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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Keeping girls out of secondary school costs Afghanistan 2.5 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
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UN official condemns use of force to suppress women's protests in Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett condemned the "use of excessive force" to suppress women's protests, calling it a breach of their right to freedom of expression.
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Joining China-Pakistan Economic Corridor may isolate Taliban: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): China and Pakistan are planning to rope in a third country in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, however, Afghanistan's participation in the project will lead to the complete isolation of Taliban from
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Afghanistan: 32 dead, 20 injured as flood ravages Parwan province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): At least 32 people died and more than 20 were injured in flooding in the Shinwari and Sia Gard districts of the Parwan province in Afghanistan.
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President confers Vayu Sena medal to IAF's woman pilot Deepika Misra
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Wing Commander Deepika Misra Flying has been awarded Vayu Sena Medal for Gallantry for her role in flash floods in Madhya Pradesh in August, last year.
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Iranian delegation arrives in Kabul to discuss border issues
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): With the tensions rising between Iran and Afghanistan over the boundary dispute, the Iranian embassy in Kabul announced that a delegation, led by the deputy minister of foreign affairs, arrived in the country to discuss border matters with the Taliban of
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Afghan diaspora group protests in Vienna to mark one year of Taliban's tak
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], August 14 (ANI): An Afghan diaspora group demonstrated in Vienna to mark one year of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and condemned Pakistan's interference in Kabul affairs.
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Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum", local media reported on Saturday.
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Heavy rains, flash floods swamp eastern Afghanistan's Logar province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Torrential rains and flash floods have killed at least 21 people including women and children and injured scores in Afghanistan's Logar, Wardak and Khost provinces, local media reported Saturday.
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Future of women and girls in Afghanistan 'bleak', warn UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): UN experts on Friday called on the international community yet again to restore the declining human rights situation in Afghanistan and warned that the future of the country is bleak for its women and girls.
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Indian Embassy in Afghanistan 'expected to increase operations'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): The newly 're-opened' Indian embassy in Kabul is expected to increase its operations, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Abdul Qahar Balkhi announced on Twitter today, reported TOLOnews.
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Four people injured as bomb fitted in vehicle exploded in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): At least four people including two Islamic Emirate forces were injured in an explosion that took place near an electronic Identity card centre in Kabul on Saturday.
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