Afghanistan crisis deepens as human rights backslide and aid funding shrinks

Dec 11, 2025 - 05:01
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Afghanistan crisis deepens as human rights backslide and aid funding shrinks
Briefing of Security CouncilGeorgette Gagnon, deputy special representative of the secretary-general for Afghanistan, and Tom Fletcher, UN emergency relief coordinator, said almost half the population will need protection and humanitarian assistance in 2026. Women and girls remain “systematically excluded” from almost all aspects of public life, » said Ms. Gagnon, as the ban on secondary […]