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Aid delivery to Afghan people has not been efficient under Taliban: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): Aid delivery to the Afghan people has not been very efficient under the Taliban regime as the projects to improve health and education are in shambles.
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Taliban forces prohibit Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan prohibited dozens of Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers on Tuesday, local media said.
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Experts say Afghan girls banned from schools suffering psychologically
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Psychologists have said that the Afghan girl students above grade six, banned from going to schools by the Taliban, are undergoing mental stress due to this move, reported local media.
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US special envoy calls on Muslim world to champion Afghan women's rights
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): The US special envoy has said that the "Muslim world must champion the rights of Afghan women and girls", reported local media.
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Former Afghan army general says war against Taliban only way forward
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): A former Afghan army general has said that military action against the Taliban is the only way forward for stability in Afghanistan, reported local media citing sources.
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Taliban instructs salons not to trim men's hair to avoid Western influence
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], April 28 (ANI): Taliban have reportedly instructed salons in Afghanistan's Herat province not to cut men's hair especially students, to avoid the influence of the West.
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Dress restrictions tighten for Afghanistan girls' schools, says rights gro
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): After seizing powering August the last year, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls' secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls' secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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EU delivers 34 tonnes in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 27 (ANI): European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said on Wednesday that the European Union had delivered 34 tonnes of food and medical supplies in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan may lead to more violent border clashe
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): The recent Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan to target alleged hideouts of the terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has increased tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, heightening the likelihood of more violent clashes in border areas of bo
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US special envoy discusses recent attacks on civilians in Afghanistan with
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 27 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West met Swedish officials Niclas Kvarnstron and discussed the recent attacks on civilians in the troubled country.
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Taliban's promises to protect Afghan minorities falling apart amid a spate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): With a spate of attacks in minority-dominated areas of Afghanistan in recent weeks, the assurances that the Taliban regime gave to the world after the takeover of Kabul in August last year seem to be falling apart, a media report said.
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