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At least 12 people killed in explosion in western Afghan city of Herat
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], April 2 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed and 25 others wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Friday.
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Russia becomes first major power to accept credentials of Taliban diplomat
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): Russia became the world's first major power that accepted the credentials of a diplomat of the Taliban. Russia along with US, UK, France and China are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Pakistan, Taliban exchange protest notes amid tension along Durand Line
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Amid the continuing tension along the Durand Line between the Pakistani troops and the Talibani forces, the Foreign Ministries of both sides have exchanged protest notes accusing each other of displaying aggressive attitudes on the border, local media rep
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US announces additional humanitarian aid of USD 204 million for Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) announced an additional USD 204 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, bringing the total donated since its withdrawal in August last year to USD 720 million.
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49th Session UNHRC: Afghan panel discusses impact of Taliban rule in Afgha
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): An all-Afghan panel consisting of a scholar, former diplomat and young innovator at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council discussed the human rights situation in Kabul after the Taliban takeover of the country in mid-August and expressed concern
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US launches satellite TV channel for Afghanistan after Taliban banned VOA
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): After the Taliban banned Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts from terrestrial television, the US government-funded news agency has launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan, local media reported.
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New evidence that biometric data systems imperil Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Taliban control systems holding sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, put thousands of Afghans at
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Afghanistan: 22 cases of violence against journalists recorded in past mon
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): In the past one month, at least 22 cases of violence against journalists were recorded under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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China trying to recognise Taliban govt, seeks USD 3 trillion mineral wealt
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 31 (ANI): China appears to be in hurry to recognize the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan as it is eyeing the minerals of the war-torn country which holds untapped mineral wealth and rare earth material worth USD 3 trillion.
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World Bank puts on hold four projects in Afghanistan worth USD 600 mn over
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): The World Bank has announced that they have put on hold four projects in Afghanistan worth USD 600 million following the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in the country.
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Taliban intensify attacks on Afghan media, says rights group
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Taliban have intensified attacks on media as the journalist in the country said that it's hard to report from Afghanistan anymore, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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China, Pakistan hold talk with Taliban representatives in Beijing
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 30 (ANI): The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting with the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime Amir Khan Muttaqi in Beijing on Wednesday on the sidelines of the third regional meeting of Afghanistan's neighboring coun
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