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Author: Reuters

Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new Higher Education minister said on Sunday.

The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said the new Taliban government, named last week, would "start building the country on what exists today" and did not want to turn the clock back 20 years to when the movement was last in power.

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Author: William Hewett

Rumours that an Auckland student's death is linked to the Pfizer vaccine are being shut down by the Prime Minister. 

Jacinda Ardern said there have been no deaths to any teenagers in New Zealand related to getting vaccinated and encouraged New Zealanders to continue getting vaccinated.

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Author: David Capie
Over the last few months more than a few commentators at home and abroad have become highly sensitive to changes in the New Zealand government’s China settings. Statements about everything from Hong Kong, cyber-security, the origins of covid-19, and the treatment of the Uighurs have been subjected to forensic scrutiny. Yet last week, perhaps lost amidst a late deluge of Olympic medals, a significant development in New Zealand’s position on China’s claims in the South China Sea went largely unnoticed.
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Category : Defence
Author: Nighthawk

Those that know me, know I want to increase spending on our defence force (not just the Navy) However, I want to get back to at least a four frigate navy and I want to up-spec our navy and give them some teeth...

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Author: James Skinner

New polling commissioned by a leading think tank in the UK, the Adam Smith Institute, has revealed that a significant majority of UK citizens back freer movement with New Zealand.

The new poll, conducted in conjunction with C|T Group RSR, shows that while the UK is negotiating a new trade deal with New Zealand, provisions for the free movement of citizens and mutual skills recognition should be included as part of the negotiations.

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Author: Mina Kerr-Lazenby

An Auckland couple flouted alert level 4 lockdown rules by crossing the border and flying to their holiday home in Wanaka, police say.

The couple – a 26-year-old woman and 35-year-old man – crossed the alert level 4 border using essential worker exemptions.

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Author: China Uncensored

Just when you thought the coverup of the origins of the coronavirus couldn't get any shadier, it just did. Documents obtained by the online American news site The Intercept give damning information about the National Institutes of Health, the US taxpayer-funded health organization EcoHealth Alliance, and the journal Nature Medicine. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for more on the secret documents that reveal some of the mysteries about the coronavirus.

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Author: Reuters

War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the US on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that prompted a United States invasion of Afghanistan and the toppling of its Taliban rulers.

After a two-decade occupation, US forces abruptly pulled out of Afghanistan last month, triggering the collapse of its Western-backed government and the Taliban's dramatic return to power.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/september-11-anniversary-afghans-blame-departed-us-forces-for-their-woes-20-years-on-from-9-11.html
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  2. How many people with 'extremist views' in the community are being watched closely
  3. Military personnel take legal action against vaccine directive
  4. 'Did we find a terrorist? Or did we create one?'

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