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Pakistani Taliban attack police stations in country's north-westIn a wave of violence gripping Pakistan, particularly its north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and tribal...
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Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 millionAs the clock ticked down to the Nov 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants...
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Deputy UN chief pushes women's rights during visit to Taliban heartlandUN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed expressed alarm to Taliban officials in Kandahar over violations...
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Afghanistan’s Taliban sign oil extraction deal with Chinese companyAfghanistan's Taliban government has signed its first international contract to drill for oil in the...
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Taliban bar women from university education in AfghanistanAfghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the...
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from many university subjects"I went to the entrance exam with lots of hope. But when I saw the...
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Pakistan foreign minister warns of consequences to Taliban isolationPakistan's foreign minister wants the world to engage the Taliban, warning of dangerous consequences if...
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Divided UN council fails to approve more top Taliban travelThe divided UN Security Council has failed to reach agreement on whether to extend travel...
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Taliban's large gathering ends with calls for international recognitionA Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday (Jul...
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Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed familiesJobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice...
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Taliban ban Afghans from evacuating amid massive security sweepThe Taliban have clamped down on Afghans leaving the country as, separately, their forces continue...
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Taliban in Geneva for diplomatic, humanitarian talksA Taliban delegation was in Geneva on Tuesday for a week of NGO-hosted talks on...
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Pakistani police officer, 2 militants killed in Islamabad clashA police officer has been killed and two others injured in a rare shootout in...
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Afghanistan crisis: Taliban expands 'food for work' programmeThe Taliban has said it is expanding its "food for work" programme, in which donated...
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No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: TalibanAfghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances...
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Taliban, Myanmar junta unlikely to be let into UN for now, say diplomatsA United Nations committee meeting on Wednesday (Dec 1) is unlikely to allow Afghanistan's Taliban...
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Taliban regime won't 'interfere' in other countries' affairs: PMThe Taliban co-founder and now prime minister of Afghanistan Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund pledged Saturday...
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Tagab: the Afghan district known for its pomegranates and fightingAfghanistan’s Tagab district is known for two things – its mouthwatering pomegranates and the constant...
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Afghans 'marry off' baby girls for dowries as starvation loomsJobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country's imploding economy...
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Taliban to Afghan TV networks: Stop airing shows with women actorsAfghanistan's Taliban authorities on Sunday issued a new ''religious guideline'' that called on the country's...
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Taliban appeal to U.S. Congress to release Afghan assetsThe Taliban called Wednesday on U.S. Congress members to release Afghan assets frozen after their...
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Taliban hold military parade with US-made weapons in Kabul in show of strengthTaliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday (Nov 14) using captured American-made...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala marries at home in BritainMalala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls' education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being...
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Pakistani Taliban agrees one month 'complete ceasefire' with governmentPakistan and local Taliban militants have agreed to a one-month ceasefire which may be extended...
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Taliban appoint members as 44 governors, police chiefs around AfghanistanThe Taliban appointed 44 of its members to key roles including provincial governors and police...