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Cultural

First round of Kankor 2025 exam begins in 11 provinces; girls still excluded

Kabul – The National Examinations Authority has announced that the process of taking the first round of the national Kankor exam 2025 has begun today in 11 provinces of the country and will continue tomorrow. According to the official announcement of the authority on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the Kankor exam will be

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New photos of Hamid Karzai’s family and a hidden message about girls’ education in Afghanistan

Kabul – The publication of photos of the graduation ceremony of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s children on his official Facebook page has had a wide impact on social media. In the photos, for the first time in years, Zeenat Karzai, Mr. Karzai’s wife, is also seen at a public gathering. In the caption accompanying

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Increase in child marriage and child motherhood in Afghanistan; a generation that becomes a silent victim of the Taliban regime before reaching adulthood.

Increase in child marriage and child motherhood in Afghanistan; a generation that becomes a silent victim of the Taliban regime before reaching adulthood. In a new statement, the “Purple Saturdays” movement reported a worrying increase in the phenomena of child marriage and child motherhood in Afghanistan under Taliban control, calling it a humanitarian crisis whose

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Awarding of the International Alisher Navai Award to Professor Aziz Sancar at the Budapest Summit

On the sidelines of the informal meeting of the Turkic States Organization held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the International Alisher Navai Award was presented to Professor Aziz Sancar, a prominent scientist of Turkish origin and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award, named after Alisher Navai, one of the pioneers of

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Afghan Journalists: Afghanistan’s Independent Media Needs Support from the American People.

At a meeting at the Hoover Institution, Afghan journalists and activists warned that media repression in Afghanistan has reached a worrying stage and that the support of the American people is needed to preserve freedom of expression. They emphasized that after the Taliban’s return, more than 40 percent of media outlets have been closed and

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Honoring the Scientific and Literary Status of Makhdum Qoli Faraghi in Mazar-e-Sharif

A ceremony hosted by the Balkh Provincial Information and Culture Department in Mazar-e-Sharif honored the scientific and literary status of Makhdum Qoli Faraghi, a famous Turkmen poet from the 12th century. A number of government officials, the Consul General of the Republic of Turkmenistan, poets, writers, and cultural figures from Mazar-e-Sharif attended the conference. The

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Taliban Targets Tajik Journalists from National Radio and Television

Local sources say the Taliban have dismissed around 100 journalists and employees of the National Radio and Television, mostly ethnic Tajiks, without prior notice. According to the sources, these people were dismissed with insulting treatment, while some were newly hired through legal channels and were the breadwinners of their families. Ghulam Khan, the new deputy

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Taliban closes 200 local education classes in Panjshir

Local sources in Panjshir province say; the Taliban have closed about 200 local education classes for boys and girls in different areas of the province. These sources told the media on Wednesday that these classes had been upgraded to the third and fourth grade level and now, with their closure, more than 5,300 students have

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Taliban Arrest Uzbek Social Activist in Badakhshan

Local sources in Badakhshan say that Taliban intelligence forces arrested Uzbek social activist Imdad-ul-Haq Tural yesterday in the Argoy district of the province. According to the sources, the social activist was targeted for his civic activities related to the Uzbek community and was detained by the Taliban without providing an official warrant or a clear

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Taliban Meteorology warns of heavy rainfall, flooding and thunderstorms in 17 provinces

The Meteorology Department of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation has warned of the possibility of heavy rainfall, flooding and thunderstorms in 17 provinces of the country. A press release issued on Sunday stated that this weather condition is likely to occur on Monday in the provinces of Badakhshan, Takhar, Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman,

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