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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Keeping girls out of secondary school costs Afghanistan 2.5 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
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London-based activist decries atrocities in PoK, slams Pak security agenci
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], August 14 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri once again raised his voice against the Pakistan security agencies which continue to commit rights abuses in the region and deprive the local people of basic rights.
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Taliban failed to form "an inclusive political system": EU
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 14 (ANI): The Taliban which seized power in Afghanistan a year ago and formed a new government, failed to form "an inclusive political system" and continue to violate human rights, the EU External Action Service (EEAS) said on Sunday.
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108 children, 85 women suffered sexual assault in Pakistan in July: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): As crimes climb charts in Pakistan, at least 133 women were kidnapped and as many as 85 were subjected to rape across Pakistan in July this year, stated a report compiled by the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) and the Centre for Resea
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Suicide of Mandeep Kaur very tragic, Indian embassy in touch with family,
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday expressed grief over the suicide of Indian woman Mandeep Kaur in New York and assured that the Indian embassy and consulate are in touch with the family and local authorities.
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Afghan women raise concern over Taliban's new rule to limit entry in "ladi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a downfall trend. Local women have expres
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Taliban broke multiple pledges on human rights since taking over Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women's rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago.
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Allegations that Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with millions in cash may b
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): The allegations that former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his senior advisors fled aboard with millions in cash are unlikely to be true, according to a new report by the US government's oversight authority on Afghanistan.
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Mandeep Kaur's death: Priyanka Chaturvedi demands setting up of mechanism
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday demanding the creation of an institutional mechanism to deal with domestic abuse abroad following the tragic suicide of an Indian-origin woman Mandeep Kaur in New
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She is like my sister, someone trying to politically decimate me': Shrikan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 10 (ANI): Shrikant Tyagi, who was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly abusing and assaulting a woman in Noida, on Tuesday said that woman was like her sister and that a conspiracy was hatched to "politically decimate" him.
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Escalating evidence of crimes against humanity in Myanmar: UN investigator
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 9 (ANI): Crimes against humanity continue to be systematically committed in Myanmar, with ongoing conflicts severely impacting women and children, according to evidence gathered to date by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (Mechanism) and outlin
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