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Afghanistan
UN Warns Growing Child Population Is Straining Afghanistan’s Education System
DID Press: United Nations has warned that Afghanistan’s education system is facing mounting pressure from a growing population of children and adolescents, the return of migrants and insufficient investment, increasing the need to expand educational services across the country. According…
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Afghanistan
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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Afghanistan
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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Government
Thousands of Gaza Families Still Searching for Missing Relatives
DID Press: Thousands of Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip remain unaware of the fate of missing relatives, months or even years after their disappearance. Human rights activists say the crisis has been compounded by a lack of information about…
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Afghanistan
Millions of Afghans Return Home, Intensifying Pressure on Jobs and Housing
DID Press: The return of more than six million Afghans from Iran and Pakistan over the past three years has intensified competition for jobs and housing in Afghanistan, increasing economic pressure on both returning families and local residents. Agence France-Presse…
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Afghanistan
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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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Red Crescent Chief Says International Aid Falls Short of Public Needs
DID Press: Shahabuddin Delawar, head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, has criticised the limited scale of international assistance to Afghanistan, saying current support is only enough to help people survive rather than meet their broader needs. Delawar made the…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Poverty Deepens Amid Decades of War and Restrictive Policies
DID Press: On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Afghanistan’s experience highlights how prolonged conflict, political instability and restrictive policies can deepen poverty and undermine long-term development. Decades of war have damaged the country’s infrastructure, weakened its human…
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Afghanistan
Sweden Pledges $1.02 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
DID Press: Sweden has contributed $1.02 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced. In a post published on X on October 17, OCHA said the funding would be…
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Government
Israeli Attacks Near Gaza’s Yellow Line Trigger New Wave of Displacement
DID Press: Gaza’s Civil Defence has reported an increase in the forced displacement of Palestinian families and damage to residential homes and displacement tents following Israeli explosions and gunfire in areas surrounding the Yellow Line. The organization warned that continued…
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