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Afghanistan: Taliban member kills young girl after she rejected marriage p
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan's Taliban security head killed a young girl in Balkh province after she rejected his marriage proposal, Khaama Press reported citing local sources.
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UN decries Taliban's decision to extend school ban for girls
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above the sixth-grade access to schools.
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Taliban Foreign Minister meets UN special envoy, discusses human rights is
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons and discussed human rights, humanitarian assistance, development projects, the banking sector, economic growth, and other issues.
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Taliban to open high schools for girls today
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The Taliban has allowed girls to return to high schools from Wednesday, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Russia-Ukraine war may trigger food, fuel price hike in Afghanistan
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflicts between both countries will cause a hike in the prices of food items and fuels in Afghanistan.
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Taliban to open high schools for girls next week
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): The Taliban will allow girls to return to class when high schools open on March 22, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Four children killed in blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], March 19 (ANI): At least four children were killed in a rocket explosion in Kandahar province's Sha Walikot district on Friday, local media reported.
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Afghanistan officially bans all foreign TV series
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all foreign TV series in Afghanistan, Sputnik reported citing a person familiar with the situation.
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Work on TAPI pipeline project may resume in spring
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the negotiations over technical issues of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project will resume in the spring.
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180 media outlets closed in past seven months in Afghanistan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): As many as 180 media outlets out of 475 have been closed in Afghanistan in the past seven months following the takeover by the Taliban in August this year, local media reported.
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Locals in Afghanistan's Kabul complain about high food prices
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): Dozens of Kabul residents have complained about the high prices of food materials, saying that has been no significant reduction in food prices despite the dollar's value dropping against the Afghan currency.
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Cop sustains injuries in Kabul explosion
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): A cop on Friday sustained injuries when police were trying to defuse an explosive device planted in a motorcycle here.
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