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Taliban intensify attacks on Afghan media, says rights group
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Taliban have intensified attacks on media as the journalist in the country said that it's hard to report from Afghanistan anymore, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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UK pledges USD 374 million to Afghanistan in humanitarian aid
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], March 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged USD 374 million towards the provision of food grains and other humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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Media freedom continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Three months after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had revealed in a survey last December the Taliban takeover's impact on Afghanistan's media has been dramatic, the situation has only exacerbated.
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US expresses concern over restrictions on Afghan media by Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) expressed concern over the latest series of restrictions imposed on Afghan media by the Taliban and urged the group to cease infringements, including education and human rights of Afghan people.
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EU calls on Taliban to open secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 29 (ANI): The European Union on Monday condemned the Taliban's decision to ban girls from receiving secondary education and believes that this lowers the movement's chances to gain the "desired" legitimacy, Sputnik reported.
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Taliban Foreign Minister meets Indonesian, Qatari officials in Doha, discu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], March 29 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Mersudi and Deputy Foreign Minister of Qatar Lolwah Al-Khater in Doha on Monday and discussed Afghanistan's humanitarian, economic, and educational situation.
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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 25 (ANI): Female Foreign Ministers from over a dozen countries including Australia, UK and Norway on Friday expressed their deep disappointment and concern over the girls being barred access to secondary schools in Afghanistan.
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Students protest in Kabul as Taliban bar girls from attending schools
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): Dozens of students have rallied in Kabul on Friday to protest the Taliban's decision to block girls' schools.
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US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision not to reopen secondary schools to Afghan girls, the United States and its allies have called on the group to revoke its decision.
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UN decries Taliban's decision to extend school ban for girls
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above the sixth-grade access to schools.
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Taliban Foreign Minister meets UN special envoy, discusses human rights is
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons and discussed human rights, humanitarian assistance, development projects, the banking sector, economic growth, and other issues.
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Afghanistan: Taliban threaten revenge killings of former govt officials, a
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI): Taliban authorities in Afghanistan's Helmand province have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
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