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Afghanistan: UN Expresses Concern Over Human Rights Violations

January 29, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed a dip concern on the human rights violations in Afghanistan. “There is a need for an investigation, transparency, and accountability of such cases in Afghanistan,” the UNAMA Human Rights said during a meeting with Taliban officials at the Ministry of Interior Affairs- Afghanistan. Several […]

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Afghanistan: 5.6 Magnitude Tremor in the western province of Badghis, 26 Killed

January 18, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: At least 26 people died after an earthquake jolted western Afghanistan on Monday. The local authority has informed that An earthquake rocked Western Afghanistan on Monday, killing more than 25 people and destroying hundreds of homes. The local authorities shared the photos of an earthquake which showed the situation in the region after the […]

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India to use Iran Route to Provide Wheat and Covid-19 Vaccine to Afghanistan

January 10, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Government of India has taken the help of Iran to provide Wheat and Covid-19 vaccines to the land-lock country Afghanistan. India got a helping hand from Iran to transport humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. According to the media report, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein […]

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India Sending One Million Covid Doses to Afghanistan

January 1, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The government of India is sending one million doses of the Covaxin vaccine to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban has takeover the country. The first shipment consisting of 5 lakh doses of Covaxin has been sent through Mahan (Iran) airways and would reach Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday. says a […]

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Afghanistan: Over 6400 journalists lost their jobs after the takeover of the Taliban

December 24, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Around 6400 journalists have lost their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban have takeover the country, says the nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) shows a radical change in the Afghan media landscape since the Taliban took authority in hands in Afghanistan. According to the survey, As […]

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Stronger US support is very important for Afghan girls’ education: Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai

December 7, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A very strong activist from Pakistan and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai once again comes forward to attract the world’s eyes to girls’ education. Malala who was shot by the Taliban terrorists for campaign girls’ education on Monday called for stronger US support to Afghan girls. A-24-year-old Malala Yousafzai during her meeting with […]

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Asia: The US to hold talks with the Taliban next week

November 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The state department of the US on Wednesday announced that the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West will meet Taliban leaders in Doha over a period of two weeks to discuss counter-terrorism, safe passage for US citizens, and Afghans, and humanitarian assistance. After the withdrawal of the foreign troops from land lock […]

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Pakistan allows India to use its territory to send wheat to Afghanistan

November 18, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Islamabad government allowed India to use its territory to send 50 thousand tons of wheat to Afghanistan. The financial condition of Afghanistan weaken in the last few weeks as foreign troops left the country and the Taliban comes to the authority. According to the Afghan government official – Pakistan will allow India […]

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Afghanistan: Taliban signs agreements with aid groups to assist displaced families

November 18, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Amid the rising crisis in the land-lock country Afghanistan, the Taliban now signed agreements with aid groups to assist displaced families. The Ministry of Refugee Affairs on Wednesday said that it recently signed three Memorandums of Understanding with ACTED-Afghanistan, Organization for Relief Development (ORD), and International Rescue Committee (IRC). According to the media […]

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The US trying to set up military bases near Afghanistan: Russia

November 3, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Afghan media that the Washington government is trying to set up military bases near Afghanistan. “President Vladimir Putin has told his American counterpart, Joe Biden, at the Geneva Summit that the country is against the US attempts to form agreements with Central Asian countries to deploy the […]