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How Isolating the Afghan Taliban Could Mean More Young Landmine Victims
Date: July 7, 2022
By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar QAFAS KALAY, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic object half-buried in the ground. Crowding round excitedly, they argued over who had found it first and who could...
Norway Pledges 1 Billion Euros to Support Ukraine
Date: July 1, 2022
(Reuters) – Norway on Friday pledged 1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) to help Ukraine defend itself, support people in need and for reconstruction in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Addressing a news conference in Kyiv alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said Norway wanted to express its solidarity with Ukraine’s...
G7 Commits $5 Billion to Tackling Global Food Insecurity – U.S. Official
Date: June 28, 2022
By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit up to $5 billion to improve global food security, a senior U.S. official said, as the group responds to worries in developing nations about the threat of hunger triggered by war in Ukraine. On the final day of...
Afghanistan Seeks Help for Earthquake Survivors as Aftershock Kills Five
Date: June 24, 2022
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock on Friday killed five more. Authorities earlier ended a search in remote southeastern mountains for survivors of the 6.1 magnitude earthquake...
Aid Trickles in to Afghan Earthquake Zone, Toll at 1,000 Dead
Date: June 23, 2022
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib GAYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Aid began arriving on Thursday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads are hampering relief efforts in a country already grappling with a humanitarian crisis. The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck early...
Afghanistan Earthquake Kills at Least 1,000 but Toll Expected to Rise
Date: June 22, 2022
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Jibran Ahmad KABUL (Reuters) -The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets lay...