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Half of Americans say Afghanistan war was mistake a year after withdrawal:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI): A year after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, American society remains sharply divided over whether sending troops there in 2001 was the right decision, according to a Gallup poll out this week.
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Negative sentiments about China's moves in Myanmar escalate among civilian
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 31 (ANI): The people of Myanmar doubt China's capability to expedite the peace process in the country, as Beijing repeatedly chooses silence over the Myanmar military takeover, and suppression of its own people, especially democratic activists and protesters against t
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UN relief chief stresses need to stay and deliver for all Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Humanitarians have stayed and delivered in Afghanistan in the year since the Taliban takeover and it is imperative that the international community continues to do the same while the de facto authorities must also do their part, the Security Council heard on M
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Afghan cinemas to reopen after 1-yr hiatus, roles of women actors suppress
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): After a hiatus of one year since the Taliban's takeover of Kabul last August, Cinemas in the country are all set to screen movies however the roles for women artists were severely limited, media reports said.
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Pak appoints new envoy to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistan has appointed Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani as the new ambassador to Afghanistan, media reports said citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
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Elon Musk seeks dismissal of Twitter lawsuit; subpoenas former CEO Jack Do
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): As Elon Musk fights a lawsuit from Twitter asking him to complete the takeover, he has called for the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit against him for cancelling his multibillion-dollar buyout deal and subpoenaing the social media company's former CEO.<
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Crime rate rises in Afghanistan post Taliban takeover
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Disgruntled Taliban commander killed while trying to flee to Iran
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid, a disgruntled Taliban commander, was killed by Taliban border forces when he wanted to enter Iran through the province of Herat in western Afghanistan, media reports said citing a statement from the Taliban's Ministry of Defense.
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Blast hits Kabul mosque
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): A blast hit a mosque in the Afghan city of Kabul on Wednesday, Taliban officials said.
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Afghan women need global action to halt Taliban abuse
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): Afghan women feel abandoned by the world and they are justified in feeling this way, said Heather Barr, Associate Director, Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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Women's rights crisis in Afghanistan has few parallels in the world
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year has passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following a rapid drawdown of Western forces that pushed the country into a number of crises which transformed the country fundamentally.
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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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