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Russia to remove Taliban from ‘terror’ list: state media

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Russia to remove Taliban from ‘terror’ list: state media

Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, center right, and other members of delegations pose for a photo prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Russia hosts talks on Afghanistan involving the representatives of the Taliban, other political forces in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will remove…

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Russia To Remove Taliban From Its Terrorist Group List: Report

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Russia To Remove Taliban From Its Terrorist Group List: Report

“Kazakhstan has recently taken the decision, which we are also going to take.” Moscow: Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said Monday. Moscow has for years fostered relations with the Taliban, holding multiple rounds…

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Taliban deny Pakistan’s claim Afghans responsible for attack that killed Chinese dam engineers

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Taliban deny Pakistan’s claim Afghans responsible for attack that killed Chinese dam engineers

File picture of police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, a district in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the…

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Taliban Government Joins Climate Change Talks For First Time

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Taliban Government Joins Climate Change Talks For First Time

Climate change plays a key role in the livelihoods of Afghans. (Representational) Kabul: The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental organisations over the impact of climate change in Afghanistan, organisers said Wednesday. After four decades of war, Afghanistan ranks as one of the countries least prepared to…

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The Taliban suspend two TV stations in Afghanistan for neglecting Islamic and national values

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The Taliban suspend two TV stations in Afghanistan for neglecting Islamic and national values

Taliban security personnel stand guard atop a Humevee vehicle during a game of ‘Buzkashi’, a traditional Central Asian sport, at a field in Fayzabad, Badakhshan province, on April 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider national and Islamic values.”…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – April 16, 2024

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The Hindu Morning Digest – April 16, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tirunelveli on April 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Country being pushed towards black money; everyone will regret attacking Electoral Bond scheme, says PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 15 said that the country had been pushed towards black money in elections after the Supreme Court scrapped the electoral bonds scheme,…

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Russia Says Working On Removing Taliban From Its Terrorist List

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Russia Says Working On Removing Taliban From Its Terrorist List

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 (File) Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and one way or another we communicate with…

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Russia says it is working on removing Taliban from its terrorist list

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Russia says it is working on removing Taliban from its terrorist list

Taliban forces patrol near the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and…

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced its Wilayat Khorasan, the Taliban wrote a letter to the IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban’s demand was that the IS should stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State were insurgencies that time. The letter, signed by…

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Taliban’s education ban forces girls and women into ‘dull’ online classes

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Taliban’s education ban forces girls and women into ‘dull’ online classes

Sequestered at home in a remote Afghan town, 18-year-old Shekiba often roams the house hunting for the patchy Internet signal that is her last link to an education. Shekiba has turned to online learning since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and shut her out of classrooms, signing up for live economics lectures she…

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