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Much Less Work for Afghan Women Since the Taliban Took Power
Women's employment in Afghanistan fell by a quarter in last year's last quarter. This is reported by the International Labor Organization (ILO), which states that since the takeover of power by the Taliban, Afghan women have been…
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Cold Wave Kills More Than 160 in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, at least 166 people have already died in the cold wave that has been hitting the country for about twenty days. That says the Ministry of Disaster Relief on Saturday.
It has been bitterly cold in some areas of…
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Rarely Visible Taliban Leader at Large Gathering in Kabul
Afghan Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is in person at a large gathering of clerics in the capital, Kabul.
Akhundzada hardly ever comes into the public eye and lives very withdrawn in the southern city of Kandahar. He has been…
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Afghanistan Earthquake Rescue Completed
The rescue operation after Wednesday's earthquake in Afghanistan has been completed, local authorities say. They don't expect to find more people. Thousands of people have died in natural disasters.
According to a government…
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Taliban Killed More Than 100 Ex-Members of Security Services or Previous Regime
The Taliban and their supporters have already killed more than 100 former members of the Afghan security services or other people linked to the previous regime. That is according to a UN report on Monday.
Manua, the UN mission in…
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UN Wants $5 Billion in Emergency Aid for Afghanistan
Afghanistan will need $5 billion in emergency aid next year, the United Nations says. The aid is needed to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
The majority of the money, 4.4 billion, would be spent on people within Afghanistan.…
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Taliban Agrees to Resume Polio Vaccinations
The Taliban, the new rulers in Afghanistan, have approved the resumption of the vaccination campaign against polio, according to the United Nations. The campaign kicks off on November 9 across the country.
It is the first time in…
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More Than $1 Billion Pledged for Aid to Afghanistan
The international community has pledged more than 1 billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan. United Nations CEO António Guterres said this in Geneva during a donor conference for the Central Asian country.
"This conference fully…
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