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UN refugee agency warns Afghanistan is facing a ‘greater humanitarian crisis’ as countries end evacuation efforts

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned Afghanistan faces “a far greater humanitarian crisis,” as nations end their evacuation efforts ahead of the US withdrawal from the country on August 31. … Read More >UN refugee agency warns Afghanistan is facing a ‘greater humanitarian crisis’ as countries end evacuation efforts

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A third of Afghanistan’s population at risk of severe or acute hunger amid war and drought – UN food agency

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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that the dual impact of war and a drought has fueled an “extraordinarily difficult year for Afghanistan,” putting 14 million citizens at risk of severe or acute hunger. … Read More >A third of Afghanistan’s population at risk of severe or acute hunger amid war and drought – UN food agency

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2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change

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The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) yearly report on the world’s most pressing humanitarian situations has just been published, with the three most disastrous cases — Yemen, Afghanistan, and Syria — all the product of decades of interventionist U.S. foreign policy. … Read More >2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change