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5 killed in suicide blast outside Afghan Foreign Ministry
Kabul: At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack outside Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul, police said. The Islamic State terror group’s Khorasan unit (IS-K) has taken responsibility for…
- Pakistan
Taliban signs 1st agreement with Chinese firm to drill for oil
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan is to sign a contract with a Chinese firm to drill for oil in the war-torn country’s north. It would be first major energy extraction agreement…
- Pakistan
Taliban term Pakistan Minister remarks ‘provocative’
Islamabad: Reacting to Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement about targeting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistn (TTP) hideouts inside Afghanistan, the Taliban government in Kabul said that it would not allow anyone to attack…
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Five Taliban militants arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province
Lahore: Five Taliban militants, who were plotting to target security installations, have been arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Sunday. The terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were…
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Watch: Afghan Prof tears certificates over Taliban’s ban on women’s edu
Kabul: A professor from the Kabul University in Afghanistan tore up his diploma certificates on live TV in protest against the university ban by the Taliban on Afghan women. In a video…
- Middle East
UAE condemns Taliban for banning women from working with NGOs
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the ban imposed on Afghan women from working in Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) by the Taliban. The UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation…
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Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan ‘self-defeating’: OIC
Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha on Sunday expressed his “exacerbated concerns” over the Taliban’s order banning women from working in all local and foreign non-governmental organisations…
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3 NGOs suspend works in Afghanistan after Taliban bar female workers
Foreign aid organisations stopped their functioning in Afghanistan on Sunday as a result of the Taliban’s decision to forbid women from working for both international and local non-governmental organisations. Without their female…
- Middle East
Egypt’s Al-Azhar imam: Taliban’s ban on women’s university studies contradicts Sharia
Kabul: Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb called for the Taliban to reconsider their decision to ban Afghan women from accessing university education, saying the decision contradicts Sharia (Islamic law), reported…
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Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
Kabul: In the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms in Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop female employees from coming to work in the…
- Middle East
Arab nations call on Taliban to reverse decision on women education
Arab countries called on the government run by the Taliban to reverse its decision to impose a ban on higher education for women in Afghanistan. The call came a day after the…
- India
India concerned over Taliban’s decision to ban women from university education
New Delhi: India on Thursday joined several other leading countries in criticising the Taliban’s decision to ban university education for women in Afghanistan and renewed its call for setting up of an…
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Let Her Learn: Afghans raises voice against university ban for women
After the Taliban banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, Afghans launched a campaign on the social media platform Twitter with the hashtag letherlearn, to raise the voice for Afghan women, standing…
- Pakistan
Banned TTP is Pakistan’s redline, Bilawal Bhutto tells Taliban
Washington: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto said the Afghan Taliban have been told that the banned TTP is Pakistans redline and Islamabads relationship with Kabul will be affected if the terrorist outfit…
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Pak urges Afghanistan to reconsider suspension of girls’ education at universities
Islamabad: Pakistan has urged the Afghan authorities to revisit the decision to suspend university and higher education for girls in Afghanistan, a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said…
