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UN Security Council to vote on Afghanistan sanctions team extension
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The team's current term is set to expire on February 17, and Council members describe the upcoming vote as a pivotal decision in the international community's handling of Afghanistan.
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"Our diplomacy has fallen so low...." Congress leader Shama Mohammad on ba
Updated : 5 months ago IST
On the absence of women journalists in Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's press conference, Congress leader Shama Mohamed told ANI, "We should not have invited the foreign minister of a country called Afghanistan, which is run by men who are against women. They don't allow w
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Tajikistan begins forced deportation of Afghan refugees despite UNHCR prot
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Russia's recent formal recognition of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is thought to have triggered policy realignments across Central Asia. Tajikistan, which has historically provided safe haven to Afghan opposition figures and been openly critical of the Taliban, may now be signaling a pi
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ECB Chief Richard Gould rejects calls for England to boycott Champions Tro
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Richard Gould, the Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has rejected calls from a group of British politicians urging England to boycott their upcoming Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan in February. Gould emphasised that the Taliban regime's crackdown on wom
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Pakistani PM Shehbaz urges Taliban regime in Afghanistan to act against TT
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the ongoing terrorist activities of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from across the Afghanistan border, calling them intolerable and a red line, and urged the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to take immediate action against the group, ARY N
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OIC reiterates support for girls' education, women's employment in Afghani
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
At a time when the basic rights of Afghan women are crushed under the Taliban regime, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), too, reiterated once again during its 15th summit in Gambia that women's work and girls' access to education are important issues in Afghanistan.
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Former President Hamid Karzai says education of girls "vital issue" for Af
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai has said that the education of girls is a "vital issue" for Afghanistan, as the basic rights of the females in the country are curtailed under the Taliban regime, according to Khaama Press.
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Former President Karzai calls for reopening schools, universities for girl
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called upon the Taliban regime to allow girls back into schools and universities, and stressed that active involvement of both men and women is essential to Afghanistan's future, reported Khaama Press.
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Afghanistan: US Envoy calls Taliban year-long university ban for girls "in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West called the Taliban regime's ban on women attending universities as "indefensible" after marking one year since the ban was imposed, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan: One year since education ban, girls demand reopening of unive
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
After the completion of one year of the ban on girls' education, women in Afghanistan are demanding that the Taliban regime reopen universities, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghan migrants open up about hardships and mistreatment by Pakistan offic
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghan refugees who were evacuated from Pakistan through the Chaman border have described the hardships they faced, including being locked up and forced to pay money for leaving by Pakistani officials, Pakistan vernacular media Jang reported.
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Women survivors of gender-based violence being jailed by Taliban: UN Repor
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, Khaama Press reported, citing the Office of the Deputy of the United Nations in Afghanistan.
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