Islamabad, Kabul, Pristina, Sarajevo, Manila, Seoul and Tokyo: worldwide, women marched and protested during International Women's Day demanding gender equality and denouncing violence against women.
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UN Food Agency Warns , Malnutrition Rates in Afghanistan , Have Reached Record High.
The United Nation's World Food Program (WFP)
made the announcement on January 26.
'The Independent' reports that
half of the country has endured
severe hunger throughout the year. .
Half of Afghanistan endures severe
hunger throughout the year, regardless
of the season, and malnutrition rates
are at a record high for Afghanistan, Phillipe Kropf, Spokesman for the U.N. food
agency in Kabul, via 'The Independent'.
There are seven million children
(under the age of 5) and mothers
who are malnourished, in a country
with a population of 40 million, Phillipe Kropf, Spokesman for the U.N. food
agency in Kabul, via 'The Independent'.
In August 2021, the Taliban takeover
resulted in millions of people falling into
poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off. .
In response to the situation, the WFP boosted its
delivery and distribution to reach 15 million with
emergency food assistance and nutrition support.
Other aid agencies are also providing food,
education and healthcare, but distribution has been
severely impacted by a Taliban ban on women working. .
The ban has come at the worst
possible moment. Families and
communities don’t know where
their next meal is coming from, Phillipe Kropf, Spokesman for the U.N. food
agency in Kabul, via 'The Independent'.
'The Independent' reports that the ban was put in place
alongside a number of other measures which restrict
the rights and freedoms of women in Afghanistan.
The measures have drawn
international condemnation and
protests to have the bans lifted
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Days after recording a goodbye video, 20-year-old YouTube star Najma Sadeqi was killed in a terror attack outside Kabul’s international airport. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — At least 95 people were killed and 150 others wounded as a bomb was detonated by IS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State group, at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International..
Ella Nabiyar said her brother, Dr. Khalid Rahin, worked alongside the U.S. military and allied forces, and had been cleared to evacuate when the bombing took place.
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