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Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said during a visit to Sanglakh Valley in Jalriz district of Maidan Wardak on Thursday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) does not harbor ill will to any country in the world. Addressing residents of Jalriz district, Muttaqi said: “The previous governments of Afghanistan did not have good

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. representative in Afghanistan lamented in her farewell statement Thursday the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized power in the country, denying them the right to education and work and forcing millions to stay at home.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. representative in Afghanistan lamented in her farewell statement Thursday the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized power in the country, denying them the right to education and work and forcing millions to stay at home.

The UN representative in Afghanistan lamented in her farewell statement Thursday the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized power in the country, denying them the right to education and work and forcing millions to stay at home.

The outgoing UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, in a farewell statement said that “Afghanistan is too important to the international community to be forgotten.” 

'My heart breaks in particular for the millions of Afghan girls who are denied their right to education,' says Deborah Lyons

The U.N. representative in Afghanistan says her heart is breaking because of the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized…

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The three-year long mission of the UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, is ending.

In a separate farewell meetings with Sirajuddin Haqqani and former chairman of the reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah, the outgoing UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, emphasized the importance of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan. In a series of tweets Saturday night Lyons said that in a meeting with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting minister of interior,