they need about $8,000 a month. The Afghan Liberty Project, which pulled together safe housing for hundreds of Afghans at risk of retaliation by the Taliban for working with the U.S.-backed government, has informed its residents of the deadline, according to an Afghan man who, along with his family, now faces an uncertain future. “There was a lot of interest in the beginning, but then it declined and ended altogether as Afghanistan left the headlines.

In August 2021, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. The political and humanitarian situation has been extremely precarious since then.

With organisations such as UN Women, the Federal Government is supporting female Afghan human rights defenders, in Afghanistan as well as in neighbouring countries. Civil society involvement is an important part of this process, and the Foreign Minister and Interior Minister met with representatives of NGOs in March. NGOs also accompanied the Foreign Minister on her trip to Pakistan. The Minister will continue this dialogue, including with Afghan civil society. The Federal Government is also working with international partners on ways to stabilise the desperate economic situation in Afghanistan – without the Taliban directly profiting. The humanitarian and economic situation in the country remains precarious, too. Around half of the Afghan population is at risk of hunger and dependent on humanitarian assistance. Around two thirds of departures have taken place via Pakistan. A well-oiled network is in place there, bringing together GIZ and NGOs who help people to leave Afghanistan and organise temporary accommodation in Islamabad for them as well as onward travel to Germany. To finance all of this, the Federal Foreign Office has provided GIZ with 32 million euro – the largest project to date in the field of organised departures. The concerted political pressure from the international community has not yet achieved any change in the Taliban’s behaviour, and nor have economic incentives. On 15 August 2021, the Taliban took over Kabul and thus seized power in Afghanistan. The economic and humanitarian crisis in the country has continued to deteriorate since then, and human rights are being restricted on a massive scale. To accelerate the visa process, external service providers are being used and decisions on visa applications have been transferred to Germany from particularly overburdened missions abroad. As a result, the pace of departures has significantly increased since January compared to the same period last year, with around 12,000 people having left Afghanistan so far in 2022. These are primarily people who are on the “human rights list” and are therefore particularly at risk. Foreign Minister Baerbock presented her Action Plan for Afghanistan on 23 December. It’s time to assess the outcomes so far – both positive and negative.

Health ministry says aid has begun to arrive to the area affected by earthquake that killed at least 1000 people.

Drought has undermined food production and 9 million Afghans face famine. Really poor areas where people have the most basic living standards,” he said. And again getting there is extremely difficult.” “We call on natural disaster management agencies and the international community to provide immediate and comprehensive aid to the Afghan people,” he posted on twitter. We call on natural disaster management agencies & the international community to provide immediate & comprehensive aid to the Afghan people on basis of humanitarianism so that the victims are able to financially rebuild their livelihoods. “Aid has arrived to the area and it is continuing but more is needed,” he said.

The contribution will support the immediate needs of those affected, including food, emergency shelter, emergency trauma care, non-food items as well as water, ...

Details on how to donate will soon be published on SRC’s website at redcross.sg once the fundraising appeal is launched. The SRC stands in solidarity with the Afghan communities affected by this disaster during this challenging time, especially the children and vulnerable families. Singapore, 23 June 2022 - In response to the powerful earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday night, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is committing SGD$50,000, in the first instance, to support survivors and affected communities.

India expressed its deepest condolences to the victims and their families who were impacted by the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan and vowed to ...

"India will continue to play its role towards the pursuit of that objective. He said that, on the political front, India continues to call for an inclusive dispensation in Afghanistan which represents all sections of the Afghan society. There are, therefore, serious concerns which need our immediate attention and unified action to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a haven for other terrorist organisations including ISIS-K, Al-Qaeda, JeM and LeT. We need to see concrete progress in ensuring that such proscribed terrorists, entities, or their aliases do not get any support, tacit or direct, either from Afghan soil or from the terror sanctuaries based in the region," Mr Tirumurti said while specifying the need to combat the acts of terrorism. "The recent findings of the 1988 Sanctions Committee's Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team Report indicate that the current authorities need to take much stronger action to fulfil their anti-terrorism commitments. We hope that the 'humanitarian carve outs' of this Resolution are fully utilized by the UN agencies and their aid partners," Mr Tirumurti stressed. India reiterated that humanitarian assistance should be based on principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence.

Rescue and relief teams are struggling to reach survivors of a deadly earthquake that hit Afghanistan's remote southeast, killing at least 1000 people and ...

The tragedy of Wednesday's earthquake is compounded by Afghanistan's political isolation and economic unraveling.

The afflicted regions were held by an alliance of factions opposed to the Taliban, who controlled the bulk of the country. That doesn’t seem imminent, though White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement this week that the United States was “the single largest donor of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and our humanitarian partners are already delivering medical care and shelter supplies on the ground.” A host of international aid organizations have rushed to help, but the prevailing sanctions complicated how cash flows enter the country and how swiftly outside actors can impact matters on the ground. “If the economy is not able to recover and grow meaningfully and sustainably, then the Afghan people will face repeated humanitarian crises, potentially spurring mass migration and making conditions ripe for radicalization and renewed armed conflict,” he said. “We need tents and money to rebuild,” he said — echoing fears among the villagers that their quake-damaged homes could collapse completely, my colleagues noted. Senior Taliban officials rushed to the affected districts in a show of empathy but demanded outside assistance. Almost half the country’s population faces acute hunger, while close to 6 in 10 Afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance. As a result, Afghanistan is in the grips of a staggering series of social and economic crises: According to the United Nations, 15 years of economic growth have been shaved off in 10 months, with the country’s economy contracting some 30 to 40 percent. There are myriad harrowing accounts of survivors digging with their hands through the debris in search of loved ones. The fire hose of foreign cash and international aid that propped up the U.S.-backed governments in Kabul for two decades was turned off overnight. The Taliban contravened earlier assurances over their rule and drastically curtailed women’s rights, barring access to education for schoolgirls beyond sixth grade and imposing other draconian Islamic controls. Billions of dollars of Afghan foreign reserves were frozen by the U.S. Treasury.

SINGAPORE: The Government will contribute US$50000 to support the public fundraising efforts of the Singapore Red Cross following a devastating earthquake ...

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A powerful earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, putting the previous estimate of those killed at 1,000. The 6.1 magnitude quake flattened more ...

Around 10,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed in Wednesday’s earthquake in a remote part of the country, Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, a spokesperson for the disaster ministry, told Reuters. A powerful earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, putting the previous estimate of those killed at 1,000. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage.

Survivors look to the sky in hope that aid will be delivered by aircraft. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In addition to damaging or destroying thousands of earthen homes and other structures, it downed mobile phone towers and power lines while triggering rock and mudslides which blocked mountain roads. "We need food and water. In the middle of a courtyard, his octogenarian mother, slightly injured, is lying on a bed, sheltered from the sun by a sheet. Our entire water distribution system is destroyed. People are lying on open ground," Ghurziwal tells AFP, pointing to the crumbled dwelling where he now holds out with six other families. there's no shelter.

CARE Afghanistan deployed the mobile health teams yesterday morning to Khost and Paktika provinces, immediately following the devastating earthquake in ...

Alongside its mobile health teams, CARE is also distributing basic relief items including solar lamps and providing flexible cash assistance to help those dealing with the impacts of the earthquake get back on their feet. Cholera was already endemic in the Afghanistan and cases have been reported to be on the rise even before the earthquake. He adds: “Our staff on the ground are telling us that the most common injuries include head traumas, broken bones and a range of wounds.

The devastating earthquake this week is just one of several emergencies facing Afghanistan, and continued dialogue with the Taliban remains the only way to ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. This bottom-up approach to economic recovery is shared by the de facto authorities and would help the most vulnerable." Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. "The costs to the economy of these policies is immense," he said. Alakbarov said the need to prioritize rural areas, with focus on agricultural and food systems to prevent hunger.

The devastating earthquake on Wednesday is just one of several emergencies facing Afghanistan, and continued dialogue with the Taliban de facto authorities ...

Additionally, national and local authorities are increasingly seeking to play a role in the selection of beneficiaries. “But for every issue that is resolved, another one emerges, sometimes in the same location with the same departments. This bottom-up approach to economic recovery is shared by the de facto authorities and would help the most vulnerable.” Humanitarians are also seeing more demands by the Taliban authorities for data and information regarding budgets and staffing contracts. Mr. Griffiths also underscored the pressing need for funding. “The costs to the economy of these policies is immense,” he said. Mr. Alakbarov stressed the need to prioritize rural areas, with focus on agricultural and food systems to prevent hunger. Although the number of ISIL-KP terrorist attacks has generally decreased, their geographic scope has widened from six to 11 provinces. It is estimated the economy contracted by up to 40 per cent since August. Afghanistan also remains highly vulnerable to future climate and geopolitical shocks. “The psychosocial costs of being denied education, for example, are incalculable, and women are collectively being written out of society in a way that is unique in the world.” He said despite difficulties, "we firmly continue to believe that a strategy of continued engagement and dialogue remains to be the only way forward for the sake of the Afghan people, as well as for the sake of regional and international security.”

Trina Saha Acting Minister Counselor for Political Affairs New York, New York June 23, 2022. AS DELIVERED. Thank you, Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and ...

In concert with the international community, we also urge the Taliban to follow through on its stated commitments relating to counterterrorism and safe passage. Yesterday’s earthquake highlights the vulnerability of the Afghan people and underscores the dire need for continued humanitarian assistance. That’s why the United States remains the world’s leading humanitarian donor in Afghanistan and source of funds for UN operations in Afghanistan more broadly. This is a perilous moment for Afghanistan. As Ms. Royan and Ms. Hakim indicated, space for members of the media to do their work is shrinking, while threats facing members of religious and ethnic minority groups are on the rise. The United States joins these voices in our unequivocal condemnation of the Taliban’s March 23 announcement forbidding girls from returning to secondary schools throughout most of the country, and of the May 7 decree imposing further restrictions on women and girls. Each and every one of them is entitled to equal access to education, employment, and participation in public life.

Eighteen vehicles dispatched to deliver humanitarian assistance amid devastation in the east of the country.

In May, WFP provided 590,000 people in Paktika province and 320,000 in Khost with emergency food and nutrition assistance. WFP works in all 34 provinces of the country and has a fleet of 239 trucks on the road every day, delivering food to some 800 food distribution sites across the country. At least 18 trucks are making their way to the earthquake-affected areas carrying emergency supplies, including high-energy biscuits and mobile storage units.