Afghanistan

UNAMA urges Taliban to halt ‘arbitrary detentions’

UNAMA expressed deep concern over the continued arrests and detentions of individuals exercising their rights to freedom of expression and.

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Afghanistan

Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan gets underway

The meeting will center on discussions regarding strategies to address the challenges confronting Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan

Over 29 million people in Afghanistan in dire need of assistance: UNICEF

UNICEF says this includes almost 16 million children who need assistance while at least 75,000 children under five have severe.

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Women

Calls mount for release of activist Zholia Parsi

Parsa was arrested by the Taliban just a week after another rights activist was detained with her husband and 8-year-old.

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Afghanistan

Regional countries to debate Afghanistan’s situation at Moscow format meeting

The Taliban has also sent a delegation, headed by its acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, to the meeting

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Afghanistan

Taliban issues 13 directives in two years, restricting access to information, reports AFJC

Prohibition of women's employment in national radio and television and ban on media coverage of civil protests and demonstrations are.

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Afghanistan

Taliban shuts down local radio station in Daikundi province

While the employees were eventually released after a five-hour detention, the radio station, Radio Nasim, remains closed.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s New Delhi embassy to be handed over to India amid ‘diplomatic challenges’

Mamundzay referred to this move as a "collective decision" driven by the "persistent challenges and pressures" faced by the embassy.

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Afghanistan

Pakistan envoy’s jibes aimed at Faiq spark widespread criticism

Akram’s remarks did not come as a surprise; in February he apologized for inappropriate comments on Taliban’s ban on women’s.

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Women

Women’s rights activist Zholia Parsi arrested in Kabul, sources confirm

Sources said that Parsi was arrested by the Taliban from her home in downtown Kabul.

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