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Asia

Taliban denies US general’s claim over extremist groups

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A Taliban spokesman has rejected a US military official's claim that the group's inability or unwillingness to contain extremist groups will destabilize central and southern Asia.
Asia

Taliban boycott UN-sponsored meeting in Qatar

IFP Media Wire -
The Taliban refused to attend a UN-sponsored conference in Qatar, insisting that their delegation should be recognized as the sole representative of Afghanistan.
Asia

UN says Taliban enforcing restrictions on Afghan women

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations has published a quarterly report detailing concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, specifically focusing on the limited rights women are awarded under the Taliban rule.
Asia

Russian plane with 6 people on board crashes in Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
A Russian business jet has disappeared off the radar in a mountainous area of Afghanistan, Russia’s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia, has confirmed.
Asia

Afghanistan’s poppy supply on global market plummeted 95% since last year: Report

IFP Media Wire -
Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, once the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban outlawed cultivation of the crop in 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report shows.
Asia

Thousands of Afghan refugees flee Pakistan as deadline looms

IFP Media Wire -
Thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants in Pakistan are heading to the border to return home as a Pakistani deadline to leave the country expires.
Asia

Blast at Afghanistan Shia mosque causes casualties

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An explosion ripped through a mosque in Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, on Friday, inflicting casualties, Provincial Director for Information and Culture Asadullah Mustafa Hashimi says.
Asia

Afghanistan quake death toll nears 2,500

IFP Media Wire -
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to 2,445 while more than 9,200 people have been injured, the Xinhua news agency reported. According to the outlet, 13 villages in the Zanda Jan district of Herat have been completely wiped out and many victims remain trapped under the rubble.
Asia

Death toll from powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan rises to over 2,000

IFP Media Wire -
The death toll from strong earthquakes that jolted western Afghanistan has risen to more than 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman confirmed Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.
Incidents

Quake in Afghanistan rocks areas in neighboring Iran, no damage or casualties yet

IFP Editorial Staff -
Back-to-back earthquakes have jolted Afghanistan as well as Khorasan Razavi Province in northeastern Iran, but there are no reports of any possible damage in the Iranian province, which borders Afghanistan.
Asia

US bent on creating chaos for Afghanistan’s neighbors: Iran envoy

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Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan has stated the United States’ main policy on Afghanistan is to create insecurity and instability for the country’s neighbors.
Asia

Uzbekistan president urges aid for Afghanistan

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Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called for international aid for Afghanistan during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, saying that the country’s frozen assets should be used to address its “acute” humanitarian issues.
Asia

Kyrgyzstan warns Afghanistan humanitarian crisis endangering whole region

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Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Zhaparov highlighted instability in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in 2021.
Asia

UN warns human rights in Afghanistan in ‘state of collapse’

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations rights chief has accused Afghanistan's ruling Taliban of a "shocking level of oppression" of women and girls and cautioned that human rights in the Asian country were in a state of collapse.
Foreign Policy

Iran, Pakistan vow to help establish peace, stability in Afghanistan

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Iran’s foreign minister has highlighted the need to support regional initiatives within the framework of neighboring countries to help resolve challenges facing Afghanistan.
Asia

UN cautions Afghanistan meth trade increases as Taliban clamps down on heroin

IFP Media Wire -
Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban have curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, according to a United Nations report on Sunday.
Asia

Rights groups denounce Taliban’s new curbs on women

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Human rights groups have condemned the Taliban’s latest restrictions on Afghan women’s education and movements. The ruling Taliban administration has recently barred women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks and stopped them from leaving for the United Arab Emirates to study on academic scholarships.
Asia

Taliban ban dozens of Afghan female students from boarding flight to Dubai

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Members of the Taliban government have prevented 100 female Afghan students who were given a scholarship to study at the University of Dubai from boarding their flight to the UAE.
Asia

UN envoy calls on ICC to prosecute Taliban’s gender discrimination

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations global education envoy urged the International Criminal Court to prosecute gender discrimination in Afghanistan by the Taliban rulers.
Asia

UN rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban

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More than 30 independent UN human rights experts have called for the international community to recommit to support the people of Afghanistan. They made the call in a statement issued on Monday marking two years since the Taliban took power.
Asia

UN warns 21mn in Afghanistan facing severe cuts in relief due to funding gaps

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The United Nations humanitarians warn of critical aid funding gaps for more than 21 million people in Afghanistan, saying that some relief has already been trimmed.
Asia

Taliban urge foreign envoys to resume activity in Afghanistan

IFP Media Wire -
Acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with ambassadors and special representatives from several countries based in Qatar and called on them to reopen their embassies in Kabul.
Int'l Relations

UN says forced to cut food aid to millions globally over funding crisis

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in several countries — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen — because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official has confirmed.
Asia

US and Taliban officials to meet in Qatar to discuss security and human rights

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US officials are set to meet with representatives of the Taliban and "technocratic professionals" from Afghan ministries during a visit to Qatar's Doha this week, the State Department has said. Both sides will discuss security, narcotics  and women's rights.
Asia

Dozens killed, missing in flash flooding in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more are missing due to heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, more than a dozen people died as heavy rains and landslides hit neighbouring Pakistan.
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