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Female students rally in support of Taliban
Unlike other demonstrations in Kabul, this is the second all-women protest which was non-violent and the journalists were allowed to cover the protest freely. Protesters condemned the recent so-called violence carried out by the female demonstrators and expressed their full support to IEA. The women also welcomed the scheme of separate classes for boys and girls in all universities and institutes and pledged that they will be working for strengthening the IEA.
Afghans oppose Pak as it tries to impose its own currency
A number of people have reacted to a report in a Pakistani newspaper that said business deals in Afghanistan should be based on Pakistani rupees, Pajhwok News reported. Daily Jang, a Pakistani newspaper in a report quoted the country's Finance Minister, Shawkat Tareen as saying that Afghanistan faced shortage of dollar reserves and that would be the reason Afghanistan would make transactions in Pakistani rupees.
Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Kabul from Monday
The PIA official said that a permission to land at the Kabul airport has been granted by Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Authority. Meanwhile, PIA's Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said that Pakistan has got all the technical clearance for flight operations, and an Airbus A320 jet is scheduled to take passengers from Islamabad to Kabul.
Harvard researcher finds 16,000 unreported nursing home Covid deaths in US
By studying data across 20 states, the report found that 44 per cent of all Covid-19 cases and 40 per cent of deaths in nursing homes counted by states health departments were unaccounted for in the federal data. "This may demonstrate a widespread inability of nursing homes to reliably collect data early in the pandemic or that pressures to report fewer cases and deaths were common to all facilities," the researchers wrote.
Ex-US President Bush warns against domestic extremism
"There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home," said Bush in a speech on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
5 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in ELN attack in Colombia
According to officials, the wounded men were promptly transferred to a health centre, where they are recovering from their injuries, while the army "is coordinating the corresponding legal procedures with the relevant authorities", reports Xinhua news agency
Trump skips joining Biden at 9/11 memorial ceremonies
President Joe Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton all attended a somber ceremony on Saturday morning at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City where the World Trade Center towers fell two decades ago, reports Xinhua news agency. Biden travelled next to the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville to attend a wreath-laying ceremony.
Two-thirds say 9/11 attacks changed the way America lives: Survey
A quarter of the respondents said the attacks caused temporary changes (24 per cent), while only 9 per cent felt that life didn't change at all. The poll was conducted from August 7-10, days before the US troops pullout from Afghanistan became front-page news. As per the poll, the voters saw the 9/11 attacks as more consequential than the Coronavirus pandemic.
Veiled Afghan women rally in support of Taliban in Kabul
Around 300 women, wearing black veils marched on the streets of Kabul and later sat at the Kabul university lecture theatre, asserting their support to the Taliban leadership, especially on gender segregation. The women were carrying with them Taliban flags while the speakers criticized the west for what they called, an illegal invasion of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's Hazaras fearful of uncertain future under Taliban rule
The Hazara community, belonging to the Shiite sect, had previously been persecuted, executed and ethnically cleansed by the Taliban and Daesh militant groups for being Shia Muslim. However, with the current and a little 'moderate' new Taliban government in place, they feel a little secure. But this feeling of security also comes with traumatic fears of the past, making them uncertain about their present and the future.
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