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World Published 25 Dec, 2022 01:03pm

Top UN, NGO officials to meet over Taliban ban on women staff

Meeting will discuss whether to suspend all aid work following the latest Taliban directive, say some NGO officials

Pakistan Published 03 Oct, 2022 05:17pm

UN dramatically hikes Pakistan aid appeal to $816 million

Five-fold increase amid ‘second wave of death and destruction’

Business & Economy Published 30 Aug, 2022 12:53pm

Pakistan floods cost at least $10 billion: Ahsan Iqbal

Planning Minister says it might take five years to rebuild and rehabilitate the nation, warns of short-term food shortage

World Published 11 Jul, 2022 04:36pm

Chinese govt. provides ¥50m emergency humanitarian aid to disaster-hit Afghanistan

¥50m on an immediate basis

World Published 05 Jul, 2022 08:37pm

China announces Afghan trade and investment plans after quake

Envoy Wang Yu announces $8 million in aid for relief from the June 22 earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people

Pakistan Updated 01 Jun, 2022 07:34pm

Video: Food supplies from Pakistan to war-hit Ukraine land in Poland

A special C-130 transported the second consignment of 7.5 tonnes of relief items

Pakistan Published 31 May, 2022 01:07pm

Pakistan sends second round of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

C-130 will deliver emergency medicines, electro-medical equipment, winter bedding and food items to Kyiv

World Published 21 Mar, 2022 10:46am

Ukraine refuses to surrender Mariupol as Russia warns of humanitarian 'catastrophe'

At least 400,000 residents of the port city remain trapped as fighting rages on the streets around them

World Published 08 Mar, 2022 05:51pm

Ukrainians flee some besieged areas through 'humanitarian corridors'

Some 2 million refugees have already fled Ukraine to other countries, according to head of UN refugee agency

Life & Style Published 05 Mar, 2022 03:01pm

US actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher fundraiser for Ukraine refugees tops $6.8m

Hollywood couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have raised over $6.8 million as of Friday, a day after setting up a...

World Published 02 Mar, 2022 01:55pm

World Bank announces more than $1bn in aid for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating ...

World Published 11 Feb, 2022 06:09pm

Journalists working with UN detained in Afghanistan

The Taliban administration's security and intelligence agency says it has no information on the matter

World Published 24 Jan, 2022 12:02pm

Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in Oslo

Closed-door discussions, facilitated by Norway, are being held at the Soria Moria Hotel

Pakistan Published 23 Jan, 2022 12:12pm

PM Imran raises voice for humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

According to UN, hunger now threatens 23 million Afghans

Published 20 Dec, 2021 10:58am

OIC agrees to set up Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan

Joint resolution read the OIC will engage with the World Health Organization for securing vaccines and medical supplies

World Published 17 Dec, 2021 02:26pm

Releasing $9.5b in frozen assets can't help the Afghan people as long as the Taliban remain in power

Afghanistan is in a major humanitarian crisis: the health sector is failing, the economy is collapsing, and amid the...

Pakistan Updated 17 Dec, 2021 03:32pm

Pakistan extending ‘every possible facility’ to Afghans: FM

Qureshi urges world community to consider bringing improvement in Afghanistan

World Published 04 Dec, 2021 11:27am

Donors eye Dec. 10 decision on shifting frozen funds for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON:Donors to the World Bank-administered Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have agreed to decide...

World Published 03 Dec, 2021 03:57pm

World Bank backs using $280 mln in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan

Afghanistan's 39 million people face a cratering economy, a winter of food shortages and growing poverty

World Updated 02 Dec, 2021 05:03pm

What my 20 years in Afghanistan taught me about the Taliban – and how the west consistently underestimates them

By Arshad Mohammed and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON: The World Bank's board has ...

World Updated 30 Nov, 2021 12:35pm

World Bank works to redirect frozen funds to Afghanistan for humanitarian aid only

By Jonathan Landay and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON:The World Bank is finalizing a proposal to deliver up to $500...

World Updated 23 Oct, 2021 02:59pm

Red Cross warns aid groups not enough to stave off Afghan humanitarian crisis

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI: The Red Cross on Friday urged the international community to engage with Afghanistan's...

World Published 13 Oct, 2021 02:36pm

U.S., Taliban had 'productive' talks on humanitarian aid: State Department

The United States and the Taliban had "productive discussions" on the issue of humanitarian assistance for...

Business Published 13 Sep, 2021 02:08pm

As West ponders aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan quick to provide relief

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD:As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief...

World Published 13 Sep, 2021 02:01pm

U.N. seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

By Emma Farge GENEVA: The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise...

World Published 04 Sep, 2021 03:28pm

U.S. seen funding humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, but not its goverment

By Arshad Mohammed, Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay The U.S. Congress is likely to finance U.N. and other...

Business Updated 03 Sep, 2021 12:15pm

U.S. allows personal remittances to flow to Afghanistan

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON:The United States has told financial institutions that they may process personal...

World Published 27 Aug, 2021 11:36am

Hundreds of displaced families seek food and shelter in Kabul

Hundreds of Afghan families who have been camping in searing heat at a Kabul park after the Taliban overran their...