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Women, girls in Afghanistan under exile in own country, says UN Chief
Updated : 4 hours, 15 min ago IST
As Afghan women continue to grapple with challenges related to education due to Taliban-imposed bans, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a recent statement said that the females in war-torn Afghanistan are living in exile in their own country, TOLOnews reported.
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6 million people in Afghanistan face famine risk: UN
Updated : 17 hours, 39 min ago IST
As Afghanistan continues to face the worst humanitarian crisis amid ongoing political chaos, the United Nations (UN) warned that two-thirds of Afghans are facing severe hunger and are in urgent need of aid, with six million facing the risk of famine, TOLOnews reported on Monday.
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India ranks 1 among 110 nations for inclusivity measures towards religious
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
According to the Global Minority Report's analysis of 110 nations, India has the highest level of religious minorities acceptance, followed by South Korea, Japan, Panama, and the US. Maldives, Afghanistan, and Somalia are at the bottom of the list, with the UK and the UAE coming in at positi
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BJP govt is like East-India Company, says Mehbooba Mufti; compares J-K wit
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and compared Kashmir with Palestine alleging that the government is like an "East-India Company", adding that it wants to make Jammu and Kashmir "like Afghanistan".
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ACC raises Afghanistan's share as part of revised financial distribution m
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
After they became a full-time ICC member in 2017, Afghanistan earned a lower share during the 2018 and 2022 editions of the Asia Cup, with other full members divvying up the earning equally
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Iran deported 7,612 Afghan refugees: Taliban authorities
Updated : 2 days, 16 hours ago IST
The Taliban authorities of the Refugee and Repatriation Department of Nimruz province has said Iran deported 7,612 Afghan refugees back to their homeland over the last week, the Khaama Press reported.
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Saudi Arabia, Czech shut down embassies in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 days, 17 hours ago IST
The Taliban-appointed spokesperson issued a clarification and said that the employees of the Saudi Embassy left Kabul for training purposes and that they will be back soon, reported ToloNews.
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China committed to expand dealings with Taliban in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 2 days, 17 hours ago IST
China in mid-2021 welcomed a Taliban delegation. The country showed its willingness to recognise the Taliban as the US signalled towards its planned withdrawal. In early January 2023, a Chinese firm agreed to sign a 25-year contract for oil extraction in Afghanistan.
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Two injured in blast in Afghanistan capital Kabul
Updated : 2 days, 21 hours ago IST
On Saturday evening, an explosion took place which was caused by the magnetic mine placed in a Toyota 'Hilux' vehicle, Khalid Zadran, Taliban's appointed spokesperson for the Kabul police Command.
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Comments of Pak Ambassador to UN on Pashtuns disgraceful, he should apolog
Updated : 3 days, 16 hours ago IST
Munir Akram had in a UN meeting said that the restrictions being put by the Taliban on Afghanistan flow not so much from a religious perspective as from a peculiar cultural perspective of the Pashtun culture.
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Pak police detains Afghan refugees in Islamabad
Updated : 3 days, 17 hours ago IST
In a recent incident, Afghan refugees were detained by Pakistan police on Friday in Islamabad, Khaama Press reported citing official sources.
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan poses open challenge to security apparatus of P
Updated : 3 days, 17 hours ago IST
TTP leaders openly say that their group seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan that would require the overthrow of the Pakistani Government, The research group reported.
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