"Winter is difficult, and we have nothing except God, and we need more help," says aid recipient Bibi Pashtoon during the distribution of relief to hundreds of displaced families in capital Kabul.
Only 35% of $600 million needed for humanitarian operations in Afghanistan is provided by international donors, despite promises made in Geneva.
Abdul Matin Rahimzay, the Taliban’s head of refugees and returnees affairs in Kabul, says about 1,005 displaced families from the Shahr-e-Naw Park in downtown Kabul have been relocated in collaboration with different aid agencies.
"There is space for discussion and engagement on human rights issues, including women and minorities rights," says UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi after having talks with Taliban officials during his visit to Afghanistan.
Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have engaged in killings, rape, and other fatal assaults against refugees, says a new HRW report.
Some 15 Tamils were “beaten, burnt, suffocated and sexually assaulted” under custody over the past two years, International Truth and Justice Project reported.
On the heels of UN refugee agency's warning of "a larger crisis that is just beginning" in Afghanistan, an EU draft shared by Reuters shows the bloc is aiming for stricter policies to curb refugee influx from Afghanistan following Taliban takeover.
The young woman who swam for her life to steer a sinking refugee boat in the open sea, is competing in the Olympics and is the youngest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
At least four people have been killed and five others wounded in Afghanistan in an explosion that occurred “in the centre of Kabul”.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced deep concern about a number of country situations, saying she was "deeply disturbed" by reports of "serious violations" in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
More than 7,000 flee as gunmen kill at least 138 men, women and children in northern Solhan village.
The bill would allow Denmark to move refugees arriving on Danish soil to asylum centres in possible partner countries such as Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and others.
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