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Hyrbyair Marri alleges Pakistani aggression against Afghanistan and Baloch
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Baloch nationalist leader Hyrbyair Marri has levelled strong allegations against Pakistan, accusing it of repeated military aggression against Afghanistan and continued occupation of Balochistan, in a detailed post shared on X.
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Tribal Jirga decide to block AF-Pak highway against merger of FATA with KP
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
All tribes Loya Jirga decided to block the Afghanistan-Pakistan highway at Jamrud Bypass to register their protest against the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) without the consent of all tribes and people.
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Afghan women protest, demand reopening of schools after Taliban skips to d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A group of women activists under the name of 'Kabul School of Critics' staged a protest demanding the Taliban to reopen schools for women without further delay, local media reported.
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Taliban declares ISIS-K a 'corrupt sect'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 3 (ANI): The Taliban declared Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K a 'corrupt sect' and asked Afghans not to have any kind of relationship with them as stated in the resolution issued at the end of the three-day grand assembly of religious scholars and elders on Saturday.
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Foreigners should not interfere in Afghanistan's affairs: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 3 (ANI): In a recent speech at an event in Kabul on Friday, the Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada warned foreigners to stop meddling in Afghanistan's affairs and politics.
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Afghan Jirga calls for national support, international recognition for adm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders on Saturday called for national support for the Taliban-run "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" and international recognition of the administration.
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Without participation of political figures in jirga, formal recognition of
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Criticising Afghanistan's national assembly, former politicians said that without the participation of political figures at such gatherings, the formal recognition that the Taliban wanted, would not be possible, neither at a local nor an international level
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Reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Akhundzada attends clerics gathering in K
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], July 1 (ANI): Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is participating in a three-day religious gathering of clerics at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul, local media reported.
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Afghanistan: Explosions, gunfire heard close to Taliban's Grand Assembly
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): Multiple explosions and gunfire were heard near the Loya Jirga hall in the Afghanistan capital Kabul where religious scholars and tribal leaders gathered for the Taliban's grand assembly.
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Afghan grand assembly 'Loya Jirga' opens in Kabul, women debarred
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders opened in Kabul on Thursday, Xinhua reported citing the Afghan caretaker government's chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.
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Afghanistan: Politicians, residents call for inclusion of women, ethnic gr
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Many politicians and residents have asked the Taliban to invite women as well as representatives from all Afghan ethnic groups for the gathering (Loya Jirga) of Islamic scholars to be held today.
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Afghan leaders support Pashtun ethnic jirga in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkh
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): Former Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and former Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday supported the proposal by the Pashtun ethnic jirga in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to hold a Loya Jirga in Balochistan.
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