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UNSC to hold discussion on Taliban's new order for Afghan women to cover f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): As the Taliban's recent decision to impose additional restrictions on women, including the mandate that they cover their faces in public places, the United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on May 12 at the request of Norway
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India, Uzbekistan hold talks on bilateral ties, Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): India and Uzbekistan on Wednesday held discussions on a range of regional and international issues of mutual interest, including Afghanistan.
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Burqa impostion in Afghanistan: US says it has 'leverage to wield with Tal
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): In the wake of a recent Taliban decree ordering compulsory all-covering burqa for women in Afghanistan's public places, the US has called for an "end to these restrictive measures".
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Half of Afghanistan's population facing acute hunger: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday said that record levels of hunger persist in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan at risk of becoming safe haven for terrorism: MoS Meenakashi L
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Malaga [Spain], May 11 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Tuesday laid stress on Afghanistan becoming safe haven for terrorism at a high-level international conference on human rights, civil society and counter-terrorism.
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Nearly 20 million facing acute hunger in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan - almost half the population - are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in an UN-backed report, published on Monday.
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63 IS militants surrender to security authorities in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): A total of 63 militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) outfit have laid down arms and surrendered to security authorities in eastern Afghanistan, said an official statement released Tuesday.
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900,000 Afghans lost jobs since Taliban takeover: SIGAR
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), at least 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August.
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US envoy to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield terms Taliban's burqa imposition 'u
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 10 (ANI): Reacting to the Taliban's burqa imposition on Afghan women, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda, Thomas-Greenfield, said "what they did today is unconscionable."
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Afghanistan: Resistance Front claims killing of 22 Taliban members in Panj
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): The National Resistance Front (NRF) on Monday claimed to have killed 22 Taliban members in the Panjshir conflict.
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Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to ta
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.
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Pakistani Pashtuns talk directly to Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan not to take
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Several Pashtuns and tribals from Pakistan have started talking directly to the leadership of Tehrike Taliban Pakistan (TT-P), trying to convince them not to get involved in terrorist activities in the area, local media reported.
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