Kabul, Jan 22 (IANS) At least 11 people have been killed and three others injured amid heavy snowfall and rains lashing multiple provinces in Afghanistan, according to a spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Authority on Thursday. According to the spokesperson, initial reports from provincial authorities indicate that severe weather has affected residents in the provinces of eastern Parwan, Wardak, southern Kandahar, northern Jawzjan, Faryab, and central Bamiyan, Xinhua News Agency r…
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Kabul, Jan 8 (IANS) Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) offering medical humanitarian assistance to people, has warned that the expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan is causing a serious humanitarian crisis, especially during winter season, endangering the lives of people, local media reported on Thursday. In a report released on Wednesday, MSF stated that many of the expelled refugees are being placed in temporary camps which do not have proper shelter whi…
Kinshasa, Jan 3 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUSCO, voiced deep concern on Saturday over reports of a drone strike in the country’s conflict-hit eastern region. In a statement posted on social media platform X, MONUSCO strongly condemned attacks, including those carried out by drones, that target or affect civilians and civilian infrastructure, urging an independent verification of the reported incident in Masisi-ce…