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Afghanistan
Nearly 3M Afghan Migrants Return in 2025, UN Warns of Humanitarian Strain
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said nearly 2.78 million Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan since the start of 2025, marking one of the largest return waves in recent years. According to OCHA data,…
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UN Warns of Potential Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza and West Bank
DID Press: Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a stark warning on Monday at the opening of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and raising…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns Pakistan Crackdown Pushing Afghan Refugees Into Economic Distress
DID Press: UNHCR says tightened restrictions by Pakistan on Afghan refugees have plunged thousands of families into acute economic hardship and heightened the risk of detention and forced deportation. In its latest monthly report, UNHCR said Afghan refugees in Islamabad…
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UN Warns World Has Entered Era of “Global Water Bankruptcy”
DID Press: UN has warned that the world has moved beyond “stress” and “crisis” into a persistent state of “water bankruptcy,” with chronic over-extraction and pollution driving global freshwater systems past recovery thresholds. Experts said around four billion people face…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns: 4.2M People in Afghanistan Need Urgent Aid
DID Press: UN announced that the combined impact of natural disasters and economic challenges has left millions in Afghanistan in need of immediate humanitarian support. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 4.2 million people in…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns Kabul’s Urban Infrastructure Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change
DID Press: UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) warned that Kabul — home to more than 40 percent of Afghanistan’s urban population — faces serious climate-related risks, with four out of every five residents living in informal settlements that are most…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Escalating Water Crisis in Drought-Hit Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that prolonged drought in Afghanistan is pushing the country toward a severe water crisis. OCHA highlighted that dwindling water resources threaten the lives and health of millions, especially…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Slow Rebuilding in Quake-Hit Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that weeks after the earthquake in northern Afghanistan, reconstruction in many affected areas remains slow, leaving homeless families facing serious risks as winter approaches. In its latest report,…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns against Blaming All Afghan Migrants after D.C. Shooting
DID Press: Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, urged U.S. authorities and the American public to avoid blaming all Afghan migrants after the recent shooting incident near the White House. Endorsing statements made by an Afghan…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Rising Threat from Transnational Crimes in Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative in Afghanistan has warned of the expanding threat posed by synthetic drug trafficking and organized crime, stressing that countering these networks requires international cooperation, disruption of illicit financial flows, and…
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