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Taliban hikes coal prices after Pakistan PM approves imports from Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): The Taliban increased the price of coal by 30 per cent after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved of importing coal from Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Explosions, gunfire heard close to Taliban's Grand Assembly
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Pakistan: TTP refuses to give up demand for FATA merger reversal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stated that it would not budge from its demand for the reversal of the merger of Pakistan's erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Afghan grand assembly 'Loya Jirga' opens in Kabul, women debarred
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Men will represent women at religious gathering: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): Ahead of the religious scholars' grand gathering of Taliban, the deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi announced on Wednesday that the meeting will convene without the participation of women.
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US, Taliban to hold talk in Doha on Afghan frozen funds
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi, along with his delegation, left for Qatar on Wednesday to discuss with the US officials the release of withheld Afghan assets worth USD 9 billion amid country's struggles with famine and poverty.
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Afghan Human rights Commission confirms reports of civilian shooting in Ba
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission confirmed the reports of civilian shootings in Balkhab, adding that the Taliban killed the public and prisoners during an attack in the district, displacing people.
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Congress' appeasement politics is bringing "Talibani culture" in country,
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Amid the row over the beheading of a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur by two men, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said the Congress' appeasement politics is bringing "Talibani culture" in the countr
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Taliban smuggling weapons to Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): Taliban forces are selling the weapons of former security members at an arms market in Afghanistan's Zabul province and smuggled most of them to Pakistan, a local media reported.
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Poppy cultivation continues in Afghanistan despite ban
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Poppy cultivation is still being carried out in Afghanistan despite a ban implemented by the Taliban on the growth, production and distribution of illicit drugs.
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Taliban detains former police commander of Bagram
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday detained the former police commander of the Bagram district of Parwan province, Ahmad Khan Ahmadzai.
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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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