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New evidence that biometric data systems imperil Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Taliban control systems holding sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, put thousands of Afghans at
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Afghanistan: 22 cases of violence against journalists recorded in past mon
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): In the past one month, at least 22 cases of violence against journalists were recorded under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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Taliban intensify attacks on Afghan media, says rights group
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Taliban have intensified attacks on media as the journalist in the country said that it's hard to report from Afghanistan anymore, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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UN special envoy holds dialogue with women representatives in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, on Wednesday, held a dialogue with women students and representatives in Kabul.
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Former England batter Graham Thorpe appointed as Afghanistan's new head co
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30 (ANI): Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) appointed former English batter Graham Thorpe as the new head coach of the Afghanistan national men's team, following his departure as England's assistant coach after the disastrous 0-4 Ashes series defeat in Australia.
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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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Media freedom continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Three months after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had revealed in a survey last December the Taliban takeover's impact on Afghanistan's media has been dramatic, the situation has only exacerbated.
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Taliban, UN officials meet on humanitarian, development assistance for Afg
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Deputy Prime Minister of Taliban-led regime Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on assistance to the war-torn country.
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'Extended troika' on Afghanistan set to meet in Beijing next week
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): The special envoys of Russia, the US, Pakistan and China to Kabul are scheduled to hold a meeting in Beijing this week in the 'extended troika' format, on the sidelines of the Third ministerial conference on Afghanistan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informed.
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Taliban faces global flak over Sirajuddin Haqqani training militia to conc
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting head of Taliban's Interior Ministry, who is on the UN sanctions list as well as FBI wanted terrorist, is training militia who cover their faces to hide their identities.
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Doctor abducted by unknown gunmen on Kabul-Jalalabad highway
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): A dermatologist Dr Zalmai Khan Ahmadzai was abducted on Saturday on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway by unknown gunmen, sources said.
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Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi removed from Doha Assembly's speaker list
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Taliban's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has been removed from the Doha Assembly's list of speakers, local media reported.
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