Despite significant progress against hunger made by developing Asia over 300 million people were still food insecure, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Saturday. ADB in its review report said: “In the past two decades, developing Asia has made significant progress in its fight against hunger, lifting more than 200 million people from undernourishment. This More
Bangladesh has defeated Afghanistan by two wickets in the thrilling first of the two-match T20 international series at the Sylhet international Cricket Stadium on Friday. Mohammad Nabi’s brilliant 54 runs, scored 154 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs after Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasn won the toss and opted to bowl first. Down to More
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that 5.6 million Afghan refugees and 295,000 asylum seekers are living in foreign countries. The UN Refugee Agency published these figures and said that 9.2 million Afghans had forcibly been displaced worldwide. The source said 5.6 million Afghans were immigrants and people with similar status to refugees, and More
Over 300 Afghan migrants have been flown to Canada through a charter flight, Canadian government official said on Thursday. On its Twitter handle, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, wrote: “A charter flight landed in Calgary today, carrying 309 Afghan nationals to safety!” He wrote that this flight included passengers who worked with More
ATTENTION: High-level Political Forum and the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council! It has been 660 days since girls are banned from going to school. With the continued ban on girls’ education by the Taliban, they have gradually lost their hope. As the rights defenders’ network and education advocates, we call upon you More
Zamir, a boy who lost four members of his family on their way to Iran, has asked the acting government to create jobs and thereby alleviate the suffering of Afghans. After the political change in August 2021, the international community has considerably slashed aid to Afghanistan and has frozen more than $9 billion foreign reserves More
Over 16,000 children are involved in hard labour or collecting garbage on roads and streets, an official said on Monday. According to reports some children are involved in bricks making along with the families in bricks factories. Walid, 11, is one of these children, who told Pajhwok Afghan News that he daily go to the More
Seven people have been killed and 10 others injured in the collapse of a three-storey hotel located in Pakistan’s central province of Punjab. The private hotel on the busy Grand Trunk Road in Jhelum city collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion on Sunday, local officials said. At least seven bodies have been retrieved from the More
Nearly two dozen Afghan citizens have been rescued from human traffickers near Brazil border, an official said on Monday. The 23 Afghan migrants, trying to reach Ecuador, paid human smugglers for transporting them across the country and to its northern border, Peru’s prosecutor said on Sunday. But they were cheated out of their money More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned two to three billion people worldwide have experienced water shortages. Late on Saturday night, the UN chief tweeted that access to clean drinking water was not a privilege. Guterres said, we must all take collective Water Action to share resources equitably and manage them sustainably. The UN has previously More
