Source: Voice of America
Portsmouth MP warns Hampshire Afghan refugees are ‘at the mercy of a postcode lottery’
Source: Hampshire Live News
MP Stephen Morgan has stated it was a “pleasure to finally be able to welcome families seeking sanctuary in Portsmouth” after meeting refugees from Afghanistan over the weekend (November 27).
Afghan Humanitarian Crisis, Drug Trafficking Worry Regional Powers
Source: Voice of America
Russia, China and India expressed concern Friday at the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the spread of drug trafficking from the war-ravaged country.
Afghan Girls Being Exchanged For Food As Famine Nears
Source: Forbes
Afghanistan is becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization said that 18.8 million Afghans are unable to feed themselves every day. This number is set to rise to nearly 23 million by the end of the year. Nearly nine million people are close to starvation. At least one million children under five with severe acute malnutrition and 2.2 million children under five with moderate acute malnutrition need malnutrition treatment services.
US to resume talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department
Source: Al Jazeera
The United States is set to resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, discussing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and steps to ensure that the country does not become a “launchpad” for “terrorism”, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price has said.
Taliban to purge ‘people of bad character’ from ranks
Source: Reuters
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The Taliban have formed a commission to purge “people of bad character” from their ranks to protect Afghanistan’s reputation, the group said on Tuesday, in the latest sign it is trying to change from an insurgency into a regular government.
‘Indefensible and deadly’: Government admits Afghan resettlement scheme not yet designed
Afghanistan study commission can show Americans what was done in their name
Source: The Hill
The U.S. congress wants to get to the bottom of the Afghanistan debacle.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced bills to establish a non-partisan commission to report to the public on the mistakes made by the four presidential administrations that fought the war. The bills vary in details, such as the number of commissioners and the term of the commission, but the intent is clear: to force a public examination of how and why the U.S. project in Afghanistan failed.
Taliban makes ‘equal access’ to education commitment in breakthrough talks
Source: The National
Talks between German and Dutch officials and the Taliban in Kabul have emphasised the need to improve the “dire humanitarian situation” in Afghanistan.
Taliban to start paying overdue salaries of Afghan government workers
Source: Reuters
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration will begin paying the overdue salaries of government workers from Saturday, officials said.