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Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban
Kabul: Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of…
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Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing overwhelmed as Afghans face expulsion
Islamabad: Pakistan’s northwestern border crossing was flooded with thousands of people looking to cross into Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after…
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Uzbekistan Delegates Call for Peace in Afghanistan
Kabul: Jamshid Kuchkarov, the Deputy PM– Minister of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan, called for peace and stability in Afghanistan, saying…
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UNSC Members Condemn ‘Exclusion of Women, Girls in Afghanistan’
Kabul: Some members of the UN Security Council condemned the what they called the “flagrant human rights abuses and discrimination…
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Afghanistan Railway Authority Head Visits Russia
Kabul: Bakht Rahman Sharafat, the director of the Afghanistan Railway Authority, went to Russia as the head of a delegation to…
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WFP calls for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
Kabul: The United Nations’ World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands…
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Afghanistan lowers quake death toll to 1,000
Kabul: Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at…
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UK Welcomes Release of 4 British Nationals Held in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement that it welcomes the release by the “current administration of…
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No current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan’s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
Kabul: There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud said on Thursday,…
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Calls Mount For Continuation of Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
Kabul: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan as well as representatives of the UK, China, Pakistan, and Iran called for…
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