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UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
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Islamic Emirate must remove pro-Pakistan people from its ranks: Taliban of
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): A Taliban official on Tuesday advised the Islamic Emirate to remove pro-Pakistan people from its ranks in order to save Afghanistan from international isolation.
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Nearly 100 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Due to heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan, 95 people were killed, hundreds of others injured and swept away thousands of homes in Afghanistan, according to authorities in the crisis-hit country.
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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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Taliban warns of 'stern stance' if UNSC refuses to extend travel ban waive
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): In the wake of disagreements among the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member states regarding the travel ban waiver, the Taliban officials warned that if the UNSC refused to extend the travel ban waiver, the decision would provoke them to maintai
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Owing to international pressure US to discuss over frozen funds to Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Owing to tremendous pressure from the international community, US President Joe Biden's administration is likely to initiate talks on the release of frozen funds to uplift the faltering economy of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing sources.
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Afghanistan: Taliban clarifies restriction on women to visit public parks
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): After attracting widespread criticism and concerns raised by Afghan women over the new rule to limit the entry of women in parks, the Taliban on Monday clarified that the imposition of the new rule to separate the visiting days for men and women is to
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Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee to lead fight in Panjshir
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Taliban has appointed Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a special military commander for Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan and the Andarab district of Baghlan province.
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Crime rate rises in Afghanistan post Taliban takeover
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Amid the rising crime rates in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in the country, another incident has come to light as armed robbers killed an elderly cab driver recently in the capital of Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif after robbing his car.
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Afghanistan highlights limits of China's Belt and Road Initiative
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): Afghanistan highlights the limits of China's Belt and Road initiative as it is unable to generate change on the ground abroad despite being engaged with the Taliban.
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Taliban detain American filmmaker, Afghan producer in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.
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Some bigoted western circles trying to create distance between Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): As United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is reportedly caught in a dilemma over whether to renew travel exemptions for Taliban officials, the Taliban on Saturday said that some bigoted western circles are deliberately trying to create a distance between
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