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Taliban allow 200 Americans, other foreigners to leave Afghanistan
As per reports, the foreign nationals will leave Kabul on charter flights on Thursday. A Qatar Airways flight landed in Kabul on Thursday morning, which would carry the American civilians and other foreign nationals, becoming the first international flight to take off from the Kabul airport since the Taliban takeover of the capital in August.
Taliban govt bans women from playing any sport
One of the decisions taken by the IEA's cultural commission, womens have been barred from playing cricket or any other sport, in which their bodies could be seen. "It wasn't necessary for women to play cricket because they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this", said Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of Taliban's cultural commission.
Hibatullah Akhundzada to lead Taliban govt in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the group will reject foreigners' intervention over the name and structure of the next government, reports TOLO News. "We will not allow anyone to interfere in Afghanistan's affairs. The government name, its type, and form belong to the Afghans and they will decide," Mujahid said.
Covid booster shots may not be necessary for all: AstraZeneca chief
Soriot's comments come as the UK is just "a few weeks away" away from officially announcing booster doses for all its citizens, The Telegraph reported. "Moving too quickly to boost across the entire adult population will deprive us of these insights, leaving this important decision to rest on limited data," Soriot wrote in the newspaper.
Kabul airport to be ready for int'l flights in 3 days: Report
According to the Khaama News report, the technical teams from Qatar and Turkey are working alongside Afghan engineers at the airport. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan asked Qatar and Turkey to send their experts and help them in repairing the airport which was made ready for domestic flights in three days but international flights are yet to take off and land from the airport.
Acting Afghan PM calls on former officials to return home
In an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Akhund also said that the caretaker government would guarantee the security of diplomats, embassies and humanitarian relief institutions, stressing that the group wanted to establish positive and strong relations with countries in the region and beyond.
Virginia removes Confederate General's statue from capital city
Some people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts chanted "Hey hey hey, goodbye" as crews on Wednesday removed the 12-tonne statue from its 40-foot pedestal, reports Xinhua news agency. The Virginia Department of General Services is expected to cut the statue into three parts and store it in a state-run storage facility until a decision on its disposition is made, according to a USA Today report.
WHO calls for extension of moratorium on Covid booster doses
"A month ago, I called for a global moratorium on booster doses at least until the end of September, to prioritise vaccinating the most at-risk people around the world who are yet to receive their first dose," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters here.
Prolonged war shatters bodies, souls in Afghanistan: ICRC
"War shatters bodies and souls. Four decades of war shatters nations," he said in a statement released on Wednesday after a four-day trip to Afghanistan. ""The scars of war last generations. Destroyed buildings can one day be rebuilt, but shattered limbs do not regrow." Maurer said in the statement.
Iran urges 'impartiality' in IAEA reports on nuke program
Gharibabadi's remarks on Wednesday followed a report by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi released a day earlier, in which the latter alleged that Iran blocks access to some of its nuclear sites and continues to boost its stocks of uranium enriched above the percentage allowed in the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reports Xinhua news agency.
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