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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 4 years, 2 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 : 4 years, 2 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 : 4 years, 2 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 : 4 years, 2 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 : 4 years, 2 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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Two held with 9 kg heroin in western Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 29 (ANI): Police have discovered 9 kg of heroin in Afghanistan's western Herat province and taken two alleged drug smugglers into custody, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Sunday.
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2 children killed, 1 injured in unexploded ordnance blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): At least two children were killed and another child sustained serious injuries on Saturday when one of the victims was playing with unexploded explosive ordnance (they are the military explosives that did not explode or function as intended, but if touched
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More than half of Afghanistan's population dependent on humanitarian assis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the Taliban seized power in August last year as poverty and unemployment are at an all-time high and families in Kabul are forced to move to the streets.
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Taliban dismisses UNSC's call to reverse restrictions on Afghan women
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): The call of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift the Taliban's strict measures on Afghan women has been dismissed by the Taliban forces who have termed it as "unfounded."
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UN envoy seeks thorough probe into rising terror strikes in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Alarmed by continued terror attacks in Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett has called for a thorough and independent investigation of these attacks that have resulted in the killing of dozens of people.
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ISIL claims responsibility for blasts in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 27 (ANI): Terror group ISIS (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for series of explosions in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which killed 9 people and left 15 others injured, according to the statement posted on the group's Aamaq news agency.
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Turkey's missions in Iran recruit Afghans to partake in hostilities on Kie
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 27 (ANI): Turkey's foreign missions in Iran are recruiting Afghans living there to fight alongside Kyiv in combat, Sputnik reported a diplomatic source as saying on Friday.
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