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Food crisis deepens in Afghanistan as a sack of flour now costs 2800-3,000
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused constant unrest and a severe food crunch in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of soaring food prices, especially the inflation of flour which presently costs about 2800 Afghanis.
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On Taliban diktat to cover faces, Afghan women anchors go virtual on news
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's leading news channels on Sunday carried out the Taliban's recent decree to cover the faces of female presenters on television however, the female speakers appeared on TV in the form of virtual images rather than real ones.
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Afghanistan: Three people sustain injury in Kabul blast
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): At least three people sustained injuries in a blast that occurred in the vicinity of Police District 10 in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, said the Afghan ministry of interior affairs Spokesperson Abdul Nafe Takor.
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Ex-Afghan Prez Karzai decries Taliban's all-covering burqa decree
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in an exclusive interview with CNN, slammed Taliban's recent decree to ask women to cover their faces, saying Burqa is not an Afghan tradition.
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3 killed in road accident in Afghanistan's Baghlan province
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Three people were killed in a road accident that took place in Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Saturday, media reported citing traffic police.
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Landslide kills 2 children in Afghanistan's Bamiyan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bamiyan [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Two children lost their lives in a landslide that hit a village in Waras district of central Bamiyan province on Friday, provincial administration spokesman Sabour Sighani said Saturday.
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Taliban's 'atrocious' regime root cause of food scarcity in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Since the takeover, the Taliban's hard regime has waged war and constant unrest in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of wheat shortfall as the country now gears up to tackle the looming food crunch.
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Taliban ditches former ally TTP over quest for global recognition
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): In a quest to gain global recognition, the Taliban has brokered the deal between Islamabad and the Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan rebels who have been detained and handed over to Pakistan by the organization.
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Taliban leadership has zero credibility for Women's rights: Human Rights W
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Associate women's rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, highlighted Taliban's vicious remarks against Afghan women, calling out the organization's growing atrocities, in a tweet on Friday.
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Taliban suspend wheat export citing food scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): The Taliban on Thursday suspended the wheat export or trade to avoid the food scarcity, a local media reported.
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Afghan women's future appears bleak with Taliban diktats governing their l
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Afghan women are staring at a bleak future due to a number of restrictions imposed by the Taliban governing aspects of their lives within ten months of Afghanistan takeover.
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Tahreek-e-Azadi Afghanistan claims responsibility over Mazar-i-Sharif blas
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 (ANI): In the wake of an attack on the Taliban convoy in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan's Balk province on Thursday, the Tahreek-e-Azadi Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
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