The list of cabinet members announced was dominated by members of the Taliban’s old guard, with no women included.
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Teachers and students at universities in Afghanistan’s largest cities — Kabul, Kandahar and Herat — that female students were being segregated in class, taught separately or restricted to certain parts of the campus.
Bilawal said that his party laid foundation of CPEC for development of backward areas; however, PTI govt is trying to end the project by slowing down the pace of development.
“I’ve been placed under house arrest today because according to administration the situation is far from normal in Kashmir. This exposes their fake claims of normalcy,” Mehbooba, who is the last chief minister of the erstwhile state, tweeted today.
The UN has said that 18 million out of Afghanistan’s population of 38 million are facing a humanitarian disaster, with the potential of another 18 million joining them.
Frequent change of chief secretary and IG Punjab police has badly affected governance in the province
The main objective is “minimising Iranian presence in the Middle East with an emphasis on Syria … But these operations take place throughout the Middle East
Marina LeGree, executive director of a small US NGO in Afghanistan, said that some 600 to 1,300 people, including girls from her group, had been waiting near the Mazar-i-Sharif airport for as long as a week, amid confusion involving the Taliban and US officials.