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PM Sharif invites Turkey to join China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
"I would suggest that let this be a cooperation between China, Pakistan, and Turkiye. This would be a wonderful joint cooperation ... This is how we can meet the challenges of today," Sharif was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.
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Drug production factory recovered in Afghanistan's Faryab, 5 arrested
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Security officials have discovered a drug manufacturing facility in the Takhel region of the Lolash district as well as drug addiction and its usage has become very common in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control in August of the previous year, according to Pajhwok news.
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Rolling blackouts become regular affair in Afghanistan as power supply fal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Khaama Press reported citing the Taliban-run Afghan state electricity company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and stated that blackouts and load-shedding in Kabul and other provinces are caused by technical issues in Uzbekistan.
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Taliban calls out UN Security council to permanently end all travel bans
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Earlier in September, Human Rights Watch urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exemption as a result of the closure of girls' schools in Afghanistan and the Taliban's atrocities against women and girls in the war-torn nation.
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Germany pledges 90 million euros in aid for Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Germany on Friday announced a new aid package of 90 million euros to crisis-hit Afghanistan. This urgent assistance comes as the International Community of Red Crescent (ICRC) said that more than 24 million Afghans need immediate humanitarian aid, Tolo News reported.
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UN ask Taliban to end gender-based violence in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Since the summer of 2021, women in Afghanistan have had many of their most fundamental rights restricted or rescinded in a country that has one of the highest rates of violence against women globally. Afghan women have also experienced a marked deterioration in access to coordinated, compreh
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Taliban becoming more defiant, embracing policies of the past: US special
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Earlier this month, Taliban supreme leader Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada ordered judges to fully implement Islamic law. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the command from Haibatullah Akhundzada came after the leader met with a group of judges.
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Rajapaksa opts for break from ODI cricket as Sri Lanka announce squad for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
For the three-match series against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka initially selected a 16-player team.
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Amid snowy season Afghan families forced to sell belongings to make ends m
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the snowy season that requires additional funds to warm up living space, Afghan families are forced to sell their belongings in order to make ends meet.
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Kamboj briefs UNSC on achievements of CTC under India's Chairship
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj on Wednesday briefed Security Council on the key aspects of the work undertaken by the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the achievements of CTC under India's Chairship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Di
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Afghani families displaced after Taliban, Pakistani military clash along D
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
After clashes erupted between the Taliban movement and the Pakistani military at the Afghan-Pakistani border, several Afghani families fled the Dand-e-Patan district in Afghanistan's Paktia province.
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Two-thirds of Afghan households in crisis, struggle to afford food: World
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
People in Afghanistan continue to suffer under the Taliban leadership as the atrocities are persistent and two-thirds of Afghan households are in severe crisis unable to afford basic food and non-food requirements, Khaama Press reported citing a World Bank Survey on Wednesday.
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