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Frozen Assets Earmarked for 9/11 Victims Sparks Intl Response US President Joe Bidens decision to allocate $3.5 billion of Afghan assets--roughly half--to the victims of 9/11, faced widespread reactions inside and outside of Afghanistan.
Biden on Friday signed an executive order to unfreeze $7 billion of the Afghan central banks assets frozen in US banks.... |
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Armed attack on former Afghan government deputy CE left two dead in Kabul Armed attack on the house of Deputy Chief Executive of the former Afghan government Engineer Muhammad khan left two dead and one wounded in Kabul on Friday night.
Security officials of the Afghan capital Kabul said that the attack was triggered by family issues and conflict inside the house and that... |
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Taliban release Afghan women activists, foreigners Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan announced that the foreigners who were detained for not having identity cards, working licenses, and relevant documents were released after identifying their identities.
Spokesperson of the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid in a Twitter post said that they were in a good situation... |
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India, WFP signs MoU to distribute food grains in Afghanistan The Indian embassy in the Italian capital Rome said that the Indian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations World Food Program based on which the both will distribute food grains inside Afghanistan.
The agreement comes days after India supplied three tonnes of medicines... |
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Biden Order Splits Frozen Assets, Half to Aid Afghans US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an Executive Order to free up half of the $7 billion assets of Afghanistans central bank frozen in the United States. White House said the order was signed to address the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan.
According to the order, the US will facilitate... |
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Tedros Adhanom, WHO chief, discusses Health crisis with Taliban in Switzerland The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he had met the health minister in the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan for talks on the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in the country.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed that he met Qalander Ebad for talks on... |
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Turkey to resume visa issuance in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif The Foreign Ministry of Turkey in a statement said that visa issuance for people in the Afghan capital Kabul and the northern Balkh province will resume soon.
The decision by Ankara was made after Afghanistan-acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi talked with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu... |
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Central Bank: UN Provided $3.1M Cash Aid in Past 3 Months The Afghanistan Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) said that the UNs $3.13 million cash assistance to Afghanistan over the past three months has increased the value of the Afghani against foreign currencies, especially the dollar.
"Afghanistan Bank welcomes UN humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan... |
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Muhammad Wali Naeemi appointed Afghanistans Permanent envoy to UN Afghanistan Permanent Mission in the United Nations in a statement announced that Muhammad Wali Naeemi has been appointed as PR and Charge daffair to the UN.
The statement reads that Muhammad Wali Naeemi could not assume his post on time due to his health issues and added that he will occupy his... |
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Two sisters and mother assassinated in Kabul, Taliban arrested assassin Security officials of the Afghan capital Kabul said that they have arrested the young man who assassinated two sisters and their mother in Police District 7 of the city.
Two young sisters and their mother were choked on Tuesday morning.
Close relatives of the slain sisters and mother said that a... |
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US seeking Talibans cooperation in anti-ISIS fight Joe Bidens nominee for CENTCOM Lt General Erik Kurrila said there are pragmatic instances where the US and the Taliban can come together and fight the ISIS-K and take out the terrorists targets in Afghanistan.
During his nomination hearing before the Senate on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Erik Kurrila... |
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UN Reiterates Concerns Over Missing Afghan Women Activists The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as well as the UN Secretary Generals special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, continue to press for information and action on the "disappeared" Afghan women activists, calling for their release.
The spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner... |
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Annual Event to Commemorate Civilian-Led Peacebuilding in Mindanao Calls Forth Collective Action to Develop Peace On the 24th of January 2022, over 22,000 social representatives from 51 countries attended the international peace conference celebrating the Peace Day held virtually. The event commemorated a civilian-led peace agreement made between the Islam and Catholic communities in Mindanao 8 years ago.
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Dispute Over Afghanistans Seat at UN Continue Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Chargé daffaires of Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the United Nations said corrupt officials of the collapsed government are attempting to stifle his voice to prevent him from sharing Afghans concerns for justice.
Faiqs remarks come after Mohammad Haneef Atmar, calling... |
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Ex-UK Defense Chief Suggests Recognition of Islamic Emirate The former UK defense chief David Richards recently suggested that the West recognize the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
Interviewing with the BBC, General Sir David Richards said it is time to accept that the war has been lost in Afghanistan and it is necessary for the world to work with the new... |
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Political prisoners put on secret trials as Saudi officials try to cover up serious violations: Rights group In this file picture, Saudi men walk outside the General Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Reuters)
An independent human rights organization says Saudi officials bring imprisoned political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners, who are deprived of family visits and meetings with attorneys,... |
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China urges US to stop advancing bill full of cold-war mentality Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian
China has urged the United States to abandon its "Cold War" and "zero-sum game" mentality, after the US House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China and boosting US semiconductor manufacturing.
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Iraqs parliament fails to elect new president due to lack of quorum, postpones vote indefinitely Iraqi lawmakers attend the inaugural session of the parliament in Baghdad, January 7, 2022 (Photo by AFP)
Iraqs parliament has cancelled a vote for a new head of state as it lacked the necessary two-thirds quorum to hold a session, a move that could prolong political uncertainty and government formation... |
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White House warns costs of Russian invasion of Ukraine could affect China White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan
The White House has warned that the United States and its European allies will inflict "costs" on China if the country is seen as backing a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The comment was made by national security adviser Jake Sullivan on... |
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No major breakthroughs expected from Putin-Macron meeting: Kremlin spokesman The file photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo by Reuters)
Moscow says it expects no major breakthroughs from a forthcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, stressing that the talks... |
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Former UK defence chief urges the West to recognise the Taliban The former head of the UKs armed forces, General Sir David Richards, has called on Western countries to formally recognise the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban).
Richards, the UK Chief of Defence Staff from 2010 to 2013, said it was time to accept that the war in Afghanistan had been lost... |
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Health regulator okays Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for use in South Africa File photo shows vial labelled "Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine
A South African health regulator has approved Chinas Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for adults aged 18 and above even though a senior health official said the government would not immediately procure its doses.
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Disagreements resurface between US, Israel over 2015 Iran deal revival Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett (L) and US President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office at the White House in August 2021.
Fundamental disagreements have resurfaced between the United States and its key ally - the Israeli regime - over diplomatic efforts to revive the Iran deal, with the latter... |
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UK house prices rise at slowest pace as purchase power at historic low, report Estate agent boards are displayed outside a property in London, Britain. (Photo by Reuters)
Housing prices in the UK in January rose at their slowest monthly pace since June last year, while the affordability remained at its historically low level, according to the UK-based banking company Halifax.
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Ex-president Figueres takes lead in Costa Rica polls, heads into run-off Jose Maria Figueres, who was president from 1990 to 1994, had 27 percent of the vote with 63 percent of ballots counted (AFP Photo)
Costa Ricas former president Jose Maria Figueres has led the preliminary vote count in Sundays presidential election, with former finance minister Rodrigo Chaves set... |
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African Union denounces wave of coups sweeping the continent United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses Presidents and delegates via a telecast at the African Union headquarters during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, on February 5, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
The African Union (AU) has denounced a "wave"... |
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Avalanche kills 15 people in eastern Afghanistan Provincial officials in the eastern Kunar province said that an avalanche has so far killed 15 people and that rescue operations are still underway.
Bakhtar News agency-Afghanistan news agency- quoting the local authorities said that the avalanche occurred on Sunday morning, February 6 in Goriga area... |
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Taliban reacts to UN report over Al-Qaida presence in Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan reacted to the recent report of the UN and denied the presence of Al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan.
The Ministry in a press release on Monday, February 7, 2022, said that these ungrounded claims that are based on no evidence and proof... |
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Cyclone Batsirai batters Madagascar, killing 10, displacing 48,000 Cyclone Batsirai has reached the east coast of Madagascar with wind speeds of up to 235 km per hour. (AFP Photo)
A week after the devastating tropical storm Ana, a cyclone ripped through the island nation of Madagascar, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.
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Mexico clears makeshift migrant camp near US border A machine loads belongings of migrants to a truck, after Mexican authorities cleared a makeshift camp, where hundreds of migrants heading towards the US border where staying, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, February 6, 2022. (Photo by Reuters)
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