Page 16 - Latest Updates on Taliban
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.
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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.
 "Almost 80% of Afghan journalists changed profession post-Taliban takeover")
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
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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.
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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
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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
 "Need $2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme")
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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
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'I have been made a scapegoat': Ex-Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani
Ghani says he is willing to take the blame for some things which led to the fall of Kabul - like trusting "in our international partnership"
 "'I have been made a scapegoat': Ex-Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani")
Taliban-led ministry orders forces to respect Afghan 'public's privacy'
In a surprising decree, the Taliban led Ministry of Vice and Virtue has ordered their forces against invading "people's privacy" and asked them not to take the phones of people and go through them.
Threat of narco-terrorism rise after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
India has been facing the menace of narco-terrorism since several years now. This nexus between narcotics and terrorism has serious repercussions for India's security
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US shouldn't interfere in Afghanistan affairs: Taliban government
A top official of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that the the US should not interfere in the affairs of the war-torn nation, adding that it is capable of taking decisions independently
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Co-education reason of closure of Afghan universities': Taliban minister
Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan, Abdul Baqi Haqqani on Sunday said that the reason behind the closure of universities is co-education and economic crisis.
 "Co-education reason of closure of Afghan universities': Taliban minister")
Pakistan, Taliban resolve Afghanistan border fencing row: Official
Pakistan and Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have resolved the recent row over border fencing by agreeing that further work on the project would be done through consensus
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UN Security Council extends exemption of travel ban on Taliban leaders
The UN Security Council announced that it has extended the exemption of the travel ban on senior members of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, including Abdul Ghani Baradar
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