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Afghanistan to be further isolated if its women face isolation, UN warns T
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to The Khaama Press, a high-level UN delegation traveled to Afghanistan this week and met with high-ranking Taliban officials to ensure the protection of women and girls' rights amid the growing concern over their alienation.
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China providing modern weaponry to Taliban: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China-Taliban engagement is not new. The Taliban have been frequent visitors to China for years. Even in the 1990s, Beijing engaged with the Taliban to curb militants' infiltration into western China.
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Two policemen killed in Pakistan's terror attack
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
At least two police personnel were killed in a terror attack, when people, whom the Pakistani official called terrorists, opened fire on them.
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Top UN delegation tells Taliban to reverse course on decrees limiting wome
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, the UN said Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Political, Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Khaled Khiari, completed a four-day visit to Afghanistan to e
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90 pc of Afghan human rights defenders live in fear, experience violence:
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A 2022 May to June survey of 663 Afghan human rights defenders has revealed the severe conditions they are subjected to under the Taliban regime.
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UNESCO dedicates International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls, wome
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
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Free and independent media under Taliban is a distant dream: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghan media is struggling to survive under Taliban as numerous radio and TV stations, as well as news agencies, have closed and as per estimates more than 6,000 journalists have lost their jobs, Afghan-based news agency Khaama Press reported.
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Vulnerable Afghan families receive humanitarian aid post Taliban's takeove
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) started an aid distribution campaign amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Afghan envoy calls Taliban's women rights ban 'unfortunate', hails India's
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamumdzay has called the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban 'unfortunate', adding that he hopes that the Taliban would reconsider and revisit their policies and allow Afghan women the right to education and work.
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Afghanistan: Publishers, booksellers say import, sales down amid closure o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Publishers and booksellers on Monday said the import of books has stopped and the sale of books in Kabul has reduced dramatically, TOLO News reported, adding that the drop in sales comes amid the closure of schools and universities for women and girls under the Taliban regime.
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Pakistan urges Kabul to counter TTP threat: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has been urging the Afghan Taliban leaders to counter the threat posed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) amid rising terrorist attacks in the country.
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Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.
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