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Improve ties with India, defuse ethnic conflicts: Appeal to Pak govt

Participants of the virtual conference by SAATH said relations with neighbouring countries, particularly India and Afghanistan, should be improved, a media release said

Afghan delegation to visit Iran to talk border tension, refugee challenges

Afghan students and refugees residing in Iran said that they have always faced visa issues as well as residence and employment problems across Iran

UNICEF expresses concern over violence on children in Afghanistan

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the series of attacks that led to the deaths of over 50 boys and girls, calling it a "grave rights violations" in Afghanistan.

UNSC condemns terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which killed dozens

The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security

Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33: Taliban official

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's deputy culture and information minister, said the bombing in the town of Imam Saheb, in Kunduz Province, also wounded another 43 people, many of them students

India, UK ask Taliban to allow girls to return to secondary school

On Afghanistan, both sides expressed their serious concern about the humanitarian situation, violations of human rights and the hampered access of girls and women to education, said joint statement

PM Modi reiterates support for Afghanistan after talks with Boris Johnson

The UK Prime Minister had arrived in Gujarat on Thursday on a two-day visit to India

SCO countries imply urgent need for inclusive government in Afghanistan

Deputy Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries held consultations in Moscow where they highlighted the need for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

Taliban condemn blasts that killed many in Kabul and other Afghan cities

Earlier on Thursday, an explosion at a mosque in the Afghan city took place in which dozens of worshippers were killed

Blast rocks Afghanistan's Kunduz city, more than a dozen injured

A blast rocked Kunduz city, capital of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, on Thursday, leaving over a dozen of people injured, a doctor said

UNSC condemns terrorist attack on school, education centre in Afghanistan

The attack, which took place during the month of Ramadan, resulted in several killed and dozens injured, including students

Two in three children in Afghanistan not eating enough, says report

With the country facing one of its worst food crises, about 2 in 3 children in Afghanistan - or 12 million - whose families depend on farming to survive, are struggling to get enough food to eat daily

Fault lines within Taliban come to fore after Pak airstrikes in Afghanistan

Pakistan struck the Afghan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday, leaving more than 40 dead

West's economic sanctions on Taliban won't reform outfit: Report

Prior to August, international aid accounted for three-quarters of Afghan government spending but this was halted overnight, causing a severe liquidity crisis, the Europe Asia Foundation report said

Blasts near Afghan's Kabul schools kill at least 6 civilians; 17 injured

Explosions targeting educational institutions killed at least six people, including students, and injured 17 in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital city, police said.

Beijing and Taliban 2.0

The book emphatically describes the unfolding tragedy of Afghanistan and its implications for the geopolitics of Asia

Afghanistan: Multiple blasts near Kabul school hurt at least 7 children

The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, hurt several children and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city's Emergency Hospital

Kandahar residents protest Pakistan's air strikes on Afghan territory

On April 16, the Pakistani military carried out airstrikes on the Spiri area of Khost province and also targeted the Shiltan district of Kunar province with shelling

Taliban meet French envoy, discuss prevention of poppy cultivation

According to Tolo News, Taliban's supreme leader Hebatullah Akhundzada in a decree said the cultivation of poppy seeds as well as drug trafficking are banned in the country

UN envoy calls for representative governance, education in Afghanistan

During the meeting with Muslimyar, UNAMA's deputy head discussed representative governance and the need for dialogue at all levels