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“It’s been a nightmare, I can’t describe it any other way,” an Afghan woman said, describing the life-altering consequences of the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan.

UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons met with Khairullah Khairkhwa on Tuesday, the current Afghan Minister of Information and Culture and discussed the press

UNITED NATIONS: The top UN official in Afghanistan appealed to the Security Council on Friday to act now to avert a...

Pakistan warns that during India's presidency of UNSC, a "distorted picture" of Afghan situation may be projected.

Special Representative Deborah Lyons, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said the advance of the Taliban in recent months, now targeting major cities, is reminiscent of the Syrian and Balkan wars.

December 19, 2020 Afghan women walk to Kishm in rural Badakshan. — courtesy UNAMA/Torpekai Amarkhel NEW YORK — Although Afghanistan is coming to the end of a monumental year, authorities will still require international support as they assume greater responsibility for national security while battling COVID-19 and other challenges, UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Thursday. Lyons spoke of the “profound shift” b...

Any leniency on sanctions against Taliban will be counter-productive to peace process: Afghanistan SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 06:01 PM IST Share Synopsis “The Taliban have increased their levels of violence and continued their relationship with international terrorist groups. As such, any leniency and flexibility on the sanctions against the Taliban, without real progress and reciprocity from them, will be counter-productive and detrimental to the peace negotiations,” she said. AP...