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At UN, India Slams Pak's Afghanistan Airstrikes As "Massacre"
India called for full compliance with international humanitarian law, including the principles of precaution, distinction, and proportionality, and backed UNAMA's demand for independent investigations to ensure accountability.
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Taliban Investigating Death Threats Against UN's Afghan Female Staff: Report
The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations, according to a report.
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UN Condemns Attack Outside Afghan Foreign Ministry In Kabul
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned Wednesday's attack outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry in Kabul that killed at least five people.
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UN Seeks $600 Million To Avert Humanitarian Crisis In Afghanistan
The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeover.
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Afghanistan Crisis LIVE Updates: UN Warns Afghanistan Needs Money To Prevent Total Breakdown
The UN warned that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark "a severe economic downturn" and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.
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UN Hopes To Soon Deliver Aid To Afghanistan By Land
The United Nations hopes to deliver aid to Afghanistan by land soon, a senior UN official said Tuesday, adding that a new representative of the global body was en route to the country.
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Taliban Threatened, Beat UN Staff, Document Says: Report
An internal UN security document seen by Reuters describes veiled threats, looting of UN offices and physical abuse of staff since August 10, shortly before Taliban swept to power.
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Thousands Of Afghan Rights Workers At Risk: UN
The top United Nations human rights official expressed fear on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of Afghans who have worked on human rights issues, while the U.N. refugee agency called for a halt to forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers.
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US Condemns "Horrific ISIS Attack" On Gurdwara In Afghanistan
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack on a Gurdwara in Afghanistan that left 27 killed.
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Must Address Enablers, Orchestrators Of Terrorism: Afghanistan At UN
Afghanistan has asked the international community to address the state elements who orchestrate attacks from "outside" its borders, as it slammed the supporters of terrorist groups in Pakistan for their "cowardly behaviour" of targeting civilians.
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UN Security Council Condemns Afghan Terror Attacks That Killed 2 Indians
The UN today strongly condemned suicide blasts in Afghanistan, including the attacks on Nepalese and Indian guards, expressing "serious concern" at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS terror groups to the population in the war-torn country.
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Doubts and Divisions Among Commanders as Taliban Talk Peace
Talks last week between Afghanistan and Taliban negotiators were hailed by officials as a major breakthrough, but insurgent commanders on the ground have responded far more sceptically, highlighting the huge challenges facing the embryonic peace process.
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Record Afghan Opium Output Sparks Rise in Cheaper Heroin Supply: UN
Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan have reached record levels, triggering "a large increase" in cheaper heroin supply in the US, the United Nations said today.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 14 of a Family in Southern Afghanistan
At least 14 members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed when their minivan struck a roadside bomb in the country's restive south today, officials said.
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United Nations Appeals for $405 Million for Afghanistan Aid in 2015
Last year, the UN appealed for $406 million in Afghanistan, but received $237 million.
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At UN, India Slams Pak's Afghanistan Airstrikes As "Massacre"
India called for full compliance with international humanitarian law, including the principles of precaution, distinction, and proportionality, and backed UNAMA's demand for independent investigations to ensure accountability.
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Taliban Investigating Death Threats Against UN's Afghan Female Staff: Report
The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations, according to a report.
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UN Condemns Attack Outside Afghan Foreign Ministry In Kabul
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned Wednesday's attack outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry in Kabul that killed at least five people.
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UN Seeks $600 Million To Avert Humanitarian Crisis In Afghanistan
The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeover.
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Afghanistan Crisis LIVE Updates: UN Warns Afghanistan Needs Money To Prevent Total Breakdown
The UN warned that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark "a severe economic downturn" and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.
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UN Hopes To Soon Deliver Aid To Afghanistan By Land
The United Nations hopes to deliver aid to Afghanistan by land soon, a senior UN official said Tuesday, adding that a new representative of the global body was en route to the country.
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Taliban Threatened, Beat UN Staff, Document Says: Report
An internal UN security document seen by Reuters describes veiled threats, looting of UN offices and physical abuse of staff since August 10, shortly before Taliban swept to power.
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Thousands Of Afghan Rights Workers At Risk: UN
The top United Nations human rights official expressed fear on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of Afghans who have worked on human rights issues, while the U.N. refugee agency called for a halt to forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers.
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US Condemns "Horrific ISIS Attack" On Gurdwara In Afghanistan
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack on a Gurdwara in Afghanistan that left 27 killed.
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Must Address Enablers, Orchestrators Of Terrorism: Afghanistan At UN
Afghanistan has asked the international community to address the state elements who orchestrate attacks from "outside" its borders, as it slammed the supporters of terrorist groups in Pakistan for their "cowardly behaviour" of targeting civilians.
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UN Security Council Condemns Afghan Terror Attacks That Killed 2 Indians
The UN today strongly condemned suicide blasts in Afghanistan, including the attacks on Nepalese and Indian guards, expressing "serious concern" at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS terror groups to the population in the war-torn country.
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Doubts and Divisions Among Commanders as Taliban Talk Peace
Talks last week between Afghanistan and Taliban negotiators were hailed by officials as a major breakthrough, but insurgent commanders on the ground have responded far more sceptically, highlighting the huge challenges facing the embryonic peace process.
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Record Afghan Opium Output Sparks Rise in Cheaper Heroin Supply: UN
Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan have reached record levels, triggering "a large increase" in cheaper heroin supply in the US, the United Nations said today.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 14 of a Family in Southern Afghanistan
At least 14 members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed when their minivan struck a roadside bomb in the country's restive south today, officials said.
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United Nations Appeals for $405 Million for Afghanistan Aid in 2015
Last year, the UN appealed for $406 million in Afghanistan, but received $237 million.
