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Pakistan's failure to eliminate polio reflects acute lack of commitment
Updated : 3 hours, 11 min ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Pakistan's failure to eliminate polio reflects the acute lack of commitment and obligation on the part of the government and society toward saving children from the menace of this devastating disease.
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Eight people injured in grenade attack in Afghanistan
Updated : 9 hours, 37 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 3 (ANI): At least eight people were injured on Saturday when unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade on a religious school in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local media reported.
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India sends 2500 MT more wheat to Afghanistan
Updated : 15 hours, 20 min ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): India has sent the 15th consignment of 2,500 MT of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance via the Attari-Wagah border.
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Afghan Jirga calls for national support, international recognition for adm
Updated : 15 hours, 38 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders on Saturday called for national support for the Taliban-run "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" and international recognition of the administration.
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Pakistan's wishes remain unfulfilled as Taliban refuse to accede
Updated : 15 hours, 43 min ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): 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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US special envoy skips Doha meet, says will talk to Taliban after their co
Updated : 20 hours, 31 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 : 23 hours, 14 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 : 1 day, 1 hour 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 : 1 day, 1 hour 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 : 1 day, 4 hours 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 : 1 day, 11 hours 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 : 1 day, 14 hours 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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