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Afghans' lives have become "unbearably hard" due to rise in poverty: WFP
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Since Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after withdrawal of US troops, the country has witnessed a surge in poverty, unemployment and extreme food insecurity. Moreover, the economic crisis wiped out jobs, salaries and livelihoods across Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan becomes world's 'least secure' country: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Afghanistan has been ranked as the "least secure" country in the world amid unabated human rights violations in the country due to Taliban rule. Acts of terror, killings, blasts and attacks have become a regular affair.
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New HRW report details Taliban abuse faced by Afghan women protesters
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch released a new report on the mistreatment of Afghan women. Taliban has wrongfully detained a number of women with their families for protesting against them.
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Afghan agriculture industry object to lack of markets
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): Afghans complained of a lack of good markets for their products to be displayed and expressed frustration in the 27th autumn exhibition of agriculture products held recently, Khaama Press reported.
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Regression of women's rights continues in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August last year, women and girls in the country continue to be persecuted for speaking out for fundamental rights and have been limited to their homes, according to a recent report of United Nations.
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Afghan farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of opium poppies, the Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement.
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Afghan woman killed in Pak border clashes in Kandahar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): A woman was killed by Pakistani border forces on the Afghan side amid recent clashes with the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
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Taliban continues to repress media, bans foreign journalist from entering
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 20 (ANI): In a recent crackdown on the media, the Taliban banned a foreign journalist Stefanie Glinski from entering Afghanistan for her critical reporting on the war-torn country.
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Afghan Taliban's rise to power results in terror attack surge in Pak by 51
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): Due to the rising power of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistani soil has witnessed a 51 per cent increase in the number of terrorist attacks in the last year, Islamabad-based think tank, Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) findings revealed on Wedne
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Women protesters in Afghan detail Taliban abuse: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 20 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday released a new report detailing the mistreatment of Afghan women, who were wrongfully detained with their families for protesting Taliban abuses.
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Four killed, 25 wounded in another Kabul blast
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 5 (ANI): At least four people were killed and 25 others were wounded in a blast in the Kabul mosque, the latest in the series of targeted explosions in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
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46 girls, women among 53 killed in Kabul education centre bombing: UN
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 3 (ANI): At least 46 girls and young women were among the 53 people killed in Friday's blast at the education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the United Nations said on Monday.
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