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China, Iran Call on Afghanistan to End Restrictions on Women

asianct - February 18, 2023 0

BEIJING —China and Iran have urged mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women’s work and education.

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VOA: Frustrated with the Taliban, US Officials Meet Anti-Taliban Figures

asianct - December 21, 2022 0

When U.S. and Taliban representatives signed an agreement for peace in Afghanistan in February 2020, they agreed to “seek positive relations with...

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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.

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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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