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KABUL - To meet the acute life-saving needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized Afghans during 2016, the humanitarian community is appealing for $393 million in funding, which will reach an estimated 3.5 million people.
HERAT - Raising awareness about women’s rights and eliminating violence against women is the focus of a joint UN-Afghanistan outreach initiative which will run during 2016 in the western province of Herat.
NEW YORK - Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and security.
KABUL - Global efforts to meet new development goals tackling poverty, inequality and injustice, and climate change kicked off this year.
KABUL - The humanitarian community in Afghanistan is likely to be called upon in 2016 to redouble efforts made last year to provide life-saving assistance said the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden.
KABUL - Students from Afghanistan and the rest the world are invited to take part in an essay competition that puts their language skills to the test - and may take them to a youth forum at UN Headquarters in New York.