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US expresses concern over restrictions on Afghan media by Taliban
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) expressed concern over the latest series of restrictions imposed on Afghan media by the Taliban and urged the group to cease infringements, including education and human rights of Afghan people.
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Taliban prevents beardless government employees entry to offices
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday prevented the entry of beardless government employees to their offices in Afghanistan.
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EU calls on Taliban to open secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 29 (ANI): The European Union on Monday condemned the Taliban's decision to ban girls from receiving secondary education and believes that this lowers the movement's chances to gain the "desired" legitimacy, Sputnik reported.
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Taliban Foreign Minister meets Indonesian, Qatari officials in Doha, discu
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Doha [Qatar], March 29 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Mersudi and Deputy Foreign Minister of Qatar Lolwah Al-Khater in Doha on Monday and discussed Afghanistan's humanitarian, economic, and educational situation.
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Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif airport resumes work
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): The airport in Mazar-i-Sharif has partly resumed operations and is expected to be fully restored by August with the assistance of specialists from Uzbekistan, said a representative of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport, Sputnik reported.
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Afghan family says journalist in Kandahar arrested
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The Taliban have arrested an Afghan journalist in Kandahar province for unknown reasons, media reports said on Monday.
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Taliban bans BBC, VOA broadcast services in Afghanistan
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday banned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) broadcast services in Afghanistan.
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UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school
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New York [US], March 28 (ANI): The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.
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'Hopeful' that Taliban will reverse ban on girls' education decision: US s
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West said he was hopeful that the Taliban will reverse their decision over banning teenage girls from going to schools and allowing them to get an education.
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Qatar, Indonesia sign letter for providing humanitarian assistance to Afgh
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Doha [Qatar], March 28 (ANI): Qatar has signed a letter of content with Indonesia based on which both the countries will cooperate in providing humanitarian and development assistance to the people of Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Taliban enforce gender segregation at amusement parks
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): The Taliban banned men and women from going to amusement parks on the same day, media reports said.
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Female students protest in Kabul against Taliban's ban on girls attending
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): Dozens of female students in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul took to the streets demanding the Taliban regime to withdraw its decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade.
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