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Neighborhood News Digest – 9 August 2023

Afghanistan The Taliban Are Diverting Aid, But How Much? – The Diplomat “… [I]t is no longer a question of whether the Taliban are diverting assistance from our programs to help the Afghan people, but rather how much they are diverting,” writes the...

Neighborhood News Digest – 8 August 2023

Afghanistan Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran - Bloomberg In mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences. A well-known Taliban...

Neighborhood News Digest – 7 August 2023

Afghanistan Amid humanitarian crisis, UN to cut aid to 21 million in Afghanistan – The Print Amid a dire humanitarian crisis, the United Nations humanitarians on Friday warned of a severe aid funding gap for aid to more than 21 million people in...

Neighborhood News Digest – 3 August 2023

Afghanistan For Afghanistan to stand on its own feet, women must be educated: US special envoy – The Print A US special representative for Afghanistan, Tom West, while highlighting the importance of women’s education in Kabul has said that Taliban...

Neighborhood News Digest – 2 August 2023

Afghanistan US Envoys in Doha Meeting Call for Islamic Emirate Policy Change – Tolo News Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West and Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri in a meeting with senior Islamic...

Neighborhood News Digest – 1 August 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments BBC The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption". Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a...

Neighborhood News Digest – 31 July 2023

Afghanistan 29.2 million people projected to need humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan: UNICEF – The Print In a recent report on Afghanistan, UNICEF said that over 15 million people are expected to experience food insecurity till October 2023,...

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 July 2023

Afghanistan Acting Minister Muttaqi to Meet American Officials in Doha – Tolo News The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is scheduled to...

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 July 2023

Afghanistan The Taliban Have ‘Infiltrated’ U.N. Deliveries of Aid – Foreign Policy The United Nations is the custodian of billions of dollars of international assistance meant for the hungry and needy of Afghanistan, where around half the...

Neighborhood News Digest – 24 July 2023

Afghanistan Toll in Afghanistan flash floods jumps to 26 killed, 40 missing – The Hindu The death toll from overnight flash floods caused by torrential rain in central Afghanistan has risen to 26, with more than 40 people missing, officials said...

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