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The envoys and representatives of the European Union, US and European countries in a joint statement stressed that the type and scope of “international donor assistance will depend, among o

Russia recognises Taliban official as charge d’affaires in Moscow.

The decision is a reversal from previous pledges that leaders would eventually reopen classes for girls.

The members of the UN Security Council have expressed their deep concern regarding the inability of girls beyond grade six in Afghanistan to return to their schools, as they were promised.

Deputy Prime Minister of Taliban-led regime Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on assistance to the war-torn country.

KABUL, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan caretaker government Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Developmen

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Islamic Emirate (IE) rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. "The members of the Security Council ... reaffirmed the right to education for all Afghans, including

Last week, the Taliban backtracked on an announcement that high schools would open for girls

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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) military officials said Monday forces in the Dur Baba district of Nangarhar have prevented the smuggling of a shipment of weapons to Pakistan. The Bakhtar state news agency quoted Wahidullah Mohammadi, a spokesman for the 201st Khalid bin Waleed Corps, as saying that the cache included 34 light and heavy