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China trying to broker 'workable solution' between Pakistan, Taliban on ba
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Among the issues on the agenda included the terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan. While Pakistan is concerned over the presence of TTP and its affiliates, China wants the Afghan Taliban to neutralise the threat posed by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), reported The Express Tribune.
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BJP's Rajendra Rathore asks govt to make 'The Kerala Story' tax-free in Ra
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The film depicts how thousands of young women were allegedly brainwashed into joining the Islamic State (IS) and heading off to countries like Syria and Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: 4 farmers killed, 5 injured over poppy field dispute in Badak
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
At least four farmers have died, and five others have been injured in a dispute over the poppy field destruction in the northeastern Darayim district of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan receives 125 tons of humanitarian aid from Turkmenistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In order to support Afghanistan amid the ongoing crisis, Turkmenistan has sent 125 tons of humanitarian aid including medicine, medical supplies, food and textile products to the country, Khaama Press reported.
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Qatari PM Abdulrahman Al Thani visits Kandahar, meets Taliban officials
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"In this meeting, the Prime Minister of that country emphasized on strengthening the relations and increasing the level of trust between the two countries, as well as practical cooperation in the educational, health and economic fields of Afghanistan," he tweeted.
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Pakistan MoS urges Taliban to address banned outfit TTP resurgence
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
She said that the engagement with the interim government in Afghanistan is "preconditioned" on the issue of TTP.
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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Lack of funding has seriously affected food aid efforts in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Due to decades of conflict, little rainfall, drought conditions, a donation-based economy, among other things, two-thirds of the population of Afghanistan is in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
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Afghanistan's former minister of Information and Culture surrenders to Tal
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Sources confirmed to Khaama Press that Tahir Zaheer, former minister and governor of Afghanistan's Bamyan Province, surrendered to the Taliban forces on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: FAO warns of severe locust outbreak across 8 provinces
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has issued a warning about a widespread Moroccan locust outbreak across eight provinces in Afghanistan's wheat-growing north and northeast region, Khaama Press reported.
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China asks Taliban to protect rights, interests of women in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin while speaking at a press conference on May 10, urged the Taliban to take a firmer stance on countering terrorism.
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UNICEF warns of critical funding gap for treatment of malnutrition in Afgh
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Thousands of malnourished children in Afghanistan face severe consequences because of a critical funding gap, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Melanie Galvin, UNICEF's Chief of Nutrition, said on the organization's official Twitter account on Thursday that it urgent
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