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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the Charge d'Affaires of Kabul's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq said denying the girls their basic rights to education is "national treason
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Taliban confirms prisoner swap with US
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday confirmed that the Taliban has freed an American engineer in return for an Afghan leader in a prisoner swap between the two countries.
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Land dispute leads to clashes between residents, refugees in Afghanistan's
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Takhar [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): Amid rising tensions between the newly returned refugees from Pakistan and the locals of Khwaja Bahuddin district of Takhar province over disputed land, the local officials said that efforts are underway to resolve the situation.
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Taliban to ban TikTok, Pubg within next 3 months
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): Taliban is going to ban TikTok and Pubg applications in Afghanistan within the next 3 months times, media reports said citing an announcement by the Taliban-led telecommunication department.
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SCO calls for formation of inclusive govt in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Samarkand [Uzbekistan], September 18 (ANI): The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit held in Uzbekistan's Samarkand called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan relations take nasty turn after cricket clash, Duran
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): When Kabul fell to the Taliban, many in Pakistan cheered and saw it as an opportunity to strengthen relations between the two Muslim countries. However, relations took a nasty turn.
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Rising prices burn Afghans pockets as the country witnesses economic turmo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the residents continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing economic crisis as the prices of vegetables have tripled over the last few weeks making it tough for common Afghans to afford food stuff on daily ba
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Ex-Afghan Prez Karzai condemns killings in Panjshir province, says "blood
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): Amid a continued surge in killings in Panjshir province of Afghanistan, former president Hamid Karzai slammed the Taliban for clashes in the region between the National Resistant Forces (NRF) and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and said it is about tim
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Taliban deplores US' decision to transfer frozen Afghan funds into Swiss-b
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): Taliban on Thursday condemned the decision of the Biden administration to transfer the frozen Afghan funds into a Swiss-based trust and said that the US is violating international norms.
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Taliban makes USD 200 mn annually by indulging in criminal activities insi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Taliban has been making around USD 200 million every year by indulging in criminal activities in Pakistan, including extortion, media reports said.
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Sectarian violence rising, spreading across Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Sunni Muslim groups, the Deobandi Tehereek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and the rival Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) that represents the Barelvis, are fomenting sectarian violence across Pakistan.
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90 pc Afghans in online poll supports reopening girls' schools as Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 17 (ANI): About ninety per cent of voters in Afghanistan supported the reopening of schools for girls beyond grade six, and 10 per cent opposed the decision, as per an online poll conducted by Afghanistan's local media outlet TOLO news.
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