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US defends withdrawal from Afghanistan, rules out release of USD 3.5 bn fr
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): The US on Monday defended its position on withdrawal from Afghanistan after a 20-year-long military mission in the war-torn nation that ended nearly a year ago and also ruled out releasing USD 3.5 billion frozen Afghan funds to its central bank anytime soon.
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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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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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Pakistan, Taliban at loggerheads amid bloody skirmish along Durand Line
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Pakistan and its ally Taliban are at loggerheads. Pakistan has committed a strategic blunder in thinking that the Taliban, which the country helped in fighting a US-backed Afghanistan for over two decades, will fulfil Islamabad's wishes.
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Iranian delegation arrives in Kabul to discuss border issues
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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 failed to form "an inclusive political system": EU
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 14 (ANI): The Taliban which seized power in Afghanistan a year ago and formed a new government, failed to form "an inclusive political system" and continue to violate human rights, the EU External Action Service (EEAS) said on Sunday.
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Pakistan Taliban begin to leave Swat valley after talks with govt
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Pakistan Taliban, whose presence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Swat valley set alarm bells ringing in Islamabad, have started leaving the region after talks with the government.
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Bajwa realizes mistake as truce talks with outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has realised his mistake of pressing peace talks with the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group as the killing of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahari, who advised the TTP has made it quite clear that
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