日: 2021-02-24

AfghanistanConflict and armsGlobal developmentInternally displaced peopleSouth and Central AsiaTalibanUS newsWorld news

‘Shot at by both sides’: Families flee as Taliban battles for territory in Kandahar

Villages in southern Afghanistan have become frontline of conflict as peace talks stall and uncertainty surrounds US withdrawalThe people who lived in Spairwan village spent two days huddled in their homes, besieged by fighting, before the Taliban came…

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Global developmentGovernanceHuman rightsMichelle BacheletSouth and Central AsiaSri LankaUnited NationsWorld news

Sri Lanka at ‘tipping point’ with risk of return to past atrocities, activists warn

Civil rights groups say situation ‘getting worse on a daily basis’ as UN human rights chief expresses alarm over deepening impunitySri Lanka could descend swiftly back into violence and human rights abuses unless decisive international action is taken,…

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