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UN envoy Markus Potzel calls for Afghan girls' senior secondary education
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): UN deputy special envoy for Afghanistan Markus Potzel emphasised the need for Afghan girls' senior secondary education and said that the same rights to education should be provided to everyone.
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Haqqani calls on US to release USD 7 billion Afghan frozen funds
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said that the ban on USD 7 billion Afghanistan's assets was unjust and called on the US to release the assets.
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Afghanistan raises coal prices to USD 80 per tonnes for Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan has raised coal prices to USD 80 per tonne for Pakistan amid a surge in export.
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Eight killed, 30 injured in traffic accidents in Afghanistan's Baghlan pro
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and 30 others were injured in two separate traffic accidents that took place in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, media reported citing health officials on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses spike in seasonal diseases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Amid a surge in seasonal diseases in Afghanistan over the last three weeks, doctors urged citizens to take precautionary measures and prevent infections like cholera and diarrhea.
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Cholera-like disease takes over 15 lives in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): More than 600 people were found infected and around 15 people died in a recent cholera-like outbreak in Afghanistan.
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We are not speaking enough about Pakistan: EU envoy to Afghanistan during
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 16 (ANI): While discussing the situation in Afghanistan and future trajectories for the South Asia region and the West, the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Andreas von Brandt noted that there has not been enough talk about Pakistan.
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UNDP, World Bank sign deal for USD 20mn to support Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): The United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) has signed a USD 20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic, and social development initiatives across all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan worst among 146 countries surveyed for gender equality: WEF
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Afghanistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Afghanistan as the worst country in terms of gender parity.
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Religious scholar killed in Afghanistan's Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 14 (ANI): A religious scholar was shot dead in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, media reported on Thursday.
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21 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus to arrive in Delhi today
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): As many as 21 Afghan Sikhs, including an infant, will land in Delhi on Thursday as the evacuation of Afghanistan minorities to India continues.
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39 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 14 (ANI): As many as 39 people have died in incidents of flash flooding in the past week with new districts in the east, south, south-east, and central regions of Afghanistan impacted by heavy rains.
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