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US special envoy skips Doha meet, says will talk to Taliban after their co
Updated : 13 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): While skipping the Doha meeting between the US delegation and Taliban representatives, US special envoy for Afghan women Rina Amiri said that she will only talk to the Taliban when they take concrete steps to ensure human rights, especially the rights of wo
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Afghanistan: Grenade attack on religious school injures 8
Updated : 2 hours, 56 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Eight people were injured after unknown elements threw a hand grenade into a religious school in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local media.
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'Every day at least one or two Afghan women commit suicide'
Updated : 4 hours, 58 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): 'Every day there are at least one or two women who commit suicide', said a former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament on Friday, highlighting the lack of opportunity and ailing mental health that is taking a toll on Afghan women.
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'Homelessness' threatens thousands of Afghans amid cruel Taliban regime
Updated : 5 hours, 31 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Due to the displacement of Afghans back to the country by the Taliban, up to 500,000 families in Afghanistan are on the verge of homelessness, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) stated.
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At Doha meet, US censures Taliban on rights issues in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 hours, 36 min ago IST
Doha [Qatar], July 2 (ANI): A high-level US delegation met with senior Taliban representatives in Qatar to discuss concerns about expanding restrictions on the rights of Afghans and issues concerning the continuing presence of terrorist organizations in the country.
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Without participation of political figures in jirga, formal recognition of
Updated : 15 hours, 23 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Criticising Afghanistan's national assembly, former politicians said that without the participation of political figures at such gatherings, the formal recognition that the Taliban wanted, would not be possible, neither at a local nor an international level
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Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on rights of women and girls in A
Updated : 18 hours, 37 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday held an urgent debate on the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, hearing Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, say that since the Taliban took power, women and girls in Af
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Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws
Updated : 20 hours, 25 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): The supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration in Afghanistan, has emphasized the need to implement Islamic laws to ensure justice and safeguard freedom in the country.
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India calls for protection of women's rights in Afghanistan at UNHRC meet
Updated : 20 hours, 35 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): India at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan called for the protection of the rights of women and girls, including their right to education.
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Uzbekistan to host int'l conference on post-conflict reconstruction in Afg
Updated : 1 day ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 1 (ANI): Uzbekistan will host an international conference here this month to discuss the promotion of stability, security and post-conflict reconstruction in neighbouring Afghanistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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4 killed in car-truck collision in Northern Afghanistan
Updated : 1 day ago IST
Pul-e-Khumri [Afghanistan] July 1 (ANI): Four people have been confirmed dead and nine others sustained injury after a car collided with a truck in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province on Thursday in Afghanistan.
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Reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Akhundzada attends clerics gathering in K
Updated : 1 day, 2 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], July 1 (ANI): Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is participating in a three-day religious gathering of clerics at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul, local media reported.
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