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The rapidly growing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is quickly diverting international attention from Afghanistan, where aid workers warn of a looming catastrophe. More than 23 million Afghans face hunger as the country of 39 million slides into universal poverty under Taliban rule. 

The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Deborah Lyons told the Security Council that it is now most urgent to address Afghanistan’s economy, as “we are nearing a tipping point that will see more businesses close, more people unemployed and falling into poverty. It is approaching a point of irreversibility.” UNIFEED

(Reuters) - Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid in Afghanistan to avert famine and large-scale starvation, but the country's economic collapse is "approaching a point of irreversibility," the U.N. envoy to Kabul said on Wednesday.

By Jonathan Landay (Reuters) - Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid in Afghanistan to avert famine and large-scale starvation, but th...

The U_N_ special envoy for Afghanistan says the international community hasn’t done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility.”

The United States and Russia on Wednesday presented opposing visions at the Security Council for the UN's role in Afghanistan, with Washington's call for robust support of human rights running contrary to Moscow's desires.

UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The international community has no choice but to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan, said Deborah Lyons, the top UN envoy

Donors and relief agencies have helped temporarily stave off mass starvation and famine in Afghanistan this winter by assisting about 20 million needy Af

GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to drive COVID-19 transmission ever higher

The U_N_ special envoy for Afghanistan says the international community hasn’t done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility.”