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Press releases
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31 Mar
The UK has failed Afghans, following devastating cut in aid
London, UK, 31 March 2023 - NGOs working in Afghanistan are utterly dismayed by the devastating impact that the UK’s slashed aid budget will have on vulnerable Afghans, particularly...
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29 Dec
British and Irish NGOs respond to ban on female aid workers in Afghanistan
London, UK, 29 December 2022 - the decision to ban women from working in NGOs is a devastating blow for some of the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan and to those who have been...
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24 Nov
NGOs response to ICAI review on aid to Afghanistan | Humanitarian
London, UK, 24 November 2022 - As the official aid watchdog publishes its review of the UK’s past record in Afghanistan, NGOs are urging the UK to continue its support for the urgent...
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15 Aug
A year since Taliban takeover, 32 NGOs call for urgent action to avert economic collapse and uphold human rights in Afghanistan | Civil society, | Human rights, | Humanitarian
London, UK, 15 August 2022 – One year since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a group of 32 Afghan and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) urge the...
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30 Mar
Joint Statement from BAAG and ENNA on Pledging Summit for Afghanistan
“Political instability, economic collapse, drought, climate change and COVID-19 have created unprecedented humanitarian needs.”
London, UK (28 March 2022)...
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13 Nov
#RaiseAPen Campaign kicks off | Women
"No sustainable peace in Afghanistan without education for women & girls", says former UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura
Global personalities have been raising their...
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27 Sep
Grassroots engagement holds the key to development in Afghanistan | Civil society
Ten prominent Afghan development and human rights activists will alert world leaders to the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan that has led to more than a million internally displaced...
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03 Dec
Reported maternal mortality in Afghanistan: too good to be true? | Health
By the end of 2015, international leaders and donors are likely to claim achievement of some Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Experts state that Afghanistan’s claims of a massive reduction in...
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02 Dec
MASSIVE DETERIORATION IN SAFETY FOR AID WORKERS AND RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS - NEW SURVEY FINDS | Development, | Civil society
· 60% felt less safe over past year
· 50% had received death threats or intimidation
· 73% had experienced a reduction in funding for their...
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02 Dec
The future of Afghanistan is at risk, experts warn Cameron | Development, | Civil society
Large cuts to the Afghanistan aid budget in the wake of troop withdrawals could wreck the huge improvements made in the last decade and threaten a new generation of Afghans to a life of poverty, a...
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17 Jul
Global Witness: Campaigners welcome Tokyo commitment on Afghanistan’s extractives | Economy
While welcoming the landmark agreement on good governance in Afghanistan’s mining sector at the Tokyo conference, campaigners warned that details such as civil society engagement, deal disclosures...
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06 Jul
Aid must work better for Afghans in the next decade
Oxfam warns that development gains made in Afghanistan over the last decade are in danger of being thrown away if levels of aid fall away in conjunction with the withdrawal of international troops...
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17 May
Agencies' letter to NATO on Afghan oil gas and mining sector | Economy
As NATO leaders prepare to meet in Chicago, three agencies, including BAAG member Global Witness, call on the organisation to take steps to ensure that Afghanistan's mineral and energy resources...
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24 Apr
Global Witness: Future of Afghan Mining Sector Threatened by Weak Contracts | Economy
Afghanistan’s future mining industry risks being undermined by contracts which are not fully transparent, don’t provide for engagement with local communities, and are missing important...
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29 Feb
Women activists are still at risk in Afghanistan | Women
Womankind Worldwide: the security and protection of women and of women’s rights continues to have a low profile on the international agenda. Read the ...
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29 Feb
Building better lives in the midst of conflict | Education
Mercy Corps: While our vocational training schools in Helmand were closed during the height of protests last week, our teachers and staff continued to call and check in with students, ensuring...
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23 Feb
Brutal Afghan Winter could cost more children's lives | Refugees & IDPs
Save the Children: Following reports that at least 28 children living in camps near Kabul have already died because of freezing temperatures, we are warning that even more could children could die...
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21 Feb
Afghanistan: Hope and Heroes | Health
Save the Children: Doctors and nurses rushed to a bed in Khulm District Hospital as little Ahmadullah fought for his life. Only four days old and ill with neo-natal sepsis — a potentially fatal...
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03 Feb
Responding to Avalanches in Afghanistan | Environment
Concern Worldwide has launched an emergency response in Afghanistan after avalanches in Badakhshan province killed at least 43 people. An entire village has been buried in 10 feet of snow.
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12 Jan
Community based Education in Kabul | Education
Joe Spikes, Fundraising Officer for Children in Crisis recalls a visit to Kabul: In late October 2011 I enjoyed what can only be called the privilege of being able to visit Afghanistan, our sister...
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04 Jan
Clean water project cuts Afghan medical bills | Health
Tearfund: Medical bills for poor families in central Afghanistan are being cut as a result of Tearfund work to improve health standards.
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07 Dec
Playing with the lives of Afghan people | Women
Womankind: Within 10 years from Bonn 2001 to Bonn 2011 there were a huge number of promises and commitments through various international conferences on Afghanistan, laws, policies, strategies and...
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05 Dec
Progress for Afghan children in jeopardy | Aid effectiveness
Save the Children: As world leaders meet in Germany to discuss Afghanistan's future, we're concerned that the real progress made for children there will be put at risk if funding is cut after the...
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05 Dec
Inside and Outside the Bonn Conference | Women
Womankind: Today representatives from over 90 countries are meeting in Bonn to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The Bonn Conference marks the 10th anniversary of the end of the Taliban era...
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05 Dec
Bonn Conference 2011: Time to get it right in Afghanistan | Development
Oxfam: The Bonn Conference comes at a critical moment and it will last only one day. But a lot can happen in a day; lives can be changed.
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