Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says anyone using foreign currency for domestic business would be prosecuted. “The economic situation and national interests in the country require that all Afghans use the …
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‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailFRANKFURT: Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central bank reserves as the drought-stricken nation faces a cash crunch, mass starvation and a new …
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Some girls return to high school in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailGirls have returned to some secondary schools in a northern province of Afghanistan, Taliban officials and teachers said on Tuesday, but they remain barred from classrooms in much of the …
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Over 100 musicians flee Afghanistan, fearing Taliban crackdown
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailThe group, about half of them women and girls, plan to fly to Portugal with the support of the government there, said Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of …
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Changes needed in EU’s Afghan plan on rights monitoring: Pakistan
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailGENEVA: Pakistan wants the European Union to revise its plan to step up human rights monitoring under the new Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, in part by taking into account socioeconomic …
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EU sets aside 300 million euros in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan
by Umar Sohailby Umar Sohail“We stand by” the people of Afghanistan, EU President Leyen says. The EU Commission president vows more aid to the country. EU delivers over 32 tonnes of life-saving cargo to …
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Islamabad in a fix over helping Kabul without recognition
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailISLAMABAD: Pakistan appears to be facing difficulties in providing technical, financial and expert support to the transition government in Afghanistan in the absence of the regime’s international recognition despite emerging …
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Int’l community cannot ‘exonerate’ itself from responsibilities towards Afghanistan: PM Imran
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailImran warns against rivalry between global, regional powers persisting in Afghanistan, says will lead to more conflict
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Pakistan welcomes Afghan cabinet expansion as ‘positive step’
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the expansion in the Afghan cabinet as a “positive step” and called for more such actions by the Taliban for stability in the war-ravaged country. “We have …
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Instability in Afghanistan may affect all neighbouring countries, warns PM Imran in RT interview
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailPM Imran Khan gives interview to Russian TV. Either Afghanistan would move towards stability after wars for four decades or it would go in a wrong direction, says PM Imran. …