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Afghanistan: Residents of Helmand province suffer heavy losses due to dryi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Residents of Helmand province in Afghanistan have complained of heavy losses due to lack of water as agriculture is an important and only source of income in the region, reported TOLOnews.
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Afghanistan: Residents of Helmand province suffer health issues due to co
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a number of inhabitants of Lashkargah city in Helmand province of Afghanistan, many people in the city have been affected with various ailments as a result of a lack of access to safe drinking water, reported TOLOnews.
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Humanitarian aid is Afghanistan's last lifeline: OCHA
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan, humanitarian aid is Afghanistan's last lifeline, TOLOnews reported on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts women-run radio station for playing music durin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the fasting month of Ramzan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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As repression of Afghan women goes on under Taliban, global community urge
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticised the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending school and called for women in Afghanistan to be given access to educa
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Afghanistan receives medical aid, food supplies from UAE
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In order to help and provide the earthquake victims of Afghanistan with sufficient aid, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sent urgent medical and food supplies to the victims of the disaster, Khaama Press reported.
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Poor internet services hinder Afghan girls from learning online
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the hope of continuing their education under the Taliban regime, Afghan girls have resorted to online mode of learning however poor internet services have hindered them, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan receives aid of USD 21 million from Japan for essential vaccin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In order to help Afghanistan tackle the humanitarian crisis, Japan has contributed funds of about USD 21 million to provide essential vaccines to the women and children of the crisis-hit country, Khaama Press reported.
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Taliban urges for removal of officials from UN blacklist
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Taliban has once again urged the United Nations (UN) to remove the names of its members from the blacklist, arguing that instead of putting pressure on Afghanistan's de facto authorities, the international community should engage with them, reported TOLOnews.
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Afghanistan: 4.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Farkhar district
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale struck 25 kilometers South of the Farkhar district of Takhar province in Afghanistan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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Denial of women's right to education in Afghanistan not justifiable, says
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The continued "denial of girls and young women's right to school in Afghanistan marks a global low in education, harming an entire gender, a generation, and the future of the country," TOLOnews reported citing the statement made by the UN experts.
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Banning women's education a very serious issue for Afghanistan, says forme
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Banning females from attaining education is a very serious issue for Afghanistan and the children of our country, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement to a Canada-based news organisation, reported Khaama Press on Tuesday.
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