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AT Kabul: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Monday in a joint statement criticized the recent ‘Islamic’ measures adopted by the Taliban, and called on Kabul to guarantee women’s rights and ensure their full and equal participation in all aspects of life. This was discussed on Monday in a call between …

AT Kabul: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the Afghan Taliban’s announcement, which ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop their women staff from working, saying that the ban is “self-defeating and disserving the interests of Afghan people”. Hossein Ebrahim Taha, the Secretary General of the …

AT Kabul: Qatar has expressed “deep concern” over the Taliban’s decision to ban female employees from working with non-governmental organisations. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement called on the Taliban to review its decision to allow women to work in the various jobs available to them in the …

AT Kabul: Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programmes in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s decision to stop female employees from working, Reuters reported. The Taliban on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let …

AT Kabul: Three security personnel, including the police chief for northern Badakhshan province, were killed and two others wounded as a result of an explosion, officials said. The blast took place early on Monday next to the provincial police headquarters, the interior ministry official said, adding that an investigation had …

Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, had an introductory meeting with Mr. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the special representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Afghanistan and the new ambassador of that country in Kabul. In this meeting, Hamid Karzai thanked Mr. Bahadur Aminian, the former ambassador of the …

AT Kabul: The decision to ban women’s work in domestic and international organizations in Afghanistan faced widespread reactions at national and international levels. UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said that this decision of the Taliban will have bad consequences in the areas of children’s health, nutrition and the provision …

AT Kabul: The United States Senate has passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that includes hundreds of billions of dollars for military spending but fails to include a bill seen as crucial for Afghan refugees stuck in legal limbo. The Senate passed the enormous 4,155-page bill with bipartisan support on …

AT Kabul: Taliban administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest restriction on women’s movements. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson, said the female employees were not allowed to …

AT Kabul: A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said. The shots shortly before midday (1100 GMT) caused panic in rue d’Enghien in the trendy 10th district of the …