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Pakistan has put the world in a precarious situation, says expert
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A quote often attributed to the famous ancient Indian strategist Chanakya says, "If you feed a snake milk you increase its capacity to produce venom, not nectar."
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Ban on Afghan women from working by Taliban paralyzes NGO work in Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After the Taliban issued a decree banning Afghan women from working in NGOs, several international humanitarian organizations have claimed that their regular operations are disabled in the country due to harsh impositions on women, Khaama Press reported.
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Protest in Pakistan's South Waziristan continues against rising 'terrorism
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The large-scale protest against the recent wave of terrorism and lawlessness in the restive South Waziristan in northwest Pakistan continues to occur as protesters blocked the Wana-Razmak road to all traffic for the second day.
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Afghans concerned over crisis in health sector due to ban on women working
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The local residents of Ghor Province, Afghanistan have warned that if the Taliban-led Health Ministry keeps ignoring the ongoing crisis in the healthcare sector in Ghor province the patients will die. The already critical situation has worsened due to the Taliban's ban on women working as th
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Afghan refugees in Pak fear deportation: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The recent steps by the Sindh provincial government to deal with illegal migrants is attracting bad press, the Khaama Press reported, adding that the authorities detained around 1,200 Afghan men, women, and children without visas or stay permits, who now live in fear of imprisonment or possi
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Pakistan police arrest 5 TTP terrorists from Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Punjab's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) spokesperson said that they belonged to various banned religious organisations, including the proscribed militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Barring Afghan women from work will interrupt humanitarian aid to Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Griffiths, humanitarian aid organisations working under the United Nations, need the support of women employees to continue delivering life-saving services to the Afghan people.
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UN asks Taliban to lift bans on female education, work for aid agencies
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Last month, the Taliban imposed a restriction on female higher education and a ban on women from working in humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Human rights experts described these two measures as a major blow to vulnerable communities, women, children, and the entire country.
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Taliban's decision on Afghan media outlets operating from abroad to be ann
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture said the court's ruling addressing the actions of some media outlets will be made public on Sunday, TOLOnews reported on Friday. According to the ministry's press office, the issue involves print and digital periodicals that operate abroad and cr
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Afghanistan: Journalists in Paktia criticize limited access to Information
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As the Taliban's crackdown on journalists and media personnel continue in Afghanistan, numerous journalists in Paktia province on Friday criticized limited access to information and claimed that this has a negative influence on their operations as their basic rights to work are being challen
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Taliban criticizes Prince Harry for remarks over Afghan killings, call it
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taliban has openly criticized Prince Harry's claims of killing at least 25 of its people during his two military deployments in Afghanistan which he made revealed in his recently released biography, Khaama Press reported on Saturday.
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Thousands protest in northwest Pakistan's Wana city against rising 'terror
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Political workers, social activists and traders attended the peace march organised in South Waziristan's Wana today, the Dawn newspaper reported. The Pakistani newspaper said demonstrators chanted slogans against the "fresh wave of terrorism" in the region, particularly in the tribal distric
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