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Videos on social media showing Taliban destroying Pakistan-built minaret:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 29 (ANI): Exposing the rift between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a new video surfaced on social media showing the members of the Taliban destroying a minaret built by the Pakistani Army in Afghanistan by Badakhshis in Wakhan Badakhshan, a local media reported.
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Afghanistan's displacement crisis one of the most protracted: UN Official
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): Following the Taliban takeover, numerous Afghans drifted away from Afghanistan, a country which has now the third-largest refugee population and the region's largest displaced population, with 2.7 million refugees scattered across 98 countries.
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Afghanistan: Economic crisis forces families and children to work in brick
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): Due to looming economic problems, post the Taliban took over Afghanistan, a number of families and children in order to feed themselves are forced to work in brick factories.
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Pakistan, China mull extending CPEC to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan and China are mulling the possibility of extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, a development that may prove to be a security concern for India.
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Afghanistan worst among 146 countries surveyed for gender equality: WEF
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Afghanistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Afghanistan as the worst country in terms of gender parity.
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Chabahar offers Afghanistan a wealth of opportunities, new markets, tradin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 8 (ANI): Much of the difficulty Afghanistan has faced has been caused by its unfortunate geographic location, with its trading opportunities being constrained by the policy whims of its capricious neighbour Pakistan.
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Reconstruction of Afghanistan: a geopolitical necessity?
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 1 (ANI): Prevalence of Jihad in Afghanistan is a Pakistan-bred concept that serves their political interest. While the world seemed to have checked out of Afghanistan, leading it to be a perfect breeding ground for terrorism, it's only going to come back to bite them i
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UK Foreign Office's senior leaders were on holiday when Kabul fell: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], May 26 (ANI): Nine months after the western countries withdrew their forces from Afghanistan, a UK Parliamentary committee has found out that the manner of withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disaster and a betrayal of allies that will damage the country's interests for years to c
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UNHRC expresses concern over ban on female students in Afghanistan schools
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ban on schooling for female students in grades 7-12 in Afghanistan, a member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) Samira Hamidi said that the ban on girls is contrary to their commitment made to the international comm
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Taliban has begun to show its true colours: European think tank
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 4 (ANI): Amid the continuing concern over human rights violations in Afghanistan, a European think tank said that the Taliban has in recent weeks "begun to show its true colours."
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UN Refugee chief says Afghanistan a priority despite Russia-Ukraine war
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): A delegation led by Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) arrived in Kabul on Monday to assess Afghanistan's humanitarian situation and said that despite the Ukraine crisis, Afghanistan remains a priority for the UN's refugee ag
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Iran issues permit for transit of diesel to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 23 (ANI): Iran has said that it announced that Tehran has issued a three-month permit for the transfer of diesel to Afghanistan, a media report said.
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