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Drug smuggler arrested, 70 Kg poppy seized from Afghanistan's Badakhshan p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 18 (ANI): A drug smuggler was arrested and 70 kilograms of opium poppy were confiscated from his possession in the northern Badakhshan province, media reports said citing the state-run Bakhtar news agency.
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50-year-old woman stabbed to death in Afghanistan's Kapisa province
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 18 (ANI): Fifty-year-old woman was brutally stabbed by unidentified men in the central Afghan province of Kapisa on Sunday which reflects how criminal activities in Afghanistan have been on a constant rise since the Taliban took control of the country in August.
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Afghans call for reopening of girls' senior secondary schools
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Several Afghans are voicing a clarion call for the immediate reopening of senior secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan on Sunday.
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Biden, Saudi Crown Prince discuss Afghan women's rights
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden who visited Saudi Arabia this week as part of his first Middle East trip as commander-in-chief discussed and analysed Afghan women's rights, which have been badly curtailed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, with Saudi Ar
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Rights activists urge world leaders to pressure Taliban on girls' educatio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Several human rights and education activists urged world leaders in an open letter recently to mount diplomatic pressure on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls in the war-torn country as the Taliban's brutal regime in Afghanistan will soon co
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UN envoy Markus Potzel calls for Afghan girls' senior secondary education
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): UN deputy special envoy for Afghanistan Markus Potzel emphasised the need for Afghan girls' senior secondary education and said that the same rights to education should be provided to everyone.
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Haqqani calls on US to release USD 7 billion Afghan frozen funds
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said that the ban on USD 7 billion Afghanistan's assets was unjust and called on the US to release the assets.
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Afghanistan raises coal prices to USD 80 per tonnes for Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan has raised coal prices to USD 80 per tonne for Pakistan amid a surge in export.
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Eight killed, 30 injured in traffic accidents in Afghanistan's Baghlan pro
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and 30 others were injured in two separate traffic accidents that took place in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, media reported citing health officials on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses spike in seasonal diseases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Amid a surge in seasonal diseases in Afghanistan over the last three weeks, doctors urged citizens to take precautionary measures and prevent infections like cholera and diarrhea.
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Cholera-like disease takes over 15 lives in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): More than 600 people were found infected and around 15 people died in a recent cholera-like outbreak in Afghanistan.
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We are not speaking enough about Pakistan: EU envoy to Afghanistan during
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 16 (ANI): While discussing the situation in Afghanistan and future trajectories for the South Asia region and the West, the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Andreas von Brandt noted that there has not been enough talk about Pakistan.
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