The head of Iran Red Crescent Relief and Rescue Organization said: Considering the severity of the earthquake yesterday in Afghanistan and the needs of the victims, 10 rescue teams were sent from Iran to this country.

The head of the General Directorate of Afghan Red Crescent says that this organization has registered 26,481 children suffering from heart disease in the past 14 years, and almost half of them have been treated.

Officials of the World Committee of the Red Cross say that due to the lack of funds, starting today (Thursday, August 31, 2023), they will hand over the responsibility of financing 25 hospitals to the Ministry of Public Health.

In a meeting attended by Red Crescent officials from Turkey, Qatar, England, Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, Finland, Denmark and the World Federation of National Populations in Turkey, the head of the Afghan Red Crescent asked the international community to help the people of Afghanistan beyond political issues.

640 children were killed or injured in 541 incidents involving landmine explosions and explosive remnants between January 2022 and June 2023. The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) reported.

The activities of ICRC in Afghanistan have increased since the Islamic Emirate’s takeover in August 2021. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) for Administrative Affairs, has met with the Head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Afghanistan, a statement from his office said.

The president of Afghan Red Crescent Society, and his delegation met with the president of ICRC in Doha, Qatar.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society says that it has provided cash and non-cash assistance to 1,137,810 women across Afghanistan in the past year.

The death toll from the boat carrying the refugees that overturned yesterday after hitting the sea cliffs on the coast of Italy has reached more than 60 people, including 12 children. However, a large number of these refugees are still missing, most of whom are children and women.

The Director General of the International Red Cross Organization asked the world leaders to collect aid to war-torn countries, especially Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen, which are also affected by climate change.

At least 522 local classes have been established in central Logar province, paving the way for education of 18,000 students.

Following the recent earthquake in the southeastern provinces of the country, especially Paktika province, a team of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with the ICRC of Afghanistan, is working to help the needy and injured. So far, 4 aid shipments from Iran have reached the victims of the earthquake in Khost and Paktika ...

The Islamic Emirate officials say they have discovered a 500kg bomb left over from the Soviet's military operation in eastern Afghanistan.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has released a report on Afghanistan stating that due to the humanitarian situation, it has extended its emergency request from 36 million francs to 80 million francs by 31 December 2023.

Taliban commanders have banned health workers including polio vaccinators from swathes of Afghanistan after accusing them of collecting intelligence used to target militant leaders with drones and other air strikes.

5-year-old war victim Ahmad warmed countless hearts, dancing in the hospital after receiving his prosthetic leg

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has offered Switzerland’s services as a peace broker between the warring factions in Afghanistan. Cassis was speaking at a two-day Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva. 

In the first half of this year, the International Community of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated more than 11,000 Afghan people with artificial legs, arms and other orthopedic devices.

Turkey, Iran, and Russia on Friday called for a political solution to the crisis in Syria in a joint statement issued at the end of a trilateral summit in the Iranian capital Tehran.