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Beijing: US must stop targeting Chinese students under pretext of ‘visa fraud’
Aug 29, 2023 03:11Beijing says the United States needs to stop going after Chinese students in the name of national security and “visa fraud.”
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UN official warns Daesh threat persists in region
Aug 28, 2023 12:16The UN has warned that the Daesh terrorist group could exploit the instability and insecurity in West Asia and Africa amid reports of growing attacks by the group in those regions.
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Thousands rush to passport office in western Afghan city of Herat
Aug 27, 2023 05:28Thousands of people have rushed to the passport office in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat in a bid to leave the country after the authorities announced on August 23 that they would increase the number of passports issued daily from 150-200 to more than a thousand.
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Iran reiterates call on Taliban to secure water share in Hirmand River
Aug 26, 2023 14:22Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reiterated the country's call to secure its water rights in the Hirmand River and its sources in neighboring Afghanistan.
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Iranian photographer released from Taliban custody, handed over to embassy
Aug 26, 2023 12:21An 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 03:20Iran’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 04:00Dozens 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 03:56The 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 01:22Iran 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 09:00A 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.