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TTP forms 'new cabinet' in a challenge to Pakistan govt
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
TTP is allied with the Taliban, who seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in August last year. The radical Islamic outfit has stepped up attacks since it announced the end of an Afghan Taliban-brokered ceasefire with the government in November.
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Explosion at Kabul military airport, casualties likely
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An explosion was reported at the Kabul military airport on Sunday, Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
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"Pakistan saw rise in 'terror attacks' in 2022 as TTP turned biggest threa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In its annual report, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said Pakistan security forces lost at least 282 personnel during 2022 in attacks that included IED ambushes, suicide attacks, and raids on security posts, mostly in the Pakistan-Afghan border regions.
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Yearender 2022: Pakistan-Taliban ties in jeopardy over Durand Line crisis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan endorsed the Taliban taking over Kabul by saying that Afghanistan has broken the "shackles of slavery" in the neighbouring war-torn country. Pakistan is accused of facilitating the Taliban rebellion which ultimately resulted in the seizing of powe
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Artists in Afghanistan's Paktia struggling to find market to present their
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A group of painters in the eastern province of Paktia claimed that while things were better in the past, they are currently struggling to find a market for their creations as Afghanistan's economy is under deep crisis since the Taliban took control in August last year, TOLO news reported.
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More than 6.6 mn people face severe hunger crisis in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Crisis in Afghanistan does not seem to die down as several people are under the grip of hunger and lack of basic amenities in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Afghan land in August last year, TOLO news reported.
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4 policemen killed in heavy firing at checkpost in northwest Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Dawn quoted police spokesperson Yaqoob Shah that an unknown number of terrorists had stormed the Takwarra check post in Kulachi tehsil early morning.
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Unexplained incarcerations complicate matters for Afghan refugees in Pakis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Unexplained incarceration is not a new development in Pakistan. Their frequency, however, has increased significantly since the Taliban's return to power in Kabul," Hossain writes.
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11.6 million Afghan women, girls are no longer receiving vital aid: US env
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning women from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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Pakistan-Taliban ties: From strategic depth to strategic menace
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US exit from Afghanistan had bolstered Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) activities with its base in the war-torn country still intact, Pakistan's counter-terrorism authority in Islamabad told the country's Senate Standing Committee on Interior earlier this month. The TTP gained considerab
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Norwegian Refugee Council head urges the West to engage with Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Egeland, during an interview with TOLO News, talked about the Taliban's recent decision banning women from going to schools, universities and work.
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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