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Asia

Bomb blast in Kabul wounds five people, including Taliban

IFP Media Wire -
A bomb blast on a main road in Police District six of the Afghan capital Kabul wounded five people including the Taliban fighters but the Taliban have not commented on the casualties.
Asia

Several countries pledge additional support for Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
Leaders from a handful of Asian nations vowed to help Afghanistan during a summit on Sunday. They stressed the need for outside support as the new Taliban government grapples with poverty, food insecurity and an economic crisis.
Media Wire

Report: 500k internally displaced in Afghanistan in 2021

IFP Media Wire -
More than half a million people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan as a result of conflicts and insecurity in 2021, according to a newly released report by the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Media Wire

UN calls for end to violence against Afghan women

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is calling for an immediate end to violence against women and girls in the country. UNAMA made the appeal in a statement issued on Thursday marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW).
IFP Exclusive

Iran embassy urges Intl. community help with refugee influx

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Iranian embassy in Belgium underlined the need for the international community to support Afghan refugees residing in Iran.
Asia

UN warns Afghanistan banking system at risk of collapse

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations (UN) on Monday pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks. The world body has warned a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months.
Media Wire

Johnson says Britain must engage with Taliban

IFP Media Wire -
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said London must engage with the Taliban to tackle humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. No country has yet recognized the Taliban as the rulers of Afghanistan.
Asia

Red Cross: lack of cash main problem in Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
The main problem in Afghanistan is not hunger, but the lack of cash to pay salaries to deliver social services which have existed before, Peter Maurer, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has announced. The ICRC chief stated Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations struggle with ways to pay doctors, nurses and others on the ground.
Media Wire

UN warns Daesh operative present across Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations' special envoy for Afghanistan has warned that members of the Daesh terrorist group now seem to be present in all provinces of the war-torn country, and Taliban is unable to stem the terror group’s growth.
Asia

Taliban calls on US Congress to release frozen assets, avert humanitarian crisis

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The Taliban has urged members of the United States Congress to act to release frozen Afghan assets and take responsible steps towards addressing the humanitarian and economic crisis unfolding in the country.
Asia

Two blasts rock Kabul, several killed and wounded

IFP Media Wire -
Two explosions have hit the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing and wounding several people, including women, Taliban officials and local residents confirmed.
Asia

Iran Envoy: Tehran to stand by Afghanistan

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan Hossein Kazemi Qomi has said Tehran is ready to help Afghanistan’s economy to thrive.
IFP Exclusive

UNHCR praises Iran support for Afghan refugees

IFP Editorial Staff -
Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Iran Ivo Freijsen has lauded the Islamic Republic's support for Afghan refugees.
Asia

Iran envoy: US expanding proxy groups in Afghanistan

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan says the US occupiers who fled Afghanistan are trying to expand their proxy terrorist groups in the region.
Human Rights

German embassy in Tehran says not to accept asylum applications by Afghans

IFP Editorial Staff -
The German embassy in Tehran has hung a large banner outside the building bearing bizarre statements.
Media Wire

Ex-US official: Abandoned Afghan forces likely to join Daesh

IFP Media Wire -
Thousands of Afghan commandos may turn to Daesh if Washington fails to evacuate them from the war-torn country, a former US navy special warfare intelligence chief has warned.
Asia

WHO: 1mn Afghan children likely to die of malnutrition

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At least one million children under five in Afghanistan are running the risk of dying of malnutrition without immediate treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Media Wire

Pakistan: Iran played pivotal role in Afghanistan peace

IFP Media Wire -
The Pakistani foreign minister says Iran has played a responsible role towards restoring stability to Afghanistan.
Media Wire

Russia warns many groups operate in Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
More than two dozen terrorist organizations, having a total strength of 23,000 militants, are operating in Afghanistan at the moment, according to different estimates, a Russian diplomat warned. The official announced millions of Afghans are starving and the country is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
Asia

Pentagon: Dozens of US family members in Afghanistan

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The Pentagon has confirmed “dozens” of family members of American troops remain in Afghanistan nearly three months after Washington ended its military mission in the war-torn country.
Security

Tajikistan: Terror threat from Afghanistan growing

IFP Media Wire -
The threat of terrorism rising from Afghanistan is on the increase, and the situation on the Afghan-Tajik border remains tense, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan warns.
Asia

UN warns three million Afghans on brink of famine

IFP Media Wire -
The UN's food agency has warned three million people in Afghanistan are facing starvation. The body has promised it will be providing food for 23 million people in the country.
Asia

Afghan toddler given to US soldier still missing

IFP Media Wire -
An Afghan baby is still missing months after his desperate parents handed him to an American soldier over a fence outside the gates of Kabul airport. It came days after Afghanistan’s capital fell to the Taliban group last August when the baby was two months old.
Asia

India says Iran, Russia, others to attend Afghanistan summit

IFP Media Wire -
India says Iran, Russia and Central Asian countries have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Afghanistan conference in New Delhi. Pakistan has declared it would not be attending the meeting.
Media Wire

Russia: Terrorists, drugs still threats in Afghanistan

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The terrorist and drug threats continue to come from Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power in the war-ravaged country, Moscow warns.
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