Violence against journalists has increased slightly in Afghanistan in the past year, and almost 6,000 media workers have lost their jobs in this time, according to a report released on Wednesday.

As many 117 cases of violence against journalists and media workers were registered in Afghanistan within one year since March 2021, according to the...

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The UN envoy in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said in a meeting with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani that most countries are interested in cooperating with the Islamic Emirate (IE).

The meeting was held on Tuesday where Lyons thanked the acting minister for security, as well as the Ministry of...

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A senior United Nations official said Wednesday people in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions and that the rapid increase in those experiencing acute hunger & from 14 million in July 2021 to 23 million in March 2022 & has forced households to resort to desperate measures...

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The head of the UN refugee agency came to Kabul on Tuesday to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — despite the devastation of Russia&s war on Ukraine and the unfolding humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II.

For Afghans, the message from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was very much needed as...

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Iran has set the official selling price (OSP) of its Iranian Light grade for its Asian buyers at $4.70 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average for April, up $2.05 from the previous month, two industry sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The table below shows April crude prices to Asia, as differentials to...

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India started administering on Wednesday doses of COVID-19 vaccine to young people aged between 12 and 14 as public and private schools re-opened, Reuters reported.

According to Reuters the government aims to swiftly expand vaccine coverage by also dropping a restriction on booster doses for those older than 60 only if they had a co-morbidity...

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