According to the UN OCHA, a total of 667,903 Afghan individuals have fled their homes due to conflict in the period between January 1 to October 18 of this year.
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Taliban Signs Agreements With Aid Groups To Assist Displaced Families
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has signed agreements with three leading aid agencies in a bid to support hundreds of thousands of displaced families ahead of the winter season.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Refugee Affairs said that it recently signed three Memorandums of Understanding with ACTED-Afghanistan, Organization for Relief Development (ORD), and International Rescue Committee (IRC), reports Xinhua news agency.
The total budget from the three aid organizations reaches more than $9 million aimed at providing aid for the war-displaced families, according to the statement.
According to the UN OCHA, a total of 667,903 Afghan individuals have fled their homes due to conflict in the period between January 1 to October 18 of this year.
A total of 33 out of 34 provinces had recorded some level of forced displacement.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, there were some 2.9 million people internally displaced across the country by the end of 2020.
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According to the UN OCHA, a total of 667,903 Afghan individuals have fled their homes due to conflict in the period between January 1 to October 18 of this year. Ians India Published: Thursday, 18 November 2021 Last updated: 18 November 2021, 09:50 AM IST Photo: IANSTaliban Signs Agreements With Aid Groups To Assist Displaced Families The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has signed agreements with three leading aid agencies in a bid to support hundreds of thousands of displaced families ahead of the winter season.In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Refugee Affairs said that it recently signed three Memorandums of Understanding with ACTED-Afghanistan, Organization for Relief Development (ORD), and International Rescue Committee (IRC), reports Xinhua news agency.The total budget from the three aid organizations reaches more than $9 million aimed at providing aid for the war-displaced families, according to the statement.According to the UN OCHA, a total of 667,903 Afghan individuals have fled their homes due to conflict in the period between January 1 to October 18 of this year.A total of 33 out of 34 provinces had recorded some level of forced displacement.According to the UN Refugee Agency, there were some 2.9 million people internally displaced across the country by the end of 2020. Other StoriesSecretary of State Antony Blinken vowed efforts to end what he called “structural, systematic and deeply entrenched” challenges to religious freedom, also calling on the international community… The number of tobacco users have decreased globally to 1.30 billion in 2020 from 1.32 billion in 2015. This is expected to continue to drop to 1.27… In his video message to the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS)-2021, he said, Australia’s new mission in Bengaluru would expand its diplomatic presence in India to five posts. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Munir Akram took part in a debate and stated that there is no justification for creating new centres of privilege… Copyright © 2021 – Odisha Television Limited All Rights Reserved.