Suspension of foreign aid and resettlement programmes endanger 870,000 people, analysts warn

The border between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan is seeing a rising amount of violence the past few months. Bombings, cross-border shooting and killings have become common as Pakistan’s governmen...

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

UN sanctions are under increasing scrutiny as a result of heightened tensions among Security Council member states. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar explains why some governments are pushing to scale back these punitive measures as others fight to preserve their core elements.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2024—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today endorsed an adjusted approach to support the people of Afghanistan. “Approach 3.0” will deploy funds from the International ...

Information concerning Syria's efforts to tackle money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

On 19 July 2024, the Security Council adopted resolution

The United States and its partners have tried using aid conditionality to try to modify the Taliban's policies. It won't work.

The Taliban have barred women from universities and many workplaces, compelling several aid organisations to pause operations in Afghanistan and donors to contemplate cuts to assistance. Yet the principled response remains to mitigate the harm these harsh rulings are doing to the most vulnerable Afghans.

Like it or not, donors must work with the Taliban on economic recovery.

In a 9 February 2022 hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Crisis Group’s Senior Afghanistan Consultant Graeme Smith outlined two long-term ways the U.S. can mitigate Afghanistan’s humanitarian and economic crises in the aftermath of war and subsequent Taliban takeover.

On 22 December 2021, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution on Afghanistan introducing, for only the second time in 30 UN sanction regimes, an explicit humanitaria...

We also recognize that humanitarians, donors, banks, and suppliers serving these people – the ones putting their lives on the line to deliver food, aid, and medicine – deserve the highest degree of le...

The war in Gaza has highlighted how debilitating major-power division can be for the UN. Yet the organisation is not hamstrung: in several crises around the world, diplomats can agree on modest initiatives to curb violence and shore up stability.

The UN Security Council is considering renewing an understanding whereby UN agencies transport aid to Idlib, an area held by Syrian rebels. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Richard Gowan, Dareen Khalifa and Ashish Pradhan explain why the arrangement remains essential.

How donors can stay and deliver in fragile and conflict-affected states

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