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Afghanistan: Women hold protest in Kabul, demand basic rights
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 16 (ANI): Women on Thursday gathered in large numbers in Kabul to demonstrate against the ongoing economic crisis in the country and for their basic rights, including political participation, local media reported.
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Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI): A senior UN rights official has emphasised that respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country.
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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Women activists express concerns over surge in violence against women in K
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 14 (ANI): Women activists have expressed their concerns about a surge in violence against women in the crisis-torn country while gathering in the capital Kabul, local media reported.
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Blinken discusses COVID-19, climate crisis with Indonesian President
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indonesian President Joko Widodo discussed strategic partnership, COVID-19 and the climate crisis during a meeting in Jakarta on Monday, the State Department said.
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Despite COVID-19 pandemic, India and UAE continued to work closely togethe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 13 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday said that India and UAE have continued to work closely together despite the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that both the countries have gone through the most devastating crisis that the world has faced since second
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EU to use dissuasion, dialogue to prevent crisis in Ukraine: Borrell
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will use dissuasion and dialogue to prevent an escalation of the situation in Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.
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Centre enhanced financing system in last 7 years to benefit poor, says PM
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, in a veiled attack on the previous regime, said that the middle and poor class have time and again suffered from the banking crisis, but present India is determined on resolving these problems.
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Uzbekistan urges world to help neighbouring Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 12 (ANI): As winter continues to grip Central Asia, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov has called on the international community to help neighbouring Afghanistan that is facing a large scale humanitarian crisis.
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Afghanistan: Amid humanitarian crisis, Red Cross paying health worker sala
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 12 (ANI): Amid the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is paying the salaries of 6,000 medical employees and providing medical equipment for at least 23 public hospitals, an official said.
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Canada plans to resume its consular operations in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 (ANI): Canada plans to resume its consular operations in Kabul and will dispatch a number of its diplomats to the crisis-torn country, local media reported on Saturday.
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Afghans face tough times as price of food, essential goods spikes
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 (ANI): The people of Afghanistan have expressed serious concern over the spike in the price of food and other essential goods as the country faces a serious economic crisis.
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