The “Khadijah al-Kubra” inaugural national and international exhibition for women, aimed at empowering entrepreneurial women, faces obstacles and low turnout due to economic hardships, Khaama Press reported. Women from various provinces, including Helmand, Nimruz, Herat, and Nangarhar, showcase their products, but limited attendance by women only hinders sales. Maryam Mohammadi, a […]
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Expelled migrants, including women, say future in Afghanistan uncertain and challenging: Report
Many of the expelled Afghan migrants, including women, who have returned to the country from Pakistan, stressed that their future back home is uncertain and challenging, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Nigar, one of the expelled women from Pakistan who has been relocated to a temporary camp in northern Kabul, said that it has been six days […]
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Afghanistan facing catastrophic food crisis: World Bank
Afghanistan is among one of the seven countries which face a catastrophic level of food crisis, the World Bank highlighted in its report, Khaama Press reported. According to the report, the seven food crisis-hit countries include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. The number of people experiencing food crises in these countries […]
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BJP govt is like East-India Company, says Mehbooba Mufti; compares J-K with Palestine, Afghanistan
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”. Referring to the anti-encroachment drive in J-K, Mufti […]
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Afghanistan: 5 killed in suicide attack outside Taliban Foreign Ministry in Kabul
Afghanistan on Wednesday was rocked by the suicide attack outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry in Kabul, resulting in the deaths of five persons and injuring others, according to officials reported Dawn. Kabul police chief Khalid Zadran said an explosion took place on the road outside the Afghan foreign ministry in which […]
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Taliban threat dominates China’s policy towards Afghanistan: Report
Concerned over the potential spillover of militants from Kabul into the country’s western Xinjiang, China has stepped in and engaged with the new Taliban government, promising trade and investment, Afghan Diaspora Network reported. More than a year after the United States and NATO pulled out of the Central Asian country, […]
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Afghanistan: 3 people killed, 13 injured in accident in Kandahar
Three people have been killed and 13 others were injured in an accident in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported on Tuesday. The press officer of Spin Boldak district, Molavi Mullah Mohammad Haqmal, confirmed about the incident and said that the incident occured around 7:30 pm (local time) on the Spin Boldak […]
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Afghanistan: Kabul residents raise concerns over stoppage in issuance of passports
A large number of Kabul residents on Monday raised concerns over the longtime pause in the issuance of passports, saying that they face many challenges due to lack of national documents, Afghan news agency, TOLOnews reported. According to the Afghan news agency, the distribution of passports was stopped three months […]
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India ‘consistently’ supports women’s education in Afghanistan
India on Thursday said it has “noted with concern” reports of the Taliban banning women from the right to education in Afghanistan and said it has “consistently” supported women’s education in Afghanistan. Addressing a press briefing today, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also called for the importance […]
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Former Afghanistan women’s basketball team captain calls Taliban university ban “disaster”
Calling the ban on University education for Afghan women by the Taliban a “disaster,” Nilofar Bayat, former captain of Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team and a two-time war victim, said that the next step will be that women are not allowed to breathe or exist in the society. In an exclusive interview with […]
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China’s game in Afghanistan seems to fade after attack on Chinese nationals
China’s plan of reviving its relationship and extracting benefits from the Afghan Taliban seems to be fading away, especially after the recent explosion of the ‘Kabul Hotel’, which is seen as an attack on Chinese tourists, Al Arabia Post reported. On December 12, a bomb and gun attack targeted a […]
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Taliban defends public execution, terms criticism as ‘interference’ in Afghanistan’s internal affairs
Following criticism over the public execution of a man, the Taliban on Thursday defended its actions. The Taliban on Thursday termed the international criticism over its public execution “reprehensible” and “interference” in Afghanistan’s internal matters, Voice of America (VOA) News reported. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that their action was criticised […]
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UNSC condemns attack on Pakistan embassy in Afghanistan
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned the terrorist attack on the Pakistan embassy in the capital city of Afghanistan. “The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 2 December 2022, where the Head of Mission came under attack and his security guard […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban Voice of America, RFE/RL for one-sided broadcasts
The Taliban on Thursday banned the FM radio broadcasts streaming from Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Afghanistan stations, saying that they are stopped due to non-compliance with journalistic principles and one-sided broadcasts. Taking to Twitter, Abdul Haq Hammad, who oversees broadcasting for the Ministry of Information and Culture […]
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US special representative for Afghanistan to visit India
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to India this month to consult on humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, the State Department said on Wednesday. In a statement, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said West’s trip will be part of a three-nation tour including visits to Japan and the United […]