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Taliban Foreign Minister meets UN special envoy, discusses human rights is
Updated : 4 years, 2 months 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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Pakistani Taliban distributes leaflets in Afghanistan seeking 'Jihad' dona
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 22 (ANI): Amidst a sharp rise in terror incidents in Pakistan following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul in August last year, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been reportedly circulating leaflets in Afghanistan seeking donations to support their "Jihad" acro
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Taliban to open high schools for girls next week
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): The Taliban will allow girls to return to class when high schools open on March 22, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Chinese mining company to open office in Kabul this month
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): China's mining company Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) will open an office in Afghanistan's capital Kabul by the end of this month, local media reported citing officials as saying on Saturday.
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Afghanistan officially bans all foreign TV series
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all foreign TV series in Afghanistan, Sputnik reported citing a person familiar with the situation.
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Work on TAPI pipeline project may resume in spring
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the negotiations over technical issues of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project will resume in the spring.
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Flower sales decline in Kabul amid widespread poverty
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): Post-Taliban takeover, the sale of flowers in Kabul have dropped amid widespread poverty.
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180 media outlets closed in past seven months in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): As many as 180 media outlets out of 475 have been closed in Afghanistan in the past seven months following the takeover by the Taliban in August this year, local media reported.
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UN calls for equal access to education for stable Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen on Thursday met University representatives in Kabul and urged equal access to education for boys and girls as a "fundamental need" for a stable and economic prosperous Afghanistan.
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Taliban unlikely to take actions to constrain Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban last August, it was believed that the new regime would not allow the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to use Afghan soil to attack Pakistan, however, the cross-border terrorism increased in the area.
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Former Afghan prez Hamid Karzai says facing 'troubles' with travelling abr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 11 (ANI): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that he is facing "troubles" in travelling out of the country.
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EU prepares action plan to deal with security threats from Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 10 (ANI): Raising concern that Afghanistan could revert to being a safe haven for international terrorists who might target European countries after the Taliban takeover, the European Union (EU) prepared an action plan to deal with the threat.
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