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Afghan families move to Iran to defy Taliban's education ban for girls
May 14, 2022 06:57A rising number of Afghan families have moved to neighboring Iran after the Taliban failed to deliver on its promise to allow girls to recommence their education at schools, according to media reports.
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Almost 20 million people in Afghanistan face acute hunger, says UN report
May 12, 2022 00:34Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and deep economic crisis in the war-ravaged South Asian country, according to global humanitarian agencies.
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At least four Somalians killed in al-Shabab suicide attack
May 11, 2022 12:16A suicide bomber hit a checkpoint near the airport in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, according to Somalian authorities.
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Heavy rain, floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes
May 05, 2022 07:19Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.
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Iran reiterates need for inclusive government in Afghanistan
May 02, 2022 01:31Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed hope that the immediate formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan would help the neighboring country in the fight against terrorism and broaden its cooperation with regional states.
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US using Daesh to create insecurity in Afghanistan: Qalibaf
May 02, 2022 01:20Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf held the US culpable for the intensification of terrorist attacks targeting Afghans, slamming Daesh terrorists as a proxy fomenting insecurity in Afghanistan.
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Ten dead as blast rips through mosque in Kabul
Apr 29, 2022 11:58At least ten people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, just a day after two separate bomb explosions rocked the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Afghans hold conference in celebration of International Quds Day
Apr 29, 2022 00:02People in the Afghan capital Kabul have held a gathering to mark the International Quds Day.
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Afghanistan: Shia Musim passengers targeted as blasts hit minibuses
Apr 28, 2022 14:17At least nine people have been martyred and more than a dozen injured in two separate bomb explosions that rocked the northern city of Mazar Sharif in Afghanistan, just days after a series of bombings in the war-torn country.
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Vast majority of Afghans turned away by US entry program
Apr 28, 2022 08:15The administration of President Joe Biden has denied nearly 85 percent of the applications it has processed from Afghans who want to enter the US through a program which allows for temporarily waiving immigration requirements.