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Taliban appointed minister criticizes poor quality of education in Afghanistan's religious schools

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Education Habibullah Agha has criticized the poor quality of education ...

AFC Champions League: Mumbai City look to sign off with a win, to lock horns with PFC Navbahor Namangan

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): Indian Super League (ISL) giants Mumbai City FC and Uzbekistan's PFC Navbahor Namangan will ...

International sanctions on banking sector affect trade: Head of Afghan business council in UAE

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): The head of the Afghan business council in the UAE, Haji Obaidullah Sader Khail has ...

UNSC to hold meeting on Afghanistan this month

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) has said that it will convene for its quarterly open ...

Pakistan: 253,068 illegal Afghan immigrants repatriated from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 4 (ANI): As part of the ongoing drive to repatriate illegal Afghan immigrants in Pakistan, a ...

Torkham Border closed for Afghan nationals sans visas, passports

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): The Torkham border, a crucial crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been shut for Afghan ...

US officials to visit Pakistan in December to discuss Afghanistan, other issues

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): United States officials will visit Pakistan in December to hold consultations about several issues including ...

Iran prohibits entry for Afghan migrants in 16 provinces

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): Iran has prohibited the entry of Afghan nationals and their settlements in 16 provinces of ...

Beijing's Daxing airport opens its first direct flight to Mongolia

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Flight MR801, operated by Mongolia's Hunnu Air, arrived at Beijing Daxing ...

Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urges Nawaz Sharif to fight polls on "ideology", not "with the help of administration"

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari (PPP) urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif ...

Paris Police Arrest Suspect in Attacks that Killed 1, Injured 2

PARIS - French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with ...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Nov. 26Dec. 2

Editor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA ...

Pakistan: Balochistan caretaker Minister alleges Taliban of playing 'double game'

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai alleged Taliban of playing the double game instead ...

Islamist stabs three people in central Paris interior minister

The assailant shouted ?Allahu Akbar?, Gerald Darmanin saidOne person was killed and two others were wounded in a stabbing attack ...

Passenger Bus Comes Under Deadly Attack in Pakistan

Islamabad - Unknown gunmen in northern Pakistan shot at a bus on Saturday, killing at least eight passengers and wounding ...

Pakistan sends back 4,02,312 'illegal' Afghans to their homeland

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): At least 4,02,312 illegal foreigners, including Afghans, have so far been repatriated to their home ...

Afghan women still face arrests, threats, suppression: Human Rights Watch

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has said women in Afghanistan still face arrests, threats and suppression, TOLO ...

Power in Afghanistan in hands of religious scholars: Taliban

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said that the power in Afghanistan is ...

UAE President meets with President of Uzbekistan at COP28

Dubai [UAE], December 2 (ANI/WAM): UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today met with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of ...

Vitamin D medicine do not protect children from bone fractures: Study

Washington DC [US], December 2 (ANI): A large clinical research sponsored by Queen Mary University of London and the Harvard ...

Pakistan reports another Polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 2 (ANI): Pakistan has reported another case of Polio after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's ...

12 Indian boxers storm into the finals at the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Junior boxers continued their fine form at the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships as ...

World Food Programme requires USD 26 mn to continue aiding one mn Afghan migrants: Report

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to battle a poor economy, the World Food Programme has said that ...

Afghanistan: At least 6 killed, including two clerics in Herat province

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): In an attack by unknown armed assailants, at least six people were killed, including two ...

US supplied bunker-buster bombs to Israel WSJ

The media outlet, citing unnamed officials, claims Washington has given its ally 100 of the 2,000-pound munitions since October 7The ...

US shipped bunker-buster bombs to Israel WSJ

The media outlet, citing unnamed officials, claims Washington has given its ally 100 of the 2,000-pound munitions since October 7The ...

A cozy room embracing those living with HIV/AIDS

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- "Liu Xicheng (pseudonym) became a father. It's a healthy baby girl," ...

Afghanistan to receive humanitarian aid of 60 million euros from Germany

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 1 (ANI): Germany has announced humanitarian aid of 60 million euros for Afghanistan. The monetary assistance will ...

COP-28 Summit: PM Modi holds bilateral meetings with Presidents of France, Maldives, Uzbekistan

Dubai [UAE], December 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Dubai on ...

300 startups initiated at Bengaluru Tech Summit, says Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 1 (ANI): Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Friday said that the 26th edition of Bengaluru ...

Delhi: CISF arrest two Uzbek nationals with gold weighing 4.7 kg

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Friday held two Uzbek nationals at Delhi ...

The Azadi Briefing: Many Afghans Forced From Pakistan Are Homeless

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here.I'm Abubakar ...

PM Modi meets King of Bahrain, Ethiopian PM on sidelines of COP 28 in Dubai

Dubai [UAE], December 1 (ANI): On the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (COP) 28 Summit in Dubai, Prime Minister ...

More explosive power used against Gaza in a month than on Hiroshima

Israel's offensive against Hamas has also been deadlier than years of US assaults on Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a ...

PM Modi meets with UAE Vice President, other world leaders on COP28 Summit sidelines

Dubai [UAE], December 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with the UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

"Gyan of CAA is because of ...": JDU's Afaque Ahmed Khan

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): Janata Dal-United national general secretary Afaque Ahmed Khan slammed Union Home Minister Amit ...

Sydney Sixers signs Izharulhaq Naveed after Rehan Ahmed withdraws

Sydney [Australia], December 1 (ANI): In a boost to their spin bowling stocks the Sydney Sixers have signed Afghanistan legspinner ...

"I haven't given up": Australia's Glenn Maxwell on Test comeback dream

Melbourne [Australia], December 1 (ANI): Australia star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has stated that he has not 'given up' on his ...

British NGO blasts Russia's LGBT ban

The ruling of the country's top court will have a ?catastrophic? effect, Amnesty International has warnedThe London-based human rights advocacy ...

Ex-Soviet state orders closure of all brothels

The chief of security in Kyrgyzstan wants all the sites shut down across the country by December 1Kyrgyzstan's authorities are ...

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PABNA, Bangladesh - According to police, the person responsible for the train arson at Ishwardi railway station on November 27 ...

Dahal invites UAE's 'vibrant business community' to partner with Nepal for mutual growth

ABU DHABI, UAE - Nepal, according to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda,' requires a significant investment in infrastructure, human ...

Flight to Freedom: 121 Malaysians rescued from Myanmar's battle zone return home

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - According to Malaysia's foreign ministry, 121 people, mostly Malaysians suspected of being victims of job scams, ...

Zardari blames 'some forces' for pulling back leaders with progressive vision

QUETTA, Pakistan - Asif Ali Zardari, Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), stated on Thursday that 'some forces' impede ...

EU voices optimism for Bangladesh's election: Calls for democracy, credibility

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The European Union (EU) expressed hope on Wednesday that Bangladesh would hold democratic, credible, peaceful, and participatory ...

Myanmar ethnic group alliance captures trade gate on Chinese border

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Kyar Win, spokesperson for the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, which launched a surprise offensive last month against ...

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