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Iranian photographer released from Taliban custody, handed over to embassy
Aug 26, 2023 15:51An Iranian photojournalist recently taken into custody by the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan has been released and handed over to officials at the Iranian embassy in Kabul.
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Iran FM says efforts underway for release of media photographer held by Taliban
Aug 26, 2023 06:50Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says he hopes diplomatic efforts will lead to the immediate release of an Iranian media photographer recently taken into custody by the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan.
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Afghan women stopped by Taliban from attending university in Dubai
Aug 25, 2023 07:30Dozens of young women have been barred by the Taliban from leaving for the United Arab Emirates where they were planning to complete their university education.
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Afghan women paying price for imperialist US policies
Aug 25, 2023 07:26The US invasion and the 20-year-long occupation of Afghanistan have led to a humanitarian crisis for Afghan women, who are now facing oppression, poverty, and rights violations. Human rights advocates say the US and its allies are responsible for the dire plight of Afghan women.
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Iran unhappy with water measurement access allowed by Taliban
Aug 15, 2023 04:52Iran says it is unhappy with the level of access provided by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban group to measure water levels in Helmand River as authorities insist they will pursue the case of water rights from Helmand based on the terms of a landmark treaty signed five decades ago.
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Experts to visit Hirmand River sources in bid to secure water rights: Iran envoy
Aug 13, 2023 12:30A group of Iranian experts are for the first time expected to visit the Hirmand River and its sources in neighboring Afghanistan, says Iran’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs.
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Iran vaccinates over 3,000 foreign nationals in province bordering Afghanistan
Aug 08, 2023 14:48Some 3,300 foreign nationals have been immunized against measles, mumps, and rubella in Iran’s eastern province of South Khorasan, close to the border with Afghanistan, according to a provincial health official.
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Iran remembers reporter, diplomats martyred in 1998 terror attack
Aug 08, 2023 13:25Iran has commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of an Iranian reporter and eight diplomats martyred in a Taliban terrorist attack in Afghanistan, marking the National Reporter's Day.
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US, Taliban officials meet for first time after Afghanistan takeover
Aug 01, 2023 13:29Senior Taliban representatives and a delegation of US officials discussed the economic stability and drug trafficking in two-day talks in the Qatari capital of Doha two years after the Taliban swept back to power.
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Twelve killed, dozens missing in flash flood in Afghanistan
Jul 23, 2023 15:20Heavy flooding in Afghanistan left 12 killed and dozens missing as seasonal rain poured down in Maidan Wardak Province, West of Kabul, the Taliban spokesman said on Sunday.