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Militants have stormed an office of Save the Children in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, and fought security forces who surrounded the building.

A local government spokesman said the siege was over after a three-hour battle. At least two people, including a soldier, are said to have been killed, and more than a dozen injured.

One day after residents and officials from three eastern Aegean islands protested in Athens at the increasingly precarious and overcrowded conditions for newly-arriving migrants and refugees, humanitarian aid groups on Wednesday gave added voice to the concerns.

As winter sets in, 12 humanitarian groups have urged Greek authorities to end their "containment policy" and relocate asylum seekers stranded in overcrowded and unsafe island camps to the mainland.

With winter fast approaching and migrant reception centers on the Aegean islands reaching breaking point due to overcrowding, 20 human rights groups have written a letter to the Greek government calling for immediate action.

With winter fast approaching and migrant camps on the Greek islands reaching breaking point due to overcrowding, 20 human rights group have written a letter to the Greek government calling for immediate action.

Fears are mounting that the situation at migrant reception centers on the Aegean islands could spiral out of control as riots and altercations with local residents are increasing, with the recent bad weather adding to the misery of thousands of desperate people. 

The United Nations and more than 20 aid groups said on Nov. 9 that the Saudi-led coalition’s tightening of a blockade on war-torn Yemen could bring millions of people closer to "starvation and death."

Human rights and aid groups are urging Greece's government to end a "containment policy" of migrants reaching islands in the Aegean Sea from Turkey, warning of worsening conditions ahead of winter.

The International Committee of the Red Cross will "drastically" cut back its operations in Afghanistan following attacks that have killed seven of its staff this year, the aid group said on Monday, quoted by Reuters. 

The United Nations said on Sept. 8 that an "alarming number" of 270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar by crossing into Bangladesh in the last two weeks.

The new figure confirmed by U.N. Refugee Agency spokeswoman Vivian Tan is much higher than the 164,000 the agency had previously estimated had arrived since Aug. 25.