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Over half a million lost jobs in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover: UN

More than half a million people have lost or been pushed out of their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said

Taliban urges Muslim countries to recognize Islamic Emirate govt

The Taliban on Wednesday urged Muslim countries to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government.Taliban urges Muslim countries to recognize Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan govtTaliban's acting Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund called on Islamic countries to be the first to recognize the IEA, reported Tolo News.Acting Taliban PM called on the Islamic countries to not wait and let the US be the first to recognize Afghanistan, after which "you would also recognize it," said the prime minister.He said the lack of recognition is creating severe challenges in a variety of ways, reported Tolo News.Akhund made the remarks at a high-level meeting held on Wednesday at the ARG (Presidential Palace) in Kabul to assess the status of the Afghan economy.The meeting was attended by members of the Islamic Emirate cabinet and UN representatives as well as representatives of 20 foreign countries, reported Tolo News.He also called on the international community to recognize the

Taliban trying to 'erase' women from public life, say UN experts

UN human rights experts warned large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing since the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan

Schools, universities in Afghanistan to reopen in March, says Taliban

The Taliban on Sunday said that it will open schools and universities for girls and boys in March 2022.Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Zabiullah Mujahid speaking with US-based news agency Taliban is not against education, but boys and girls must be completely segregated in schools, reported Tolo News.Mujahid said that the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education are working hard to reopen higher schools and public universities in two months, reported The Khaama Press.The spokesman said that higher schools in most of the provinces have been reopened and in some provinces, they are still closed due to economic issues.He reiterated that girls and boys will be separated in classrooms and they are working to build more hostels for girls around Afghanistan.It has been nearly six months that 150 public universities have been closed across Afghanistan while in 40 private universities boys and girls study, reported ...

Standoff ends safely at Texas synagogue, man demanded Pak convict's release

'Prayers answered. All hostages are out alive and safe,' says Texas governor.

Afghanistan to reopen universities for public soon, including women

Afghanistan will reopen universities for the public soon including with the due attendance of female students

Taliban says won't allow any country to use Afghanistan military aircraft

Afghanistan acting Defense Minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said the military aircraft that were taken abroad should be returned

Taliban to resume hiring government employees without women recruits

The Taliban announced to resume hiring government employees but said that the women are excluded from those recruitments.

Almost 80% of Afghan journalists changed profession post-Taliban takeover

Nearly 80 per cent of Afghan journalists changed their profession after the Taliban took control of the country.

Kabul women shift protest mode, write demands on city walls at night

Afghan women and activists have shifted their protest against Taliban mode by writing their demands on walls at night to avoid violence by the Islamic Emirate forces

Taliban has to fulfil promises if they want resources to be unfrozen: UN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi has said that the Taliban has to fulfil some promises if they want their financial resources to be unfrozen.The UN commissioner for refugees further said that Afghan women and girls must be allowed to attend schools, and minorities must be represented, reported Tolo News.Meanwhile, he also told the Washington Post that it is important to maintain dialogue with the Islamic Emirate, saying that this will ensure that Afghanistan is "viable", reported Tolo News."But in the end, in the end, it is important to maintain that dialogue with the Taliban, because all these systems will be temporary in nature, and how to ensure that Afghanistan is viable, is a viable country able to support its people, I think will only be achieved through dialogue between the international community and the Taliban themselves," said Grandi.Grandi added that he delivered the same message to the Islamic Emirate when he was visiting Kabul that the ...

Clash between Afghan resistance, Taliban breaks out in Panjshir: Reports

The clashes between the Taliban and National Resistance Front (NRF) broke out in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, Sputnik reported citing local media

Need $2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme

Nearly 23 million people in Afghanistan are starving due to the worst drought in decades, a surge in food prices and the political condition of the country: WFP

Taliban announces state of emergency in Afghanistan over snow, rainfall

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has declared a state of emergency over heavy snow and rainfall lashing majority of the country

Covid-19: India supplies 500,000 more Covaxin doses to Afghanistan

Bharat Biotech on Monday informed that India has supplied another batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin to Afghanistan.Taking to Twitter, Bharat Biotech said, "Today, India supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of COVID vaccine (COVAXIN) to Afghanistan. The same was handed over to Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kabul."It also informed that another batch of additional 5,00,000 doses would be supplied in the coming weeks.The last batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of Covaxin was supplied to Afghanistan on January 1.India has committed to provide to Afghan people humanitarian assistance consisting of food grains, one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and essential life-saving drugs.Earlier last month, India delivered 1.6 tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan through the World Health Organization (WHO).The Taliban took over control of Kabul on August 15 and following this

Afghanistan reports 10,000 Covid-19 cases, 650 deaths in past 5 months

The Taliban informed that at least ten thousand COVID-19 cases and 650 deaths were reported in Afghanistan in the past five months.Acting Public Health Minister Dr Abdul Bari Omar on Saturday said that they had taken measures to check the spread of coronavirus and 8000 to 12000 people were administered vaccine on a daily basis, reported Pajhwok Afghan News.The public health minister shared the information at a time when health services have been disrupted in recent months across the country, creating problems for people.According to the ministry, the health sector was 90 per cent dependent on foreign aid, which has been suspended, reported Pajhwok Afghan News.Omar acknowledged the lack of resources to establish COVID-19 treatment hospitals across the country but said efforts were underway to control the situation with foreign assistance.He also said that the Taliban had discussed with UNICEF the establishment of 10 oxygen-producing plants in order to avoid its shortage.He urged the ...

Afghanistan: Many factories in Kandahar go dark due to power shortage

Amid the power crisis, various factories have been closed down in Afghanistan's Kandahar province due to lack of electricity, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, many electricity supply projects have been halted for the past four months.Officials at Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said that the main reason for halting these projects is the suspension of funds from the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United States development aid to Afghanistan, Tolo News has reported.Turkmenistan's 500 KV electricity transmission to Afghanistan is one of these projects, which was transferring electricity from the border of Turkmenistan to Sheberghan's Aqina port and then to the Alvazun plain of Kunduz and finally to the Arghandi district of Kabul. Only 10 per cent of the work needs to be finished."90 per cent of the 500 KV line project is completed and only 10 per cent of its work remains. If the ADB allows it, we can complete .

Iran refuses to recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan until it is inclusive

Iran on Sunday said that Tehran will not recognize the current Taliban government (Islamic Emirate) unless it's inclusive.The Iranian Ambassador Bahadur Aminian made the remarks in a special interview with Tolo News in Kabul.Aminian said that Tehran might persuade other countries to recognize the Afghan government if the Islamic Emirate brings reforms to its governance structure."If a group comes (to power) and the group is (comprised) of a single ethnic group and all other ethnic groups are not included in the government, we don't accept it, and, therefore, we benevolently call on the Taliban rulers to form an inclusive government," he said.Further, he said that the current economic crisis will pave the way for extremism, particularly for Islamic State - Khorasan (IS-K), reported Tolo News."If the economic problems remain, it will cause more migration. If the economic problems remain, they will cause extremism, which will not only threaten Afghanistan but also the region," he ...

Taliban prevents border fencing with Pakistan meant to divide Pashtuns

The recent incidents on the Afghan-Pak border has brought to light the age-old issue of Durand Line that Pakistan had hoped to resolve with the Taliban holding the reins in Kabul.On Friday, the Khaama Press news agency reported a second such incident in the recent past when Taliban's local affiliates said that they stopped the Pakistani military from erecting barbed-wire fences and outposts in Afghanistan.The Pakistani military personnel reportedly wanted to build their outpost on Afghanistan soil in Chahar Burjak district of Nimroz province. The Pakistani military went up to 15 kilometres inside Afghanistan and wanted to build check posts, said eyewitnesses and residents of the bordering district, according to reports.Similarly, on December 22, the Afghan Taliban had disrupted the fence constructed by Pakistan in the Nangahar Province on the Durand Line.A Toronto-based think tank, International Forum For Rights And Security (IFFRAS) said that this is an illustration of one festering .

Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US: Report

Federal immigration officials have issued denial letters to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary entry into the country