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10 million Afghans face hunger due to aid cuts: WFP
Awaz The Voice
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July 8, 2025
Kabul The World Food Programme (WFP) has once again raised alarm over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, stating that ten million people are in urgent need of food assistance this summer, but only one million can be supported due to...
Kabul Chawla: The BPTP Owner Who Scammed India’s Real Estate Stakeholders and Enjoys His Vacation from Justice
Inventiva
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July 7, 2025
India’s real estate boom has long been heralded as the surest path to riches as the “Great Indian Real Estate” is touted as “undoubtedly the most significant sector” with exponential growth. But behind this golden facade lurk dark underbellies of...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Regular Special Intensive Revision Of Electoral Rolls Before Every Election
Live Law
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July 8, 2025
BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Union and State governments to conduct Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls at regular...
Over 80% of Afghan refugees voluntarily return home
Tehran Times
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July 8, 2025
TEHRAN – From the beginning of the current Iranian year, March 21, till June 27, a total of 717,658 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan; more than 80 percent of them were dispatched voluntarily. According to the head of the National Organization...
A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 8, 2025
GENEVA (Reuters) -The Red Cross said on Tuesday it is bracing for another 1 million people to be sent back from Iran to Afghanistan amid mass deportations that humanitarians say are placing a heavy strain on the aid system. Over 1.2 million people...
Eight Terrorists Killed While Attempting To Cross Into Pakistan From Afghanistan
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) Security forces foiled a cross-border infiltration attempt, killing eight terrorists trying to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan, according to official sources. The action took place in the Loye Mamund area, located...
German court rules at-risk Afghan family must be given visas
The Standard
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July 8, 2025
08 July 2025, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) follows the speech by Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Federal Minister of Finance, in the Bundestag during the budget consultations on the introduction of the draft federal budget for 2025....
WFP raises alarm as 10 million Afghans face hunger due to aid cuts
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 8, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 8 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has once again raised alarm over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, stating that ten million people are in urgent need of food assistance this summer, but only one...
Nearly half a million Afghans return from Iran after crackdown
Al Jazeera
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July 8, 2025
Nearly 450,000 Afghans have returned from Iran since early June, according to the United Nations refugee agency, after Tehran imposed a July 6 deadline for undocumented migrants and refugees to leave the country. The surge compounds Afghanistan’s...
Islamabad hosts talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan Agreement reached on early finalization of Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Railway Framework
Azertag
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July 8, 2025
Islamabad, Hilal Ahmad, July 8, AZERTAC Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to intensify efforts toward the early finalization of the Framework Agreement for the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Railway project. This key issue, along with other...
Bismillah Shinwari, Afghanistan’s Cricket umpire, passes away
Khaama Press
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July 8, 2025
Bismillah Shinwari, a respected cricket umpire from Afghanistan, passed away due to illness. He officiated in numerous international and domestic matches throughout his career. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced that Bismillah Shinwari,...
South Africa Is No Longer Alone on the International Stage
IOL
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Vashna Jagannath|Published 31 minutes ago 5min South Africa’s position on the human catastrophe in Gaza has been consistent, lawful and morally serious. It has insisted that international law must be applied equally to all countries, regardless of...
Pakistan urges UN to prevent Afghan soil from becoming terrorist safe haven
The Nation
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July 8, 2025
Pakistan has called on the United Nations to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a hub for terrorism, warning that groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) pose a serious threat to regional and global peace. Addressing a UN General Assembly...
Germany must honour visa obligations to Afghan refugees, rules court
KDAL - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) -A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a humanitarian admissions programme that the new centre-right coalition intends to...
Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan serious threat to its neighbours, Pakistan warns UN
ARY News
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July 8, 2025
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called on the international community to “speak with one voice” in order to hold the Taliban to their commitments, including not to allow the use of Afghan soil against any country and to ensure the shared goal of a stable...
Afghan border faces emergency as thousands return from Iran ahead of deadline
Daily Times
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July 7, 2025
Tens of thousands of undocumented Afghans rushed back home from Iran in recent days, creating a crisis at border points, especially at Islam Qala in Herat province. Iran had set a July 6 deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave, impacting...
Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts - US politics live
The Guardian
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July 8, 2025
Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump's mass federal layoffsThe supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, key elements of his campaign to downsize...
Germany must give visas to at-risk Afghan family, court says
Deutsche Welle
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July 8, 2025
A German court ruled on Tuesday that an Afghan family previously promised visas to enter Germany under a program for those at risk under the Taliban regime must be allowed to travel to the country. Berlin's administrative court said the family had...
Punitive measures unlikely..: India abstains from UN resolution on Afghanistan
Madhyamam
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July 8, 2025
United Nations: While abstaining on a General Assembly resolution on Afghanistan, India has called on the international community to prevent Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and their sponsors from exploiting that country’s...
India abstains from UN resolution on Afghanistan
The Federal
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July 8, 2025
United Nations, Jul 8 (PTI) India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes that the global community envisions for the Afghan people....