humanitarian crisis
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Poverty in Bamiyan: Families Survive on Leftover Potatoes
DID Press: Bamiyan — For some impoverished families in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province, the potato harvest season is not merely a time for gathering agricultural produce. It is an opportunity to search beneath the soil for a few potatoes left behind,…
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OCHA: More Than 9 Million People Receive Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan
DID Press: Around 9.3 million people in Afghanistan received humanitarian assistance between January and August 2026, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says. OCHA announced that approximately 9.3 million people across Afghanistan benefited from humanitarian…
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OCHA Warns Millions of Afghans Face Reduced Access to Healthcare
DID Press: United Nations has warned that funding shortages are disrupting the operations of health facilities and nutrition centres across Afghanistan, forcing some to close or suspend services and making it increasingly difficult for millions of people to access essential…
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Returning Afghan Migrants Face a Looming Winter Humanitarian Crisis
DID Press: As the harsh winter cold gradually approaches Afghanistan’s mountainous regions and sun-scorched cities, the growing wave of migrant returns and mass deportations from neighbouring countries is taking on increasingly alarming dimensions. Thousands of families, many with no tangible…
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UN Commission: Israel Committed War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza
DID Press: UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry has stated that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied Palestinian territory and continued acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip, even after the ceasefire agreement. According to…
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UNICEF Warns Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Is Worsening
DID Press: Tajudeen Oyewale, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan, has warned that the country’s water crisis is deteriorating, with climate change, rising demand, funding shortages and weak infrastructure placing increasing pressure on water resources. Afghanistan’s water…
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Palestine Urges Urgent Global Intervention in West Bank
DID Press: Palestinian Authority has called for urgent international intervention to halt escalating Israeli attacks and actions in the occupied West Bank, particularly in the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, which cited a statement by…
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UN: More Than 19M People Face Acute Food Insecurity in Afghanistan
DID Press: United Nations has warned that more than 19 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity, as declining humanitarian assistance and funding shortages increase the risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition across the country. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson…
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Book Launch Amid Hunger Crisis Highlights Taliban’s “Misplaced Priorities”
DID Press: Recent remarks by Shir Ahmad Haqqani, the Taliban’s acting minister of information and culture, at a ceremony in Kabul marking the launch of a book by Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada have highlighted what critics describe as the…
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US Lawmaker Calls for Arrest of Israeli Commander in Hind Rajab Killing Case
DID Press: US Representative Rashida Tlaib has called on the US government to arrest Sean Glass, an Israeli military commander suspected of involvement in the killing of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, and investigate his role in the incident.…
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