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Not Getting Many Test Opportunities Breeds More Hunger, Says New Zealand Spinner Ajaz Patel
Spinners from New Zealand frequently face a challenging environment at home to showcase their skills as pitches and conditions there offer more assistance to seamers.
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875,000 Afghan Children Facing Acute Malnutrition: Rights Group
Afghanistan remains one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters as Human Rights Watch in a recent report on Afghanistan said that two-thirds of the country's population is food insecure, reported Tolo News.
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People Of Afghanistan Under World's Most Severe Hunger Crisis: Report
The report also highlighted the economic, environmental, and development issues in Asia and the Pacific alongside a rapid increase in acute food insecurity in 2022.
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Over 97% Of Afghans Affected By Food Shortages, Says UN
Afghanistan has been grappling with an acute food crisis, with over 22 million people, or more than half of the country's population suffering from severe hunger and the majority unable to anticipate when their next meal will arrive, according to UN.
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40 Million More Pushed Into Acute Hunger In 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.
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India To Send 8,000 Tonnes Of Wheat This Month To Afghanistan Via Pakistan
India will send 8,000 tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.
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22.8 Million Afghan People Will Face Acute Hunger: UN
More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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"World Doesn't Realise...": UN Agency Sounds Alarm On Afghan Food Crisis
Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to be freed for humanitarian efforts.
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As Afghans Face Hunger And Unemployment, Taliban Offers Jobs For Wheat
Afghanistan's Taliban government launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labour.
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8 Children Died Of Hunger In Western Kabul, Says Ex-Afghan Lawmaker: Report
Former Afghan lawmaker Haji Mohammad Mohaqeq on Sunday said that eight children have died of hunger in western Kabul, mainly populated by the Hazara minority.
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Taliban Says "China Our Most Important Partner, Ready To Invest": Report
Describing China as its "most important partner", the Afghan Taliban has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse.
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Outcry over Guantanamo Bay grows, as does hunger strike
Free them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Former Afghan MP ends two-week-long hunger strike
A former Afghan lawmaker on Wednesday ended a more than two-week-long hunger strike over her removal from office following an appeal from one of the country's most revered elders to call off her protest.
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Not Getting Many Test Opportunities Breeds More Hunger, Says New Zealand Spinner Ajaz Patel
Spinners from New Zealand frequently face a challenging environment at home to showcase their skills as pitches and conditions there offer more assistance to seamers.
-
875,000 Afghan Children Facing Acute Malnutrition: Rights Group
Afghanistan remains one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters as Human Rights Watch in a recent report on Afghanistan said that two-thirds of the country's population is food insecure, reported Tolo News.
-
People Of Afghanistan Under World's Most Severe Hunger Crisis: Report
The report also highlighted the economic, environmental, and development issues in Asia and the Pacific alongside a rapid increase in acute food insecurity in 2022.
-
Over 97% Of Afghans Affected By Food Shortages, Says UN
Afghanistan has been grappling with an acute food crisis, with over 22 million people, or more than half of the country's population suffering from severe hunger and the majority unable to anticipate when their next meal will arrive, according to UN.
-
40 Million More Pushed Into Acute Hunger In 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.
-
India To Send 8,000 Tonnes Of Wheat This Month To Afghanistan Via Pakistan
India will send 8,000 tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.
-
22.8 Million Afghan People Will Face Acute Hunger: UN
More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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"World Doesn't Realise...": UN Agency Sounds Alarm On Afghan Food Crisis
Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to be freed for humanitarian efforts.
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As Afghans Face Hunger And Unemployment, Taliban Offers Jobs For Wheat
Afghanistan's Taliban government launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labour.
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8 Children Died Of Hunger In Western Kabul, Says Ex-Afghan Lawmaker: Report
Former Afghan lawmaker Haji Mohammad Mohaqeq on Sunday said that eight children have died of hunger in western Kabul, mainly populated by the Hazara minority.
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Taliban Says "China Our Most Important Partner, Ready To Invest": Report
Describing China as its "most important partner", the Afghan Taliban has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse.
-
Outcry over Guantanamo Bay grows, as does hunger strike
Free them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Former Afghan MP ends two-week-long hunger strike
A former Afghan lawmaker on Wednesday ended a more than two-week-long hunger strike over her removal from office following an appeal from one of the country's most revered elders to call off her protest.
