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Opinion: A Murky Rivalry Is Brewing In India's Neighbourhood

December 30, 2024 admin

The Afghans are understandably furious. After more than two decades of unleashing terror on them from the mujahideen era through the Taliban times, Pakistan decided to bomb Afghan villages on Tuesday, killing some 46 people, including women and children. The villages allegedly sheltered the cadres of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). That’s ironic. The TTP is…

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Days After Pak Air Strikes, Soldier Killed In Clashes With Afghan Troops

December 28, 2024 admin

Peshawar: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan’s forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes. Sporadic fighting, including with heavy weaponry, erupted overnight between border forces on the frontier between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

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New Russian Law Will Remove Taliban’s “Terrorist” Label, HTS Could Be Next

December 18, 2024 admin

Moscow: The Russian parliament has passed a law that would allow courts to suspend bans on groups designated as terrorist organisations by Moscow. The new law, passed by parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, paved the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the Afghan Taliban and potentially with the new leadership of Syria. It…

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14 Years On, The Arab Spring Morphs Into An Islamic Winter

December 16, 2024 admin

On December 17, 2010, Mohammed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit vendor, set himself on fire to protest against local officials having confiscated his stall. His act ignited the flames of a pan-Arab anti-establishment mass uprising that came to be called the ‘Arab Spring’. On the eve of the 14th anniversary of that incident and in the…

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Afghanistan must participate in future climate talks: Taliban

December 1, 2024 admin

Matiul Haq Khalis, head of the National Environmental Protection Agency from Afghanistan, said Afghanistan must participate in future climate talks. File | Photo Credit: AP An Afghan environment official on Sunday (December 1, 2024) said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban…

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More than 300 Afghan reporters suffer rights breaches under Taliban: UN

November 27, 2024 admin

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 300 Afghan journalists have suffered rights breaches since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, a United Nations report said Tuesday, documenting dozens of cases of torture and arbitrary arrest. Afghanistan’s media sector has dramatically shrunk under three years of Taliban government, while…

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In 1st Appointment In India, Taliban Names Young Student Its Envoy In Mumbai

November 13, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Taliban regime has appointed a young Afghan student in India, Ikramuddin Kamil, as Acting Consul at Afghanistan’s Consulate in Mumbai. This is the first appointment by the Taliban – which New Delhi does not recognise – in India since it took power in Afghanistan in 2021. India withdrew its diplomats from Kabul…

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Russia Decides To Remove Taliban From Terrorist Groups List: Report

October 4, 2024 admin

Moscow formally labelled the Taliban a terrorist organisation in 2003. Moscow: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported on Friday. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal…

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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan’s Fight Against Polio: Report

September 24, 2024 admin

In a major setback to the efforts to eliminate the highly infectious polio disease in Afghanistan, the Taliban leadership has called off a nationwide vaccination campaign. The unexpected decision was taken by the Taliban government only a few days before the campaign was about to start. With 18 confirmed cases this year (three times the…

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Everything To Know About Taliban’s New “Vice And Virtue” Law In Afghanistan

September 6, 2024 admin

Kabul: The Taliban government’s new law to “promote virtue and prevent vice” has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam. In recent days there has been evidence of Taliban morality police enforcing the legislation, as well as Afghans self-policing to avoid conflicts with officials. However, other…

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