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Biden calls on Taliban to release US hostage in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday (local time) called for the release of US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who was taken hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan nearly two years ago.
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Afghans want rights of women, inclusive government: Former Prez Hamid Karz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 31 (ANI): Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has said that the formation of an inclusive government and respecting the rights of women are the will of the Afghans, local media reported.
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Five months after Taliban takeover, Afghan radio station employing women r
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Afghan radio station Hareem Zan in the province of Badakhshan in the country's northeast resumed work after closing due to fear of the Taliban in August last year, reported Sputnik.
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Kabul, Islamabad to form joint trade panel to boost economic ties
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): The governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan are discussing the formation of a joint trade committee to address the trade challenges between the two countries.
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Women activists disappearing in Afghanistan under Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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TAPI project will begin soon, says Afghan government
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Afghanistan has re-emphasised its commitment to start Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project soon.
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NRF denounces Taliban for war crimes, lambasts on int'l community over bei
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): The National Resistance Force (NRF) denounced the Taliban for war crimes and atrocities it committed against Afghan citizens. It also lambasted the international community for being a mute spectator of the Taliban's brutal acts.
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EU Parliament to host 'Afghan Women Days', address their worrying situatio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 30 (ANI): A series of events will be hosted by the European Parliament from February 1st and 2nd to address and cast light on the extremely worrying situation for women in Afghanistan following the Taliban's return to power last year.
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US suspends Fulbright program for Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): The United States State Department will not continue its prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program in Afghanistan for the 2022-23 academic year, an American broadcast network citing an official has reported.
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Afghanistan: As gas prices soar, people forced to use wood for heating
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): As gas prices are soaring in Afghanistan's Kandahar, residents of the province are forced to use wood heaters instead of gas-powered heating.
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Taliban must recognize basic human rights of every girl, woman: UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the Taliban to both recognize and uphold the basic human rights that belong to every girl and woman.
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Taliban's acting health minister asks people to get vaccinated against COV
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Stressing that the threat of COVID-19 pandemic has not yet vanished globally, the Taliban's acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad on Saturday asked people in Afghanistan to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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