Militants from both groups had been sent to Afghanistan to fight alongside or train the Taliban before the U.S. withdrawal, said Lt. Col. Emron Musavi, an Indian army spokesperson in Srinagar, the ...

A new U.S. facility in Afghanistan offers 64,000 square feet of space for more than 1,000 military personnel. Finished last November, it cost tens of millions of dollars. It will never be used for ...

At the same time, despite the withdrawal of international forces, Afghanistan is not immune to geo-political and regional dynamics with 1.9 million Afghans having returned to the country so far in ...

This additional funding brings U.S. support for Afghanistan to more than $1.1 billion in humanitarian assistance since August 2021, including nearly $812 million from USAID and nearly $320 million from the State Department. The assistance addresses the needs of vulnerable Afghans in Afghanistan and those who have fled to neighboring countries.

The Afghan people continue to grapple with the consequences of four decades of conflict, with entrenched poverty further exacerbated by an economic crisis, frequent environmental disasters and the impact of a worsening climate crisis, and gender inequality. ... 12.4 million people have acute food insecurity 1 in 4 Afghans do not know where ...

Afghan Persian or Dari (official, lingua franca) 77%, Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbeki 11%, English 6%, Turkmani 3%, Urdu 3% ... situation was expected to deteriorate and the number of people in "Crisis" or above was likely to increase to 22.8 million, about 35% more than during the same season in 2020/21; following the developments of ...

The UN and partners launched a more than $5 billion funding appeal for Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services there, which have left 22 million in need of assistance inside the country, and 5.7 million people requiring help beyond its borders.

The Taliban-controlled back of Afghanistan said last week it had received $40 million in cash. ... "Another package of humanitarian aid worth $40 million dollars arrived in Afghanistan and was ...

The current crisis comes on top of the 2.2 million Afghan refugees already in neighbouring countries and 3.5 million people forced to flee their homes within Afghanistan's borders.

The 2019 mines ministry report does, however, say Afghanistan holds 1.4 million tonnes of rare earth minerals, a group of 17 elements prized for their applications in consumer electronics, as well ...

As the humanitarian situation worsened, the United States also issued some exemptions to sanctionsand committed $308 million in aid last month — bringing the total U.S. assistance to the country ...

This additional funding brings U.S. support for Afghanistan to more than $1.1 billion in humanitarian assistance since August 2021, including nearly $812 million from USAID …

Full Story Not long after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on Aug. 30 explaining that the U.S. would continue to provide aid for the ...

transcript. Biden Says, 'The War in Afghanistan Is Now Over' President Biden defended his decision to end the 20-year war in Afghanistan, a day after the U.S. closed a two-week evacuation of ...

Published 4:26 PM PDT, September 13, 2021. GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations drummed up more than $1.2 billion in emergency pledges Monday for helping 11 million …

Since September 2021, the return to school for all Afghan over the age of 12 have been indefinitely postponed leaving 1.1 million and young women without access to formal education. Currently, 80% of school-aged Afghan and young women – 2.5 million people are out of school. Nearly 30% of in Afghanistan have never entered …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, a nongovernmental organization said. Nearly three out of 10 Afghan children will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year as the country feels the immediate impacts of floods, the long-term effects of drought, and ...

An estimated 3.7 million children are out-of-school in Afghanistan – 60% of them are . The underlining reasons for low ' enrolment is insecurity and traditional norms and practices related to ' and women's role in the society. Other reasons can be explained in part by a lack of teachers, especially in rural schools.

The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition. Emboldened by the withdrawal of US troops, they now control all key cities in the ...

Appeal highlights. In Afghanistan, 23.3 million people, including 12.6 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2024, mainly due to the residual impacts of a protracted conflict, extreme climate shocks and the country's severe economic decline, which is characterized by high unemployment and a fragile recovery.

In rural areas, the severe impact of a second drought in four years continues to affect the livelihoods of 7.3 million people who rely on agriculture and livestock to survive. " …

Despite the withdrawal of international forces, Afghanistan is not immune to geo-political and regional dynamics with 1.9 million Afghans having returned to the country so far in 2023, including more than 471,000 from Pakistan since 15 September.. Additionally, severe climate change effects have precipitated a widespread water crisis that leaves no corner …

In 2023, a staggering 28.3 million people – or two-thirds of Afghanistan's population - require urgent humanitarian assistance to survive. Over 17 million people face acute hunger in 2023, including 6 million people at emergency levels of food insecurity – one step away from famine.

Pakistan is extending the stay of nearly 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees – but its mass deportation of "illegal immigrants" will continue, authorities said.

Of the $2.8 billion transferred to Afghanistan since US withdrawal in 2021, nearly $300 million is unaccounted for [Islamabad] According to a new report from the leading US …

The United Nations has delivered more than $2.9 billion in cash to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized control, resulting in the flow of U.S. funds to the extremist group, …

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Mailing Address: 2530 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202 Phone: +1(703)545-6000

The UN's refugee agency says Iran hosts around 780,000 Afghan refugees, in addition to some 2.6 million undocumented Afghan migrants. But Iran claimed last year that the number of illegal Afghan ...

'Poverty of hope' However, OCHA warned that the future looks increasingly bleak in the absence of concerted efforts to address structural drivers of need and vulnerability. Today, roughly 25 million Afghans are now living in poverty. Furthermore, as many as 900,000 jobs may be lost this year as businesses struggle to stay afloat, and women and …

Since the events of August 2021, the World Bank has provided more than $1.7 billion in support to the Afghan people. Through Approach 1.0, the World Bank provided $280 million in funds from the Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF) to UNICEF and the World Food Program.This was for humanitarian gap financing to meet emergency health …

Five reasons why Afghanistan remains within the top 3 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in the International Rescue Committee's Emergency Watchlist. ... Population: 40.8 million; 28.8 million people in need of humanitarian aid; 17.2 million people facing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity;

Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of ...

FILE - A mother holds her malnourished boy at the Indira Gandhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 22, 2022. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the …

The United Nations has delivered more than $2.9 billion in cash to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized control, resulting in the flow of U.S. funds to the extremist group, according to a recent ...

An estimated 15.8 million people in Afghanistan are projected to experience Crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity during the November 2023 to March 2024 winter lean season, including 3.6 million people facing Emergency—IPC 4—levels of acute food insecurity, according to the most recent IPC analysis released in December.