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Reviewing engagement with Taliban, says US on rights violations in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, in a press briefing, underlined that the US continues to be the world's leading humanitarian provider to the people of Afghanistan, and is not providing the Taliban with any support.
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Afghanistan: Wardak residents urge Taliban to reopen schools for girls abo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 2 (ANI): As human rights violations across the war-torn country continue under the Taliban regime, residents of Wardak province of Afghanistan called on the organization to reopen the schools for girls above grade six.
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EU envoy slams Taliban for human rights violations in Afghanistan, says it
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, on Monday raised his concerns over the surge in violations of human rights under the Taliban and said that the organization has failed to uphold any promises made.
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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Taliban to revise mass media law in Afghanistan, condition of the press co
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): With Taliban officials set to make changes in the culture and religious sections of media books and revise the mass media law in the country, the condition of media personnel in Afghanistan is likely to get worse.
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Freedom of religion under grim state since Taliban seized power in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country is facing a severe decline in religious freedom as the interim government has failed to safeguard religious minorities, a report by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (US
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11-year-old accidentally shoots dead another boy in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 19 (ANI): An 11-year-old boy accidentally killed his 10-year-old playmate in Afghanistan while playing with a Kalashnikov rifle recently in Afghanistan, local media reported.
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UN official visits Central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): As murders, and repression of women are on the rise in Afghanistan under Taliban, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Markus Potzel, paid a visit to the central Afghan province of Bamyan, to meet the local authori
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Afghanistan's Taliban crack down on vloggers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 15 (ANI): The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concerns about the increasing human rights violation in Afghanistan.
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Taliban refutes US report on human rights violation in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghnistan], April 15 (ANI): Taliban has refuted a recent report released by the US State Department which acknowledged a steep fall in the human rights progress in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of United States' troops last August.
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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UN extends support to Afghanistan's embattled media
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen met with media representatives of Afghanistan on Wednesday and extended support to Afghanistan's embattled media sector and journalists.
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