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‘Dire’ situation after Afghan quakes as aid teams reach affected communities

‘Dire’ situation after Afghan quakes as aid teams reach affected communities

FromUN News - Global perspective Human stories


‘Dire’ situation after Afghan quakes as aid teams reach affected communities

FromUN News - Global perspective Human stories

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nearly 1,500 people have been killed and another 66,000 have had their lives upended by a series of powerful earthquakes that have rocked Afghanistan’s Herat Province since 7 October, UN aid coordination office OCHA reported on Tuesday.To help, $93 million needed urgently to assist 114,000 people ahead of the coming winter. With more on the UN’s response and the development challenges that lie  ahead, here’s OCHA’s deputy head in Kabul, Katherine Carey, who’s been speaking to UN News’s Katy Dartford.
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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