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Taliban supreme leader calls for implementation of Sharia law in Afghanistan
Kabul: The leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada held a gathering with the provincial governors in Kandahar, stressing the need for preserving the Islamic values, Islamic Emirate spokesman…
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Taliban supreme leader calls for Sharia law in Afghanistan
Kabul: The leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada held a gathering with the provincial governors in Kandahar, stressing the need for preserving the Islamic values, Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah…
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Taliban urges Hindus, Sikhs to return; says security issues solved
After the deadly attacks on gurudwaras over the last two years, the Taliban has urged the Hindu and Sikh communities to return. According to a release from the Director General of the…
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Tashkent conference on Afghanistan to begin today
Kabul: An international conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, will now begin on Tuesday after a day’s delay, a spokesman of the Taliban-led government in Kabul has said. The development was confirmed by…
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Afghanistan-Iran ink deal to import 350,000 tonnes of oil
Tehran: A delegation of the Taliban-led Afghan government, currently on a visit to Tehran, has signed a deal with Iran to import 350,000 tonnes of oil, according to media reports. The delegation included…
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‘UN mission trying to negotiate with Taliban for reopening girls’ schools’
Kabul: Fiona Frazer, chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that they were trying to negotiate with the Taliban government to reopen schools for girl students from classes…
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UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad: Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security, on the whole, has improved since then, the United Nations…
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Quake jolts Afghanistan, 14 injured, numerous houses destroyed
Kabul: A quake jolted parts of Afghanistan on Monday afternoon, injuring at least 14 people and destroying scores of houses. According to US geological survey, the quake measuring 5.1 on Richter scale…
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Chinese energy firms ‘threaten’ to stop Afghan coal import
Islamabad: As a steady decline of foreign currency reserves in Pakistan continues, Chinese energy firms in Pakistan have threatened to discontinue the import of Afghan coal in Pakistan if National Electric Power…
- Pakistan
TTP’s bid for political legitimacy may fail due to trust deficit
Peshawar: The ongoing bid of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to enter the political mainstream in Pakistan may face obstruction as several experts think that the outlawed group will harm and shrink political spaces for…
- India
India signs MoU for wheat donation to Afghanistan
New Delhi: India on Saturday signed an MoU with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for in kind humanitarian food assistance of 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for Afghanistan, which…
- Afghanistan
Afghanistan wants good relations with all nations: Taliban leader
Kabul: Supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration Haibatullah Akhundzada on Wednesday said that Afghanistan wants to have good relations with all countries. “We assure our neighbours, the region and the world that…
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Global charity provides $28.5 mn to 19 countries hit by drought
Nairobi: A global charity has announced $28.5 million to help families in 19 countries, mostly in Africa, facing the worst global hunger crisis in decades. “The combined impact of conflicts, climate change,…
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Taliban dig-up their founder Mullah Omar’s vehicle buried 21 years ago
Kandahar: Mullah Omar, the elusive and reclusive one-eyed founder of the Taliban, once hid his personal vehicle by burying it when the US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 in retaliation to the…