UNICEF, the UN's aid and relief organization for children, has called for greater support for the nearly 100,000 children affected by the October earthquakes in the western Afghan province of Herat.
Overnight Friday and into early Saturday morning, a series of earthquakes rattled residents in Edmond and the nearby towns of Arcadia and Blanchard and other communities north of Oklahoma
The UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan has expressed deep concern over what it says are recent arbitrary detentions and arrests of Afghan women and girls because of alleged violations of the Islamic dress code.