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Afghan acting Finance Minister steps down, leaves country amid Taliban-led
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Finance Minister Khalid Payenda has stepped down and left the country following pressure from the presidential palace, local media reported.
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Afghan President Ghani arrives in Balkh amid escalating violence in northe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif city in the northern Balkh province, amid escalating violence in the Northern Province.
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Over 4,000 injured being treated by Red Cross as violence intensifies in A
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Over 4,042 patients wounded by weapons are being treated at Red Cross-supported health facilities since August 1 in Afghanistan, the humanitarian organization informed on Tuesday.
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Amid escalating violence in Afghanistan, peace talks underway in Doha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], August 11 (ANI): Amid unabated violence in Afghanistan, a three-day conference is underway in Doha, Qatar to discuss the peace process in the war-torn country, with attendance from the Taliban, the US, and a host of other countries.
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Over 30,000 families displaced amid Taliban onslaught in Kandahar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Over 30,000 people in the South of Afghanistan have been displaced due to violence in the region, particularly in the Kandahar province, which has witnessed heavy fighting in recent months as Taliban terrorists mount a blistering offensive, government of
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'Don't leave us in chaos, we want peace': Afghan cricketer appeals to worl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan has appealed to "world leaders" to not leave the people of Afghanistan in "chaos", amid intensifying violence by Taliban in the war-torn country in the wake of the ongoing pull out by US-led foreign troops.
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Trinamool Congress leader objects to questions in UPSC-held exam for CAPFs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday raised objections over some questions asked in examination for CAPFs conducted by UPSC earlier this month and alleged that it was "behaving like an organ of a political party".
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US announces USD 50 million in humanitarian assistance to Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday announced USD 50 million in critical humanitarian assistance to the people of Myanmar, including those forced to flee violence and persecution.
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7th Afghan provincial capital falls to Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday captured Farah, the capital of Afghanistan's Farah province, local media reported, with the city becoming the seventh provincial capital to fall to the offensive of the insurgent group that has in less than a week overrun several key a
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India asks nationals to leave Afghanistan before commercial flights stop a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): India on Tuesday asked its nationals to immediately leave Afghanistan by making arrangements to return home before commercial flight services are discontinued due to ongoing offensive in the war-torn country by the Taliban, which has announced that it is
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Pakistan politicians hit back at Afghanistan for accusing Islamabad of sup
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Pakistan has launched an all-out attack against Afghanistan claiming that Kabul should be held answerable for the "daily instances of terrorism in Pakistan sponsored and coordinated from Afghanistan" instead of regularly pointing fingers and blaming Isl
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As Taliban violence spikes, Afghanistan's rights situation deteriorates
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): The evolving human rights situation in Afghanistan is indeed in a dire situation as reports indicate that the Taliban has re-imposed its radical version of the Shariat in the war-torn country, a European-based think tank said.
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