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Taliban calls on steps to move away from Int'l aid
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 29 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Friday said that international donors who are helping the country have a political purpose and do not come without an agenda adding that the country needs to be self-sufficient.
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Taliban instructs salons not to trim men's hair to avoid Western influence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], April 28 (ANI): Taliban have reportedly instructed salons in Afghanistan's Herat province not to cut men's hair especially students, to avoid the influence of the West.
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Dress restrictions tighten for Afghanistan girls' schools, says rights gro
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): After seizing powering August the last year, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls' secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls' secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces.
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Unidentified gunmen kill five coal miners in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Five coal miners were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them in the Samangan province of Afghanistan, said a media report citing local officials of the province.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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EU delivers 34 tonnes in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 27 (ANI): European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said on Wednesday that the European Union had delivered 34 tonnes of food and medical supplies in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan may lead to more violent border clashe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): The recent Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan to target alleged hideouts of the terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has increased tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, heightening the likelihood of more violent clashes in border areas of bo
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US special envoy discusses recent attacks on civilians in Afghanistan with
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 27 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West met Swedish officials Niclas Kvarnstron and discussed the recent attacks on civilians in the troubled country.
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Taliban's promises to protect Afghan minorities falling apart amid a spate
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): With a spate of attacks in minority-dominated areas of Afghanistan in recent weeks, the assurances that the Taliban regime gave to the world after the takeover of Kabul in August last year seem to be falling apart, a media report said.
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Hamid Karzai urges Taliban to reopen girls schools
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai has raised concerns over the closure of schools for girls, above grade 6, by the Taliban regime, stating that the people of Afghanistan want their girls to return to schools.
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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Afghan delegation to visit Iran amid border tension
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): An Afghan delegation led by the Taliban's acting minister of refugees and repatriations is set to visit Iran's capital Tehran to hold talks over refugee-related challenges and the border tension, local media reported.
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