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UN food agency has to cut food aid for 2 million more Afghans
Sep 05, 2023 13:13The UN World Food Program (WFP) says it has to cut rations to another two million Afghans this month, warning that the measures will “add to “already worrying levels of hunger and malnutrition.”
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Afghans marching to Karbala to mark Arba’een
Sep 03, 2023 14:04Millions of Muslims from around the world are marching to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq to pay tribute to Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions on the occasion of Arba’een. Afghan Muslims are also joining the procession of pilgrims to send a message of solidarity and resistance to the world.
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Sudanese activists say airstrike in Khartoum kills 20 civilians
Sep 03, 2023 14:02Tensions have escalated in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, with local sources reporting an airstrike in the city’s southern region that claimed the lives of at least 20 civilians including two children.
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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.