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Two Killed, Suspect Dead in Minneapolis Apartment Shooting
DID Press: Two people were killed and a suspected gunman was found dead after a shooting inside a high-rise apartment building in downtown Minneapolis, U.S. authorities said. Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured in the incident. Police Sgt. Garrett…
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Qatar Envoy Reaffirms Continued Cooperation with Bamyan
DID Press: Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Murdaf Al-Ghashouti, visited Bamyan province and met with Qari Gul Haider Shafaq, the Taliban-appointed governor, to discuss economic and development cooperation. According to the Bamyan governor’s media office, the Qatari envoy reaffirmed his country’s…
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EU Allocates €15 Million to Strengthen Afghanistan’s Food Resilience
DID Press: European Union has allocated an additional €15 million to support its cooperation with the World Food Programme (WFP) on strengthening climate resilience and Afghanistan’s food systems. The funding will be provided through a 12-month programme aimed at addressing…
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Taliban Approve Construction of 200-Bed Hospital in Helmand
DID Press: Taliban’s Economic Directorate has announced plans to build a 200-bed hospital in Afghanistan’s Helmand province at a cost of 214 million Afghanis. According to an official statement, the project was approved during the latest meeting of the Taliban’s…
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UN Official: Political and Environmental Factors Are Driving Child Deaths in Afghanistan
DID Press: Around 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from acute malnutrition, including nearly 1 million facing severe and life-threatening malnutrition, according to Melissa Fleming, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications. Fleming said cuts to humanitarian funding have forced…
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Free Cleft Lip and Palate Surgeries Offered to Children in Kabul
DID Press: The Afghan Red Crescent Society has announced that, in cooperation with medical specialists from Bangladesh’s Al Markazul Islami, children with cleft lip and cleft palate conditions will receive free surgery and treatment in Kabul from September 6 to…
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UN Warns Humanitarian Crisis Is Taking Toll on Afghans’ Mental Health
DID Press: United Nations and research organization REACH have warned that persistent hunger, displacement and drought are intensifying psychological distress across Afghanistan, with children, women, older people and displaced communities facing heightened risks. According to the latest assessment, 21.9 million…
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A Year of Global Silence Over the Killing of Gaza Journalists
DID Press: One year after five Palestinian journalists were killed in an attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, questions over accountability for attacks on journalists in Gaza remain unresolved. The deadly strike on the upper floor of the Nasser…
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WHO: Southern Afghanistan Remains Key Polio Hotspot
DID Press: Afghanistan continues to face transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), with the country’s southern provinces remaining the main area of concern in efforts to eradicate the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. According to a…
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UNICEF: Nearly 1 Million Afghan Children at Risk of Death From Malnutrition
DID Press: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 1 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from severe, life-threatening acute malnutrition and could die without urgent treatment. UNICEF said a total of 3.7 million children across Afghanistan are…
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