A number of girls in Herat on Wednesday called for the reopening of schools for students above the sixth grade.

Holding a painting exhibition, the girls said that they wanted to give a message to the government and the world that education is the right of both girls and boys.

They exhibited about 60 paintings particularly for children.

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Mawlavi Abdulsalam Hanafi, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) acting deputy prime minister, on Wednesday met with Markus Potzel, the new head of the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) in Kabul. 

At the meeting, Hanafi wished Potzel well in his new position and said: &Since you have enough experience in Afghanistan,...

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers& Meeting later this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday night.

According to spokesperson Zhao Lijian, Wang and Blinken will exchange views on current China-US relations and major...

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An Emirates Airline plane flew for nearly 14 hours with a large hole in its side, from Dubai to Brisbane, Australia, after one of its tyres burst while it was in the sky. 

Aviation expert Dr Johannes Boroh, a former commercial pilot and senior lecturer in aviation studies at London&s Kingston University told Euronews Travel that the...

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The Kabul Municipality has called on factory owners to use air filters to help fight the high levels of air pollution in the city. 

The call comes amid increasing temperatures with the onset of summer.  

Kabul Municipality said in a statement they had received many complaints that factories in Kabul&s industrial parks do not use...

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Former president Hamid Karzai said in an interview this week that Afghan girls should return to school immediately, stressing that education was needed to help the country &move ahead& and reduce its reliance on the rest of the world.

&The most important and pressing issue is the return of Afghan girls to school from grades 6 to...

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