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    Afghanistan

    UN Expert Warns Afghan Children Face Irreversible Harm from Overlapping Crises and Taliban Restrictions

    Restrictions on education and freedoms, combined with chronic poverty and lack of future opportunities, have fuelled high levels of distress.
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    Afghanistan

    Grenade Attack Wounds Dozens of Children at Primary School in Hazara District

    As of Wednesday, August 19, hospitals continued treating the wounded. Families of the injured children, many of them primary-school pupils, waited for updates.
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    Afghanistan

    UN Experts Urge Taliban to Revoke Sweeping Court Decree Amid Growing Human Rights Concerns

    The UN experts have urged the Taliban to reconsider the decree and align their legal framework with international standards, warning that failure to do so could deepen the country’s crisis and further erode public trust in state institutions.
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    Child Labour

    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.
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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Battles Record Dengue Surge as Cases Top 100,000

    Health officials emphasise that discarded items and temporary water collections continue to be the most common breeding sources.
    Child Rights

    UN Warns: Climate Change Could Force 40.5 Million South Asians from Their Homes by 2050

    For the international community, supporting South Asia’s efforts to build resilience is not only a humanitarian imperative but also a matter of global stability.

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    Child Labour

    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.
    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Battles Record Dengue Surge as Cases Top 100,000

    Health officials emphasise that discarded items and temporary water collections continue to be the most common breeding sources.
    Air

    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
    Child Labour

    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.
    E-governance

    Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group

    BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.

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