Aug 12, 2022
A year after the Taliban took power, humanitarian needs are rising even as foreign aid has dried up. During the former Islamic Republic, foreign aid grants funded 75 percent of public spending. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the United States has provided...
Aug 10, 2022
From mass deportation to unkept relocation pledges, both neighboring and Western countries have turned their backs on at-risk and displaced Afghans. Source: One year on, few options for Afghans escaping hunger and Taliban persecution, The New Humanitarian, by Mat...
Aug 4, 2022
19 million people in Afghanistan will encounter “potentially life-threatening levels of hunger” from June to November of this year, while 6 million people will be under “near-famine conditions.” The lack of food will leave 1.1 million children at risk of death due to...
Jul 9, 2022
The Russian invasion is sucking up attention, funding, and resources. Aid workers say it’s starting to cost lives. The UN’s appeal for Ukraine is more than 80 percent funded for this year. In comparison, the UN response plan for Afghanistan is around 38...
Jul 5, 2022
While the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit ended with net commitments to double spending on weapons and to increase by eight-fold the number of troops in Europe, the total of hungry people worldwide now marks an unprecedented record. Source: New World...
