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Calls from the humanitarian frontlines, number 4. Our Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, @IndrikaRatwatte, on how the lack of funding hits their operations, and the constraints that aid workers face daily.

Our new High Commissioner @BarhamSalih discusses the global scale and impact of wars and strife in the Middle East and Sout-West Asia, including returns under adverse circumstances. euronews.com/my-europe/2026…

Incredible story of everyday courage. bbc.com/news/articles/…

🇦🇫🇮🇷 We just returned from the Afghanistan-Iran border to document the escalating impact of the war in Iran on the region. The human cost: - Afghan students forced to abandon degrees at Iranian universities. - Workers fleeing on crutches after being injured by airstrike shrapnel. - Families still coughing from the smoke of burning oil in Tehran. The numbers: - More than 70,000 people crossed into Afghanistan in the first two weeks of March. - The current pace (1,500–2,000/day) is lower than last year’s mass expulsions of 2M+ Afghans, but Iranian officials have warned humanitarian groups to brace for a massive surge. - Afghanistan has received the largest influx of people from Iran since the war began.  Afghans are fleeing one conflict only to risk being caught in another between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Iran has been Afghanistan’s primary trade partner since Pakistan closed its border last year, but the war in Iran is disrupting that partnership. Goods come and go through the border but the hawala systems have collapsed due to internet restrictions in Iran. More in our story — 🎁 link below.

The students, expressing concern over the continued closure of schools, urge the Islamic Emirate to provide conditions for reopening schools as soon as possible so that girls can return to education. #TOLOnews_English tolonews.com/afghanistan-19…

Nawrooz Mubarak! May the new year bring new energy and renewal

“It’s not just the @UN that lost a leader, humanity has lost one of its truest champions.” #UNMISS colleagues pay tribute to Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸. His extraordinary contributions to peace will continue to inspire us🕊️

We lose a freedom fighter, a statesman, a UN icon. It was a great privilege to have worked with him in South Sudan. May he rest in peace, and may his memory be honoured.

‘Being a refugee is not meant to be a fate. It is meant to be a temporary condition.’ Our mission: resolving protracted refugee situations .

Productive discussions with a dedicated partner @mirdef82

There are no good choices for Afghans who are returning from Iran as the conflict escalates. They are caught in a cycle of displacement. Now they arrive in a country already struggling with multiple crises. Please don’t leave them alone. Donate: bit.ly/46KPO6V

UNAMA statement on an airstrike on a medical facility in Kabul unama.unmissions.org/en/press-relea…

Escalating conflict along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border is having a devastating impact on civilians. Our country director in Afghanistan, Jacopo Caridi, reports on the situation at the Torkham Border.

Afghan refugees and Iran's poorest bear the brunt of war p.dw.com/p/5AHjB?at_med…

🇮🇷 'No good choice': the Afghans forced to return from Iran Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis.

The UN remains deeply concerned about the escalation along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. Georgette Gagnon, Deputy Head of Mission in Afghanistan at UNAMA, briefed the press on the situation in the country.

les Afghans sans "bon choix" f24.my/BnEo

The impact of escalating conflict in the Middle East is creating immediate risks for children across borders. @UNICEFAfg's Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale on UNICEF’s response as children and families return to Afghanistan from Iran. ⬇️ unicef.org/press-releases…