UN warns maternal deaths in Afghanistan may rise after US funding pause
A U.N. aid official said on Tuesday that a U.S. funding pause would cut off millions of Afghans from sexual and reproductive ...
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Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide ... The Taliban, a radical Islamist group not recognized by most countries around the world, has been tightening its grip ...
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USAID freeze calls into question billions in support for poorest countries
Recent report says USAID managed more than $40bn in combined appropriations in 2023, with Afghanistan, Ukraine, Ethiopia, ...
Hurricane Musk and the USAID Panic
Elon gets a flavor of the pushback his DOGE project will get.
Arizona refugee support system shrinks after Trump cuts off funding
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, one of Arizona’s biggest refugee aid groups has laid off around 50 people.
Hearts of Iron 4's new DLC lets you cast off the Brits as India, cast off the Brits as Iraq, resist the Brits as Iran, or ignore the Brits as Afghanistan
Ah, wait, I'm learning from the title of Paradox's upcoming DLC for Hearts of Iron 4 that I'm mistaken. Graveyard of Empires ...
The Diplomat5d
Afghan Allies Risked Everything for US Missions. Urgent Action Is Needed to Protect Them.
Years of bureaucratic delays, policy changes, and geopolitical instability under both the Biden and Trump administrations ...
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England to play Afghanistan despite boycott calls
"At a cricketing level, when women's and girls' cricket is growing rapidly around ... upon a country having women's cricket teams and pathway structures in place. However, Afghanistan have been ...
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to ...
Hegseth Hosts DOD Town Hall: We Are Going To Make Sure That At A Bare Minimum, The Pentagon Passes A Clean Audit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday reiterated his core priorities for the Defense Department during a town hall meeting ...
The Bulwark5d
‘If They Detain Me, Can I Give Your Number to My Children?’
NEARLY ALL OF MY AFGHAN FRIENDS work at refugee centers. Since many of them studied at American military universities, ...
Trump halts refugee resettlement admissions program
Trump signed an order that has left people stranded when they were expecting to arrive in the U.S. under programs that allowed legal entry.