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Pakistan end 1,169-ball ‘no six’ streak in first powerplay of ODIs, hit two sixes in World Cup match against Afghanistan

ANI - 23 October, 2023

Pakistan has been a subject of criticism for their openers' slow batting approach in the first power play.

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Afghanistan earthquakes: Death toll crosses 2000, several villages destroyed

OpIndia Staff - 8 October, 2023

Speaking to Reuters, Mullah Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disasters, stated that 2,053 people were dead, 9,240 injured and 1,329 houses were damaged or destroyed in these tremors.

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Afghanistan: Powerful earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit the western part, at least 20 killed and many others injured

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2023

At least 20 people have been killed and 78 injured after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan.

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US soldiers in Kabul airport were ordered to clean the excreta of thousands of Afghans just after bomb blast killed 13 of their colleagues

OpIndia Staff - 12 September, 2023

After two blasts caused by ISIS suicide bombers rocked the Kabul airport in August 2021, the US Marines were ordered to clean the human excreta of the thousands of Afghans who camped at the airport

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Afghanistan: Sikh woman says she is forced to wear Burqa, look Muslim, so she cannot be identified as ‘Sikh’, hasn’t celebrated festivals since Taliban...

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2023

Many of them were forced to flee Afghanistan because of the Taliban's strict restrictions which include their appearance and the prohibition on celebrating their religious holidays in public.

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Caught under the sheets: Senior Taliban official caught in homosexual relationship with guard on viral video, continues in his post in Kabul

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2023

A Taliban leader was caught in an intimate relation with his male guard on a hidden camera.

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Afghan ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay dismisses reports that he is missing, says he is away for personal reasons

ANI - 19 August, 2023

Afghanistan's ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay said that he is not missing and is away from the country for "personal and family reasons."

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Afghanistan: Girls, women demand reopening educational institutes for them

ANI - 19 August, 2023

As the Taliban regime completed its second year in Afghanistan after taking over the country, the women wished that their basic right to education will be given back to them.

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No such concept in Sharia: Taliban imposes ban on political parties in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2023

Afghan Taliban has resisted international efforts to construct a more diverse government, claiming their "interim government" was broad-based and comprised of representatives from all ethnic groups and tribes.

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