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Taliban govt. defends ban on protest, citing Islamic law

September 2, 2026 admin

Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the “law fully complies with Islamic law”, adding that “protests don’t exist in Islamic law”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Taliban government defended on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) its ban on protests that has drawn condemnation from rights groups, saying the order complies with Islamic law. Demonstrations…

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Pakistan says onus on Afghanistan to end hostilities

April 2, 2026 admin

Afghan refugees gather next to a truck loaded with their family’s belonging as they wait for registration to leave for their homeland, outside a repatriation centre in Landi Kotal, a town of Pakistan’s Khyber district bordering with Afghanistan. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan said Thursday (April 2, 2026) that the burden of ending its…

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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power

August 12, 2024 admin

In this photo released by the Taliban Spokesman Office, Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government who leads the Taliban delegation, center right, speaks with Russian Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, during a meeting in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Three years into its rule of Afghanistan,…

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Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000

October 8, 2023 admin

An aerial view of the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, June 5, 2023. Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, the country’s national disaster authority said. | Photo Credit: AP Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000, says Taliban…

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