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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 2 days, 20 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 2 days, 22 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Keeping girls out of secondary school costs Afghanistan 2.5 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
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UN official condemns use of force to suppress women's protests in Afghanis
Updated : 3 days, 6 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett condemned the "use of excessive force" to suppress women's protests, calling it a breach of their right to freedom of expression.
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Joining China-Pakistan Economic Corridor may isolate Taliban: Report
Updated : 3 days, 7 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): China and Pakistan are planning to rope in a third country in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, however, Afghanistan's participation in the project will lead to the complete isolation of Taliban from
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Afghanistan: 32 dead, 20 injured as flood ravages Parwan province
Updated : 3 days, 7 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): At least 32 people died and more than 20 were injured in flooding in the Shinwari and Sia Gard districts of the Parwan province in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan, Taliban at loggerheads amid bloody skirmish along Durand Line
Updated : 3 days, 9 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Pakistan and its ally Taliban are at loggerheads. Pakistan has committed a strategic blunder in thinking that the Taliban, which the country helped in fighting a US-backed Afghanistan for over two decades, will fulfil Islamabad's wishes.
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Iranian delegation arrives in Kabul to discuss border issues
Updated : 3 days, 16 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): With the tensions rising between Iran and Afghanistan over the boundary dispute, the Iranian embassy in Kabul announced that a delegation, led by the deputy minister of foreign affairs, arrived in the country to discuss border matters with the Taliban of
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Afghan diaspora group protests in Vienna to mark one year of Taliban's tak
Updated : 4 days, 2 hours ago IST
Vienna [Austria], August 14 (ANI): An Afghan diaspora group demonstrated in Vienna to mark one year of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and condemned Pakistan's interference in Kabul affairs.
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Taliban failed to form "an inclusive political system": EU
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 14 (ANI): The Taliban which seized power in Afghanistan a year ago and formed a new government, failed to form "an inclusive political system" and continue to violate human rights, the EU External Action Service (EEAS) said on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Attack on police checkpost in South Waziristan, 1 personnel kill
Updated : 4 days, 4 hours ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): A Pakistani police constable was killed while another was injured after an attack on a police post near South Waziristan tribal district, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan's Lt Gen Faiz Hameed's surprise transfer Bajwa's tactic to be in
Updated : 4 days, 9 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Pakistan's Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed's surprise transfer discloses that the Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is continually devising tactics to reconnect with the US which seeks a visible role in Afghanistan.
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Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education
Updated : 4 days, 23 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum", local media reported on Saturday.
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