(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN PARA GAMES-OPENING CEREMONY(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN PARA GAMES-OPENING CEREMONY(CN)

(231022) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegation of Afganistan parade into the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Oct. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

No decision yet on pieces of Bamyan Buddha statues: Taliban

No decision yet on pieces of Bamyan Buddha statues: Taliban

KABUL, Afganistan - Taliban Minister of Information and Culture Qodratollah Jamal tells a group of journalists on March 17 that the Taliban authorities have yet to decide what to do with the pieces of the two world famous Bamyan Buddha statues whose destruction was completed on March 13.

AFGANISTAN-JWAZJAN-DISPLACED FAMILIES

AFGANISTAN-JWAZJAN-DISPLACED FAMILIES

(220819) -- JAWZJAN, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows the belongings of a displaced family in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Up to 800 families have been displaced by a natural fire that erupted in Bala Mardian village of Faizabad district in the northern Jawzjan province days ago, a local police officer confirmed Wednesday. (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Rally in support of Afghan women - Paris

Feminist activists gathered in solidarity with Afghan women threatened by the Taliban takeover in Afganistan, in Paris, France, on August 28, 2021. Photo by Georges Darmon/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

Jordan prince 'under house arrest' amid security crackdown

Jordan prince 'under house arrest' amid security crackdown

Files- King Abdallah II of Jordan offers a traditional bedouin lunch (or -Mansaf-) for the wedding of his brother Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein to Algerian-French TV reporter Rym Brahimi, daughter of the UN special envoy to Afganistan and Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, on 5th September 2004 in Amman. Prince Ali and his wife Princess Rym, decided last week to cancel a major wedding reception and give the money to needy families. Pictured : Prince Ali and his two brothers Crown Prince Hamzah and Prince Hashem. Photo by Allan/Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Balkis Press/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

No decision yet on pieces of Bamyan Buddha statues: Taliban

No decision yet on pieces of Bamyan Buddha statues: Taliban

KABUL, Afganistan - Taliban Minister of Information and Culture Qodratollah Jamal tells a group of journalists on March 17 that the Taliban authorities have yet to decide what to do with the pieces of the two world famous Bamyan Buddha statues whose destruction was completed on March 13.