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  • After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
  • Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
  • On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
  • India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
  • Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.

Tag: Afghan Women

January 14, 2020

More Afghan Women Getting Driver’s Licenses

Women in Afghanistan have had to overcome many social and cultural taboos, including driving a carr. Lailuma Ehsan, a female driving instructor in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, says getting women behind the wheel is vital as they continue to push for independence

January 1, 2020

In 2019, Afghan Women Continued Their...

Afghan Women now want peace,stability and obviously freedom which they are enjoying in Afghanistan

November 4, 2019

Women Drivers Hit the Road in...

Dozens of women in Bamyan province of Afghanistan recently received their drivers’ licenses after taking driving tests monitored by local traffic police

October 25, 2019

It’s Hard To Be A Girl...

Afghan children must have IDs to go to school. And each family must have a permanent residence in order to get their IDs. Many members of the Jogi minority, a formerly nomadic people, have neither, and are unable to vote, own land, or attend school

September 1, 2019

Mix and Match

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2004, only four Afghani women have competed in the Olympics for their country. But one 22-year-old kickboxer is hoping to change that…Fifty-seven percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the last month, and about 38% of those students were binge drinking, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

August 3, 2019

Woman Entrepreneur Building Business in Afghanistan

An Afghani female entrepreneur has built a small manufacturing company in the Central Bamyan province to produce shoes and bags for women, primarily by women. It’s a modest business, but it’s changing lives

March 12, 2019

Burqa Workout: Afghan Women Exercise Their...

Women attending daily workouts in a women-only park in the northern city of Maymana in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province must wear burqas. But in this traditional community, they still face criticism from local men for exercising in public at all

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