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UNICEF: 90% of population in Afghanistan on brink of poverty
May 21, 2023 08:55Concerns are on the rise in Afghanistan over the high level of poverty, with children withstanding the worst of its consequences.
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Amid water dispute, Afghan govt. says committed to further cooperation with Iran
May 21, 2023 08:32The ruling Taliban government in Afghanistan has expressed its commitment to further cooperation with Tehran in different fields amid a dispute over Afghanistan’s violation of Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River.
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Iranian envoy asks Taliban govt. to supply Iran with its share of water within a month
May 20, 2023 10:41A senior Iranian official has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government to commit to a major water treaty signed between the two countries nearly half a century ago and supply Iran with its share of water from the Hirmand River, also known as Helmand, within a month.
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Hirmand water rights: Iran reserves right to act against Afghan declaration
May 19, 2023 10:12Iran says it reserves the right to act against Afghanistan’s “unacceptable” non-adherence to a treaty on Iran’s water rights of the border river of Hirmand.
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Iran warns Afghanistan over its water rights
May 19, 2023 06:49President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has issued a stern warning to authorities in Afghanistan over the share of water from the Hirmand River, asking Kabul to give the people of Sistan and Baluchestan their rights.
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UN Secretary General lauds restoration of Iran-Saudi ties as 'turning point' in region
May 19, 2023 04:04United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has praised the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia on restoration of diplomatic ties after seven years of estrangement, terming it as “a turning point” that marks the beginning of a new era of constructive interactions in West Asia.
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Iran calls on Afghanistan to allow experts to visit dam built on Hirmand River
May 19, 2023 04:03Iran once again calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to allow expert visits to a dam built on the border river of Hirmand, also known as Helmand, instead of issuing political statements.
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President Raeisi warns Afghanistan over Iran's water share from Hirmand
May 18, 2023 07:37President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Thursday urged the ruling administration in Afghanistan to “swiftly” supply Iran with its share of water from the Hirmand River, also known as Helmand.
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Shocking consequences of America’s 20-year war on West Asian countries
May 18, 2023 03:00American researchers have announced in a report that the wars after the September 11 attacks have killed millions and displaced tens of millions in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, but even with the 9/11 war being over, still the indirect aspects of the war are wearing down these countries and taking lives.
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FM to visit Sistan and Baluchistan province to discuss Iran-Afghanistan water dispute
May 17, 2023 10:18Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is to visit Sistan and Baluchistan province in the southeast of the country to follow up on Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River, which has been a source of tension with neighboring Afghanistan.