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The Afghan government and the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) signed a joint work plan on Thursday in Kabul to help children in Afghanistan in 2020 and 2021.
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Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said Monday that the Afghan government would never give in to “extremism” nor to an “Emirate” system.
Danish stated that the Taliban wants to subdue the people of Afghanistan and the government through the use of violence; therefore. He said this was the reason the group was reluctant to take part in peace talks.
Speaking at an event in Kabul on Monday, Danish stated: “The government will preserve and defend the achievements of the last two decades in the country and will never give in to extremism and Emirate of Taliban.”
Kabul school bombing toll rises to 85 dead, 147 injured 2 minutes read
Kabul, May 10 (EFE).- The toll from a recent bomb attack near a secondary school for girls in western Kabul increased to 85 dead and 147 injured, according to the authorities in Afghanistan on Monday.
The rise in the number of casualties in the car bombing in a Shiite-majority neighborhood, which has a large population of the persecuted Hazara ethnic minority, came as a result of a revised count of the casualties after the evacuation process.
“The latest information we have received shows 85 people were martyred and 147 others were injured,” Second Vice President Sarwar Danish’s spokesperson Muhammad Hedayat told EFE.
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10 May 2021
Afghan girls attend a school in Herat, Afghanistan, 09 May 2021. EFE/EPA/FILE/JALIL REZAYEE
Afghan girls attend a school in Herat, Afghanistan, 09 May 2021. EFE/EPA/FILE/JALIL REZAYEE
An Afghan soldier stands guard at a military base in Arezo village, Ghazni, Afghanistan, 02 May 2021. EPA-EFE/SAYED MUSTAFA
The toll from a recent bomb attack near a secondary school for girls in western Kabul increased to 85 dead and 147 injured, according to the authorities in Afghanistan on Monday.
The rise in the number of casualties in the car bombing in a Shiite-majority neighborhood, which has a large population of the persecuted Hazara ethnic minority, came as a result of a revised count of the casualties after the evacuation process.