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6 June 2013 - 11:18amOCHA Operations Director John Ging has warned that a drop in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan and Pakistan could undermine efforts to bring meaningful development to vulnerable communities in those countries. “We are very concerned that donor funding for humanitarian operations in Afghanistan... -
28 May 2013 - 9:31amThe Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan’s far north is known for its beauty, its mountains and its isolation. It is home to five of the 14 mountains in the world that reach higher than 8,000 metres. Its first road link to the rest of the country was only established in 1978, and access can still be... -
24 May 2013 - 12:20pmThousands of people affected by an earthquake that struck the border region of Pakistan and Iran last month have received vital aid from the government, UN agencies and humanitarian partners. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit south-east Iran on 16 April. An estimated 30,000 people in Paksitan were... -
15 April 2013 - 4:19pmDisplaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural... -
21 March 2013 - 11:03amWhat is Humanitarian Kiosk? One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information. New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it...
