UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Reiterates Commitment to the Afghan People UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Download PDF...
World Bank, May 2012: It has been said many times that Afghanistan is at a crossroads. This has never been truer than now. The withdrawal of most...
UN Humanitarian chief calls for continued investment to save lives 10 May 2012, The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, ended her visit to...
[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in...
Agence France-Presse, 05/07/2012 13:07 GMT Kabul, May 7, 2012 (AFP) - At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods...
4/27/2012, NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre During the last decade, the Afghan government and international community worked to promote peace,...
World Bank, Press Release No:2012/415/SAR WASHINGTON, DC, April 26, 2012 -- The World Bank’s Board of Directors today discussed its Interim...
Danish Refugee Council, April 13, 2012 Returning Afghan refugees and internally displaced people are living in muddy slum areas of the cities in...
Apr 6, 2012 InterAction’s latest publication, Choose to Invest in Development and Humanitarian Relief FY2013, outlines key funding recommendations...
FACTBOX-Why are maternal deaths so high in Afghanistan? 12 Dec 2011 10:01, Source: Reuters // Reuters An Afghan midwife puts a newborn baby next to...
Yemen is now at the forefront of U.S. counterterrorism efforts. To combat al Qaeda effectively and prevent the country’s collapse, the United States will need to balance its security objectives alongside political reform and development initiatives. … Yemen is the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest state and more closely resembles many sub-Saharan countries than any of its Gulf neighbors. The country faces recurring food security issues. … Of Yemen’s nearly 24 million citizens, 43 percent live on two dollars a day, while approximately 40 percent are unemployed. … This swelling demographic of young, unemployed Yemenis represents a significant socioeconomic concern and a potential target for radicalization and recruitment by terrorist organizations.
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To succeed in Afghanistan, the international community must tackle corruption, make aid more effective, improve cooperation with the Afghan government, pursue a regional solution to the conflict, and commit to long-term reconstruction.
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