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Taliban has to fulfil promises if they want resources to be unfrozen: UN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi has said that the Taliban has to fulfil some promises if they want their financial resources to be unfrozen.

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

Clash between Afghan resistance, Taliban breaks out in Panjshir: Reports

The clashes between the Taliban and National Resistance Front (NRF) broke out in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, Sputnik reported citing local media

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Updated On : 08 Jan 2022 | 8:08 AM IST

Need $2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme

Nearly 23 million people in Afghanistan are starving due to the worst drought in decades, a surge in food prices and the political condition of the country: WFP

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Updated On : 07 Jan 2022 | 6:51 PM IST

Taliban announces state of emergency in Afghanistan over snow, rainfall

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has declared a state of emergency over heavy snow and rainfall lashing majority of the country

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2022 | 12:19 PM IST

Covid-19: India supplies 500,000 more Covaxin doses to Afghanistan

Bharat Biotech on Monday informed that India has supplied another batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin to Afghanistan.

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2022 | 1:39 PM IST

Afghanistan reports 10,000 Covid-19 cases, 650 deaths in past 5 months

The Taliban informed that at least ten thousand COVID-19 cases and 650 deaths were reported in Afghanistan in the past five months.

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2022 | 12:21 PM IST

Afghanistan: Many factories in Kandahar go dark due to power shortage

Amid the power crisis, various factories have been closed down in Afghanistan's Kandahar province due to lack of electricity, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2022 | 10:04 AM IST

Iran refuses to recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan until it is inclusive

Iran on Sunday said that Tehran will not recognize the current Taliban government (Islamic Emirate) unless it's inclusive.

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2022 | 9:14 AM IST

Taliban prevents border fencing with Pakistan meant to divide Pashtuns

The recent incidents on the Afghan-Pak border has brought to light the age-old issue of Durand Line that Pakistan had hoped to resolve with the Taliban holding the reins in Kabul.

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Updated On : 01 Jan 2022 | 9:21 AM IST

Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US: Report

Federal immigration officials have issued denial letters to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary entry into the country

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2021 | 8:59 PM IST

'I have been made a scapegoat': Ex-Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani

Ghani says he is willing to take the blame for some things which led to the fall of Kabul - like trusting "in our international partnership"

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2021 | 5:44 PM IST

Taliban-led ministry orders forces to respect Afghan 'public's privacy'

In a surprising decree, the Taliban led Ministry of Vice and Virtue has ordered their forces against invading "people's privacy" and asked them not to take the phones of people and go through them.

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2021 | 1:24 PM IST

Threat of narco-terrorism rise after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

India has been facing the menace of narco-terrorism since several years now. This nexus between narcotics and terrorism has serious repercussions for India's security

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Updated On : 29 Dec 2021 | 12:12 PM IST

US shouldn't interfere in Afghanistan affairs: Taliban government

A top official of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that the the US should not interfere in the affairs of the war-torn nation, adding that it is capable of taking decisions independently

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2021 | 9:34 AM IST

Co-education reason of closure of Afghan universities': Taliban minister

Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan, Abdul Baqi Haqqani on Sunday said that the reason behind the closure of universities is co-education and economic crisis.

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2021 | 9:03 AM IST

Pakistan, Taliban resolve Afghanistan border fencing row: Official

Pakistan and Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have resolved the recent row over border fencing by agreeing that further work on the project would be done through consensus

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2021 | 12:43 PM IST

UN Security Council extends exemption of travel ban on Taliban leaders

The UN Security Council announced that it has extended the exemption of the travel ban on senior members of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, including Abdul Ghani Baradar

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2021 | 9:11 AM IST

Taliban halted evacuation flights from Afghanistan for past 2 weeks: Report

The Taliban have halted US-chartered Qatar Airways evacuation flights out of Afghanistan for the past two weeks.

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Updated On : 24 Dec 2021 | 9:41 AM IST

Over 6,400 Afghan journalists lost jobs since Taliban takeover: Survey

More than 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover of the country, according to a recent survey.

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Updated On : 24 Dec 2021 | 8:57 AM IST

2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual

2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2021 | 11:05 PM IST