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Reopening of schools for girls in Afghanistan might lead to discord within
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): US special envoy for human rights and Afghan women and girls Rina Amiri has said that the reopening of schools for girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan might lead to discord within the Taliban leadership, reported local media.
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US, Chinese envoys meet to discuss N. Korea missile launches
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI): US special envoy Sung Kim and Chinese counterpart Liu Xiaoming on Tuesday held talks in Washington on North Korea's recent missile tests and ways to encourage Pyongyang to engage in negotiations.
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US gives ultimatum to Taliban, says no possibility to soften or ease sanct
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI) Rina Amiri, US special envoy for human rights and Afghan women and girls on Monday gave an ultimatum to the Taliban to make a final decision about educating girls as soon as possible.
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US special envoy West speaks with Hamid Karzai on reopening schools for gi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West spoke with former president Hamid Karzai and discussed the Afghan people's desire to see girls return to secondary school soonest.
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US considers OPEC decision to increase oil production 'not right': Special
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States believes the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) decision to continue increasing production was "not right," US Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein told Bloomberg on Frid
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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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US envoy to visit Gulf states for talks on Yemen
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI/Sputnik): US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is visiting Gulf states to discuss diplomatic efforts toward a durable and inclusive resolution of the Yemen conflict, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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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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'Hopeful' that Taliban will reverse ban on girls' education decision: US s
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West said he was hopeful that the Taliban will reverse their decision over banning teenage girls from going to schools and allowing them to get an education.
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Taliban's ban on girls' education to cause irreparable damage if not rever
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Doha [Qatar], March 26 (ANI): Taliban's decision of banning girls' education will cause irreparable damage to Afghanistan if not reversed, said Deborah Lyons, UN Special Representative in a meeting in Qatar with Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban member who currently serves as the Islamic Emirate of
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Hamid Karzai meets Russian envoy Kabulov, discusses strengthening ties
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday met Zamir Kabulov, Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan and discussed further strengthening ties between both countries.
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Taliban Foreign Minister meets UN special envoy, discusses human rights is
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons and discussed human rights, humanitarian assistance, development projects, the banking sector, economic growth, and other issues.
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