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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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UNAMA urges Taliban to stop harassing journalists
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out the Taliban to stop harassing journalists and end extremely harsh and severe measures.
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Afghanistan: Two journalists missing in Kabul, media watchdog raises alarm
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the Taliban to urgently probe the recent disappearance of journalists and asked to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Pakistan, terror outfit TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): Pakistan and the proscribed terror outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed to extend an indefinite ceasefire to find an end to the nearly two decades of militancy in the tribal border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Wheat smuggling bid foiled in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 31 (ANI): Afghanistan's security forces seized 50 trucks loaded with wheat in the country's southern province of Helmand, foiling a smuggling bid, the local government informed on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: Man arrested for smuggling weapons to Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 31 (ANI): Taliban forces have taken a man into custody in connection with the weapon smuggling to Pakistan, a local media reported.
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Johnson, Shehbaz Sharif discuss UK-Pakistan trade, Ukraine conflict over p
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday and discussed a range of issues including trade, the human rights situation in Afghanistan and the Ukraine conflict.
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Over 1,000 Afghan refugees returned home from neighbouring countries
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 30 (ANI): A total of 1,094 Afghan nationals who had taken refuge in neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Iran returned home on Saturday, the country's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation confirmed on Monday.
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Afghanistan: Narcotics processing lab destroyed, 4 arrested
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 30 (ANI): Afghanistan's security forces have destroyed a narcotics processing lab and arrested four people in the eastern Wardak province, the Taliban government said on Monday.
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Afghanistan-based TTP poses threat to Pakistan: UNSC report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council report has warned that Afghanistan-based Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) posed a threat to Pakistan.
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Over 13,400 families receive cash assistance in Afghan province
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 29 (ANI): A total of 13,492 families received cash assistance in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, the country's Office of the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs said on Sunday.
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