Afghanistan

Afghanistan ( (listen), also pronounced /ævˈɡænᵻstæn, ævˈɡɑːnᵻstɑːn/; Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Pashto: Afġānistān [avɣɒnisˈtɒn, ab-], Dari: Afġānestān [avɣɒnesˈtɒn]), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast. Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and …

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UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 French

9 p.

collaboration avec le bureau de pays de l’UNICEF en Afghanistan a été renforcée afin de soutenir ses capacités interinstitutions lorsqu’ils existent (par exemple en Afghanistan et en Somalie). La coopération interinstitutions


UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English

9 p.

travelled to some high-risk locations, such as Afghanistan and South Sudan, to support risk management management. A broader engagement with the UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office is under way to support its risk management coordination committees where they exist (e.g. Afghanistan and Somalia). Inter- agency cooperation will


GTI: Grenfell Tower Inquiry · 4 September 2024 English

Volume 3 of the Phase 2 report is in one part: The deceased. The UK Prime Minister announced on 15 June 2017 a public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell …

1936 (81 years). Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gender: Male. Occupation: Retired jeweller household 86.8 Born on 1 January 1936 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Ali Yawar Jafari was an 81-year-old retired


EM 2030: Equal Measures 2030 · 3 September 2024 English

The 2024 SDG Gender Index delivers a stark message: no country is on track to achieve gender equality by the 2030 deadline. This global report, examining data from 139 countries, …

Leone 42.0 137 Niger 41.0 138 Chad 40.1 139 Afghanistan 35.4 13 12 With just six years left to 2030 lowest-scoring countries in the 2024 Index are: 1. Afghanistan 2. Chad 3. Niger In total, 19 countries had Mauritania Namibia Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Afghanistan Burkina Faso DR Congo Gambia Haiti Iran Kenya Latvia Lithuania Bulgaria Brazil Iraq Nepal Afghanistan -2.8 -2.7 -2.7 -2.6 -2.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 and six are considered ‘Extremely Fragile’ (Afghanistan, Chad, DR Congo, Burundi, Congo, and Haiti)


ICRIER: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations · 2 September 2024 English

The INSTC is once again in focus due to geopolitics – primarily the US led sanctions on Russia in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the shipping …

access to Central Asian countries via Afghanistan. Although Afghanistan is not part of the INSTC, it has acceded Zahedan in south-eastern Iran near the Iran-Afghanistan border is a vital link that will facilitate transport transport connectivity from Chabahar Port to Afghanistan and the INSTC countries beyond. Although an MoU Zahedan in south-eastern Iran near the Iran-Afghanistan border are vital links that need to be expedited


UN: The United Nations · 1 September 2024 French

3 p.Includes list of items relative to the maintenance of international peace and security of which the Security Council is seized.

question concernant Haïti. 22. La situation en Afghanistan. 23. Mécanisme international appelé à exercer


RCOA: Refugee Council of Australia · 1 September 2024 English

and decisions by the previous Immigration Minister to lift the bar to allow some nationals of Afghanistan and Myanmar to reapply for protection given the serious deterioration in human rights conditions

358 people), Pakistan (631), Bangladesh (511), Afghanistan (488), Myanmar (64), Somalia (41), Sudan (39) Minister to lift the bar to allow some nationals of Afghanistan and Myanmar to reapply for protection given the


UN: The United Nations · 1 September 2024 English

3 p.Includes list of items relative to the maintenance of international peace and security of which the Security Council is seized.

question concerning Haiti. 22. The situation in Afghanistan. 23. International Residual Mechanism for


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 31 August 2024 English

Kevin Rudd is a former prime minister and cabinet member in the Australian government. As a long-time China follower, he is fluent in Mandarin and combines extensive academic interest in …

home and abroad in Cyprus, Germany, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Egypt including command of NATO’s Task Force


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 31 August 2024 English

Wondering what a Republican administration’s foreign policy would look like should they take the White House in 2024? Read Elbridge Colby’s The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age …

painful from the results of its decisions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But now that geopolitics has returned


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