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Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, Geraldine Byrne Nason, briefs reporters on the Security Council’s work agenda
According to Nigerian health officials, nearly 1,800 people have died from cholera this year, with outbreaks reported in more than 20 states. Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment is advocating appropriate hygiene and planning mass cleanups in impacted areas to battle the bacterial disease spread by contaminated water
On board a US military plane, more than 100 Afghans who fled the Taliban’s takeover of their country arrived in Kosovo’s capital. The Afghans, which included many children, arrived in Kosovo on August 29 ..The Taliban had been gathering a valuable resource—money—for a long time before retaking control in Afghanistan
Over 120,000 people were evacuated out of Afghanistan in the last month when the United States withdrew its forces and the Taliban seized power. One family has relocated to Houston, Texas, and is settling in
As Afghan refugees continue to cross the border from Iran by night, hoping to evade authorities and resettle, deportation camps in Turkey are at capacity. Officials tell VOA they are not sending people back to Afghanistan, but they also have no intentions to release detainees
Najia Hashimzada fought for women’s rights in Afghanistan with various US organisations before filing for a Special Immigrant Visa. She claims to have fled Afghanistan because she was on the Taliban’s wanted list
The Chinese government has drawn comparisons between Afghanistan and Taiwan, implying that the United States is a weak and untrustworthy ally
The United Natiins Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, particularly the Palestinian conflict, is chaired by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary and President of the Security Council for the month of August
Over the weekend, protests took place across the United States to raise awareness about the plight of those still detained in Afghanistan
Hundreds of Tajiks from the southern town of Kulob have taken a keen interest in joining anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The Afghan fighters are stationed in Panjshir Valley, a primarily ethnic-Tajik region that has previously resisted Taliban invasions