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VOA: Afghanistan Poverty Bears More Child Brides

asianct - May 10, 2022 0

For several months Pashtana kept rejecting marriage proposals made for her 14-year-old daughter, Zarghona, until she had to make a final decision.

Education

VOA: Public Universities in Afghanistan Open to Female and Male Students

asianct - February 4, 2022 0

Public universities in warmer provinces of Afghanistan reopened Wednesday to both female and male students for the first time since the Islamist...

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VOA: War Ends in Afghanistan but Uncertainty, Starvation Loom

asianct - December 22, 2021 0

The stunning Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August and the chaotic final U.S. military withdrawal from the country later that month marked...

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VOA: Regional Powers Back Aid for Afghanistan, Press Taliban on Inclusivity

asianct - October 20, 2021 0

An international Russia-hosted meeting Wednesday pressed the Taliban to form a “truly inclusive” government in Afghanistan and called for the United Nations...

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VOA: Afghanistan, Myanmar Skip UN General Assembly

asianct - September 28, 2021 0

Afghanistan will not address the U.N. General Assembly, in the wake of the Taliban takeover and potential competing claims of representation at...

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CNN: Afghanistan’s women judges are in hiding, fearing reprisal attacks from men they jailed

asianct - September 25, 2021 0

Tugging at the folds of the traditional hijab dress, two young sisters jostle and laugh to try to get their mother's attention...

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AP: Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal

asianct - September 22, 2021 0

The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that...

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VOA: UN Chief: Aid ‘Lifeline’ Needed in Afghanistan

asianct - September 13, 2021 0

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations on Monday to show their solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and contribute hundreds of millions...

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VOA: Taliban Violently Disperse Protest After Vowing No Retribution

asianct - August 20, 2021 0

The Taliban are continuing to consolidate power in Afghanistan amid reports of violence against protesters in the eastern part of the country, a...

People & Work

What’s next for Afghanistan?

asianct - August 18, 2021 0

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor Nicholas Grossman is the author of “Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security”...

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