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Water Crisis In Afghan Capital Leaves Families Struggling For Survival
Afghanistan's capital Kabul is facing a water shortage, running out of ground water with families such as Bibi Jan's forced to choose between water and food. UNICEF warned last year that Kabul could be dry by 2030 if urgent action is not taken.
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Stalled Projects, Contaminated Groundwater : Kabul's Water Crisis Worsens
Experts have long sounded the alarm over Kabul's water problems, which are worsening even as many international players have backed off big infrastructure projects and slashed funding to Afghanistan since the Taliban government took power in 2021.
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How Taliban's New Surveillance Network Is Monitoring Millions Closely
Women fear such surveillance systems will monitor women's hijabs. Human rights advocates, protesters often live in secrecy and this might exacerbate their situation.
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Afghan Women Banned From Medical Training Amid Worsening Health Crisis
Teenage girls have been unable to access education since 2021 despite the Taliban promising they would restart their education once the curriculum has been ensured as "Islamic".
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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan's Fight Against Polio: Report
The Taliban's decision to halt door-to-door polio vaccinations in Afghanistan has jeopardized the nation's fight against the disease.
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Taliban Rejects UN Criticism Of Morality Law As Insult To Islamic Values
The Taliban government's morality police said it would not cooperate with the United Nation's mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side".
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Taliban Mark 3 Years In Power Since Afghanistan Takeover With Military Show
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces.
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Russia Slams US Aid To Ukraine, Links It To "Humiliation" In Vietnam, Afghanistan
Russia said on Sunday US lawmakers' support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would end in humiliation on a par with the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflicts.
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Pakistan Facing Terrible Threat Of Terrorism: US Official
Pakistan is facing a terrible threat of terrorism as areas along its border with Afghanistan have witnessed a multi-fold increase in terrorist activities, a top Biden Administration official has said.
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Video: Taliban Patrolling Kabul Roads On Rollerblades With AK-47 Rifles
Kabul Police spokesperson said that the video showed officers from public security police, operating under the Ministry of Interior.
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Over 15 Million People Suffer From Food Insecurity In Afghanistan: Report
Amid the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, 15.5 million people in the country are suffering from severe food insecurity, Tolo News reported citing a report by the International Federation of Red Cross.
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US In Crucial Talks With Taliban To Address Afghan Humanitarian Crisis
A group of senior American diplomats met representatives from the Taliban and technocratic professionals during which they discussed critical issues concerning Afghanistan's well-being and humanitarian crisis, the State Department said.
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India Donates 10,000 Tonnes Of Wheat To Afghanistan Amidst Food Crisis
As Afghanistan continues to grapple with the extreme food crises, India has donated 10,000 meric tonnes of wheat to the landlocked country.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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No Invitation For Taliban To UN's Afghanistan Crisis Talks In Qatar
The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.
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Water Crisis In Afghan Capital Leaves Families Struggling For Survival
Afghanistan's capital Kabul is facing a water shortage, running out of ground water with families such as Bibi Jan's forced to choose between water and food. UNICEF warned last year that Kabul could be dry by 2030 if urgent action is not taken.
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Stalled Projects, Contaminated Groundwater : Kabul's Water Crisis Worsens
Experts have long sounded the alarm over Kabul's water problems, which are worsening even as many international players have backed off big infrastructure projects and slashed funding to Afghanistan since the Taliban government took power in 2021.
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How Taliban's New Surveillance Network Is Monitoring Millions Closely
Women fear such surveillance systems will monitor women's hijabs. Human rights advocates, protesters often live in secrecy and this might exacerbate their situation.
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Afghan Women Banned From Medical Training Amid Worsening Health Crisis
Teenage girls have been unable to access education since 2021 despite the Taliban promising they would restart their education once the curriculum has been ensured as "Islamic".
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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan's Fight Against Polio: Report
The Taliban's decision to halt door-to-door polio vaccinations in Afghanistan has jeopardized the nation's fight against the disease.
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Taliban Rejects UN Criticism Of Morality Law As Insult To Islamic Values
The Taliban government's morality police said it would not cooperate with the United Nation's mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side".
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Taliban Mark 3 Years In Power Since Afghanistan Takeover With Military Show
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces.
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Russia Slams US Aid To Ukraine, Links It To "Humiliation" In Vietnam, Afghanistan
Russia said on Sunday US lawmakers' support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would end in humiliation on a par with the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflicts.
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Pakistan Facing Terrible Threat Of Terrorism: US Official
Pakistan is facing a terrible threat of terrorism as areas along its border with Afghanistan have witnessed a multi-fold increase in terrorist activities, a top Biden Administration official has said.
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Video: Taliban Patrolling Kabul Roads On Rollerblades With AK-47 Rifles
Kabul Police spokesperson said that the video showed officers from public security police, operating under the Ministry of Interior.
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Over 15 Million People Suffer From Food Insecurity In Afghanistan: Report
Amid the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, 15.5 million people in the country are suffering from severe food insecurity, Tolo News reported citing a report by the International Federation of Red Cross.
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US In Crucial Talks With Taliban To Address Afghan Humanitarian Crisis
A group of senior American diplomats met representatives from the Taliban and technocratic professionals during which they discussed critical issues concerning Afghanistan's well-being and humanitarian crisis, the State Department said.
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India Donates 10,000 Tonnes Of Wheat To Afghanistan Amidst Food Crisis
As Afghanistan continues to grapple with the extreme food crises, India has donated 10,000 meric tonnes of wheat to the landlocked country.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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No Invitation For Taliban To UN's Afghanistan Crisis Talks In Qatar
The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.
