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    Afghanistan’s Salaried Citizens Allowed To Withdraw Their Salaries

    Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, on Thursday lifted restrictions on salaried people withdrawing their salaries. The central bank had imposed restrictions in the face...
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    Afghanistan

    Neighbours Prodded Taliban to Ensure Rights While UN ‘Pledgers’ Spoke of Taliban’s Track Record

    The UN conference spoke of the Taliban’s order extending the closure of girls’ secondary schools. Simultaneously, at a parallel conference held in China, neighbouring...
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    Afghanistan

    Islamic Religious leaders Urge Taliban to Reopen all Girls’ Schools

    The conference was organised by the Mutahida Shariat Mahaz, a network of religious leaders and scholars from all Islamic sects from across the country...
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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan’s Girls’ Education is a Women’s Rights Issue

    The right to education has been an oft-discussed, critical human rights issue for Afghanistan, especially when it comes to how, or even if, this...
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    Afghanistan, Neighbouring Countries Foreign Ministers to meet in China end-March

    The meeting will help build consensus among the neighbours on the issue of Afghanistan and discuss how to promote stability in the country and...
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    Afghanistan

    UN Security Council Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Restrictions in Afghanistan

    The members of the Security Council stressed the importance of efforts by the international community to support Afghanistan, including on education. In a statement released...
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    Afghanistan

    Former Afghan Judges Demand Taliban to Return Them Their Jobs, Salaries

    The judges, dismissed immediately after the Taliban overthrew the elected government, have filed a suit demanding that the Taliban return them to their positions...
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    Taliban, Chinese Mining Conglomerate, to Discuss Copper Mining in Logar Province

    A deal signed in 2008 with the previous US-backed government, but it came to a standstill after a Taliban-led attack. By Maliha Safi A Chinese delegation...
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