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Afghan president to unveil new peace proposal
Agenced France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 10:18pm on April 05, 2021
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has drawn up a new proposal for peace with the Taliban ahead of an international conference aimed at jump-starting faltering talks...
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Bangladesh offers help to Afghanistan for peace, progress
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:34pm on April 05, 2021
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday offered help to Afghanistan in their efforts for development, stressing that peace is a must for progress...
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Three women polio workers shot dead in Afghanistan
Agence France-Presse . Jalalabad | Updated at 10:38pm on March 30, 2021
Gunmen killed three Afghan women involved in a nationwide polio immunisation programme Tuesday, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new drive against the...
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New Pentagon chief in surprise Afghan visit
Agence France-Presse . Aboard a US military aircraft | Updated at 10:52pm on March 21, 2021
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan Sunday just weeks before Washington is due to withdraw the last of its troops...
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Gurbaz stars in Afghanistan’s T20 win
Agence France-Presse . Abu Dhabi | Updated at 11:20pm on March 17, 2021
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed a fiery half century to anchor Afghanistan’s convincing 48-run win over Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on...
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Afghan officials reverse ban on girls singing
Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 10:46pm on March 15, 2021
A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week has been overturned after a social media campaign...
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Will they be in step?
Saeed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on March 15, 2021
IT IS exactly a decade since president Barack Obama set the deadline to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Even then, Obama recalled how the 2001...
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Leaving Afghanistan by May 1?
Eve Ottenberg | Updated at 12:00am on March 15, 2021
WILL the US. military ever leave Afghanistan? The answer appears to be no. When the US military comes it stays. It’s been in Germany since...
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Rashid's best anchors Afghanistan's series-levelling win
Agence France-Presse . Abu Dhabi | Updated at 06:26pm on March 14, 2021
A career best wicket haul by leg-spinner Rashid Khan helped Afghanistan level their two-match series against Zimbabwe with a hard fought victory in the second...
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UNSC calls for women’s equal participation in peace process
Agence France-Presse . United Nations, United States | Updated at 10:25am on March 13, 2021
The United Nations Security Council called on Friday for the ‘full, equal and meaningful participation of women’ in Afghanistan’s peace process, without mentioning recent United...