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1000 days of war and the toll on Ukraine’s media
1 month, 2 weeks ago

1000 days of war and the toll on Ukraine’s media

Al Jazeera  

President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to fire US missiles into Russia has brought the world’s two leading nuclear powers to a head. Contributors: Branko Marcetic – Writer, Jacobin Magazine Leonid Ragozin – Journalist & author Pauline Maufrais – Ukraine program manager, Reporters Without Borders Sevgil Musaieva – Editor-in-chief, Ukrainska Pravda On our radar Israel’s media and political class have …

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Taliban name student as Afghan envoy in Mumbai, India yet to respond
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Taliban name student as Afghan envoy in Mumbai, India yet to respond

India Today  

Talib means student, and the Taliban regime in Kabul has proposed the name of a student who studied in New Delhi as the Acting Consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai. "In the city of Mumbai, India, the acting Consul of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Dr Hafiz Ikramuddin Kamil," Stanikzai, who also has an India connection, posted on X. Kamil, …

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New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law
4 months, 2 weeks ago

New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law

ABP News  

New Taliban Law: In its latest diktat for the country's women, the Taliban government of Afghanistan has ordered that they must not talk in loud voices, because that will be considered "immodest". The new law governing the 'Ministry of Vice and Virtue' tightens the existing restrictions as it tells women to cover their faces entirely while in public, and not …

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Iran deports more than 21,400 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

Iran deports more than 21,400 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan: Report

Hindustan Times  

Iranian guards detained and deported 21,407 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan who had crossed into Iran illegally, the Taliban-appointed commander of the border guards in Khorasan Razavi province said, reported Afghanistan-based Khaama Press. Last week, Afghan refugees in Iran raised concerns regarding the increase in deportations, arrests, and harassment by the police, TOLO News reported. Iran pushes out refugees ahead of …

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Pakistan: Attock administration shifts 2500 afghan refugees to transit camps
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan: Attock administration shifts 2500 afghan refugees to transit camps

Hindustan Times  

Amid the deadline for Afghans to voluntarily return expired on October 31, Pakistan's Punjab province administration has shifted over 2500 undocumented Afghans to transit camp from various parts of Attock for deportation, ARY News reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund said that the Pakistan's action is against international laws, reported TOLO News. The UN Secretary …

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Asian Games 2023: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins shot put gold
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins shot put gold

The Hindu  

India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold in men’s shot put at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday. Toor became the fourth Indian shot putter to defend his Asian Games after Parduman Singh Brar, Joginder Singh and Bahadur Singh Chouhan. Shot put is an event dominated for long by the Indians and Toor’s performance continues the tradition as the most successful …

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Taliban issues new diktat to ban women's beauty salons in Kabul: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban issues new diktat to ban women's beauty salons in Kabul: Report

India TV News  

In another verbal pronouncement, the Taliban has prohibited women's beauty parlors in Kabul and different territories across the nation, a representative for the Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Akif Mahajar, told TOLO News. The Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue also instructed the Kabul municipality to implement the new Taliban leader's decree and revoke women's beauty salon licenses. …

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Over 70 countries, including EU, express concerns over Afghan women's rights, education
1 year, 9 months ago

Over 70 countries, including EU, express concerns over Afghan women's rights, education

The Hindu  

As the Taliban continues to suppress women and restrict their fundamental rights in the country, the European Union along with more than 70 countries in a joint newsletter on March 19 expressed concern over the situation and said that these restrictions undermine economic and social stability and development in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to the statement, restrictions on Afghan …

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It's her right...: Afghanistan news broadcaster airs rare all-female panel discussion on Women's Day
1 year, 10 months ago

It's her right...: Afghanistan news broadcaster airs rare all-female panel discussion on Women's Day

India Today  

Whether you want it or not, women exist in society, said former university professor Zakira Nabil during a dicussion in a rare all-female panel broadcast aired by Afghan broadcaster Tolo News. An Afghan news network held a rare, nearly 50-minute broadcast with an all-female panel on its studio on International Women’s Day, reported news agency Reuters. It was a rare …

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Taliban ready for engagement with international community but…
2 years, 5 months ago

Taliban ready for engagement with international community but…

Live Mint  

On July 24, the Taliban stated that - while it was prepared for dialogue with the international community - it would not accept any responses hostile to Islam. Moreover, the United Nations mission in Geneva said that the latest United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan report reveals a "disturbing and consistent pattern of human rights violations" by the Taliban. The …

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Afghanistan Halts Onion Exports to Meet Domestic Demand; India Might Feel Crunch
2 years, 6 months ago

Afghanistan Halts Onion Exports to Meet Domestic Demand; India Might Feel Crunch

News 18  

Afghanistan has halted the export of onions to meet the demands of its internal markets as the prices have recently surged. In a statement on Friday, the Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock said that due to drought across the country, onion crops have dropped which has also caused a spike in prices in the country, reports TOLO News. “The export …

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Taliban rulers order women TV anchors to cover their faces on air
2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban rulers order women TV anchors to cover their faces on air

Firstpost  

An Afghan local media official confirmed his station had received the order and was told it was not up for discussion Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said 19 May. The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, …

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The Taliban orders female Afghan TV presenters to cover their faces
2 years, 7 months ago

The Taliban orders female Afghan TV presenters to cover their faces

Daily Mail  

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air in the latest crackdown on women's rights. Images of Yalda Ali, a prominent female presenter with Afghanistan's Tolo News, wearing the face covering on set but removing it to share her message on Instagram have been widely shared …

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Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces
2 years, 7 months ago

Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said Thursday. The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked with enforcing the group’s rulings, as well as from the Information and Culture Ministry, the TOLOnews channel said in a …

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Blast in Afghanistan's Kabul's money change market, according to reports
2 years, 9 months ago

Blast in Afghanistan's Kabul's money change market, according to reports

Firstpost  

Two money exchangers have confirmed the casualties due to the blast, Tolo News reported Kabul: An explosion occurred in Afghanistan’s Kabul on Sunday morning, media reported citing locals. Two money exchangers have confirmed the casualties due to the blast, Tolo News reported today “An explosion occurred in Sarai Shahzada in Kabul on Sunday,” Tolo News said in a Tweet. A …

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WATCH | Afghan Girl Gets Emotional While Urging Taliban To Reopen Girls Schools
2 years, 9 months ago

WATCH | Afghan Girl Gets Emotional While Urging Taliban To Reopen Girls Schools

ABP News  

New Delhi: The uncertainty over the education of girls in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan does not seem to end despite the ruling group asserting the reopening of schools for girls. In a video, recorded by Afghan news channel TOLO, a young girl can be seen crying while talking about the restrictions imposed on girls that prevent them from going to schools and …

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Taliban detain journalists over report on TV show censoring
2 years, 9 months ago

Taliban detain journalists over report on TV show censoring

The Hindu  

Taliban intelligence men came in the night to arrest three staff of TOLO TV, one of Afghanistan’s largest television stations, a channel executive said Friday. The country's new rulers apparently didn’t like a story the broadcaster aired on their decision to ban foreign drama series from local television, said Khpalwak Sapai, head of TOLONews, who was among the three arrested. …

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Taliban pilots crash MD-530 helicopter in Kandahar during training
3 years ago

Taliban pilots crash MD-530 helicopter in Kandahar during training

India TV News  

Highlights Taliban confirmed that military helicopter crashed in training flight in Kandahar The crash was due to technical problems and 2 pilots were injured, Tolo News reported One of the pilots is in stable condition, another pilot is in critical condition The Taliban has confirmed that a military helicopter, MD-530 provided with surveillance cameras and machine guns crashed in a …

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Afghanistan to resume issuing passports in 17 provinces
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghanistan to resume issuing passports in 17 provinces

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul: Passport Department has been opened in 17 provinces in Afghanistan and will soon start them in the rest of the provinces, local media reported citing officials as saying. On Saturday, the head of the Passport Department, Alam Gul Haqqani, said "we have started our activities in 17 provinces and will soon start them in the rest of the provinces", …

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Afghan journalists lament ‘bleak’ future for media under Taliban
3 years, 2 months ago

Afghan journalists lament ‘bleak’ future for media under Taliban

Al Jazeera  

New regime forces exodus of journalists from Afghanistan where a free press was one of the few real gains of Western occupation. Butler fears that, like Myanmar, the future of Afghanistan’s media is “bleak”, but he understands why so many journalists left both the countries, operating in exile. We have so many examples that the Taliban didn’t and still don’t …

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Moscow Format dialogue: First India, Taliban meet since formation of Afghanistan cabinet
3 years, 2 months ago

Moscow Format dialogue: First India, Taliban meet since formation of Afghanistan cabinet

Firstpost  

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has already clarified that the official recognition of the Taliban is not under discussion at the moment India is set to participate in the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan, which will be attended by the Taliban, on Wednesday. The special representatives of Russia, China and Pakistan exchanged views on “common security threats [and> expressed their …

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Afghan central bank allows merchants to withdraw $25,000 monthly
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan central bank allows merchants to withdraw $25,000 monthly

India TV News  

Afghanistan's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, has allowed merchants and owners of private companies to withdraw $25,000 from their bank accounts once a month, a local TV channel reported. Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, the Afghan entrepreneurs could receive $25,000 or its Afghani equivalent once in a month from their accounts from all banks across Afghanistan, Xinhua …

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Panjshir resistance forces hiding in valleys and caves, say Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Panjshir resistance forces hiding in valleys and caves, say Taliban

India TV News  

Five days after all districts of Panjshir and the provincial centre were claimed to be captured by the Taliban, a commander of the Resistance Front in a recorded video message said the militant group's presence does not mean the end of the war. "Right now, Panjshir is the centre of resistance and the resistance forces are present in all the …

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United Nations raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists
3 years, 4 months ago

United Nations raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists

India TV News  

The United Nations on Friday sounded the alarm over Taliban crackdowns on peaceful protests, many of them by women demanding equal rights, and journalists covering such events. Tagi Daryabi said he and a colleague were covering a protest earlier this week by women demanding their rights from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers. It said reports point to an increasing use of …

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