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Afghanistan bundle out Sri Lanka for 105 in first Asia Cup match
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Chamika Karunaratne put up a fight but both were out before reaching forty.
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Taliban to strike deal with Russia for oil, gas imports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): As the world witnesses a catastrophic energy crisis with the ongoing war in Ukraine, Talibani officials said that they are close to striking a deal with Moscow over the import of Russian oil and gas, media reports said.
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US special envoy calls humanitarian situation in Afghanistan "a great trag
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Rina Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan girls, women and human rights, has described the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as "a great tragedy" and urged the Islamic countries to raise their voice.
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Taliban restricts female students to leave Kabul for studies in another at
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources.
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Kabul residents lack drinking water due to plunging groundwater levels
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Due to plunging groundwater levels, several provinces of Afghanistan have been facing a critical issue of availability of potable water as a lack of drinking water has become a challenge for Kabul residents.
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China seeks to expand business in Afghanistan with "Chinatown industrial p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): Chinatown in Kabul, a Chinese business group in Afghanistan, recently started construction work on the "Chinatown industrial park project", which was approved by the Taliban government recently.
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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4.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan's Kabul on Thursday, according to National Centre for Seismology.
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In another repressive move Taliban blocks 23 Mn websites in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): The interim government of Afghanistan led by Taliban has blocked more than 23 million websites for displaying what it considers immoral content over the year since the Taliban took power in the country, Najibullah Haqqani, the minister of communicatio
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Torrential rain worsens situation in Afghanistan, flash floods forecasted
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): While Afghanistan continues to witness heavy downpours, the Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) has issued a warning for thunderstorms and flash floods in twenty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
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Amnesty calls out Taliban for its atrocities on Afghans, says country at b
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): Amnesty International in a recent report has called out the Taliban to provide women and girls in Afghanistan the right to work and get an education, as well as participate in politics and society as the human rights of the community are being stripped s
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Taliban denies recovery of US-killed Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri's body
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): After the US killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone airstrike in Kabul last month, the Taliban announced on Thursday that they have not recovered Ayman al-Zawahiri's body.
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