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US not ready to reopen embassy in Kabul, says Afghanistan envoy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The United States is not yet ready to reopen its embassy in Afghanistan, but continues to monitor the security situation in the country while maintaining diplomatic ties with the Taliban, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has said, acco
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After arresting some activists, Taliban members continue threaten, intimid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The Taliban members continue to threaten and harass women activists to intimidate them after arresting some women activists recently, according to a media report.
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Taliban-run Afghanistan may become safe haven for Al Qaeda, TTP still acti
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): A report sent to the UN Security Council on Monday, stated that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has between 3,000 and 5,000 fighters in Afghanistan and also warned that a Taliban-run Afghanistan has the potential to become a "safe haven"
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Taliban asks UN to surrender Afghanistan's seat to Islamic Emirate
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): The Taliban has asked the United Nations to surrender Afghanistan's seat in the organization to the Islamic Emirate.
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No direct threat of Taliban expansion into neighbouring states, says CSTO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 9 (ANI): Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Stanislav Zas has said that the member states of the CSTO currently are not facing a direct threat of military expansion by the Taliban despite Afghanistan remaining the source of regional
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'Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan, both playing double games'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Stressing that both Pakistan and Taliban are playing a double game with each other, senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir said Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan and refuses to acknowledge Pakistan's many years of tacit and not-so-tacit support for the g
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TTP bombs police vehicle in north-west Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has bombed a police vehicle in Kot Azam region of District Tank in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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UN again voices concern about women's safety in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): The top UN envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons met top Taliban leadership on Tuesday and voiced concern about the women's safety in the country.
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Armed clash breaks out between Taliban, local residents in Afghanistan's P
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Panjshir [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): The Taliban has surrounded the Parandeh valley in Afghanistan's Panjshir province and arrested local residents, as per local sources.
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Taliban delegation arrives in Geneva for talks: Swiss Foreign Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], February 9 (ANI): A delegation of the Taliban has arrived in Geneva, where it plans to hold talks with representatives of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and non-governmental organization, FDFA spokeswoman Elisa Raggi said.
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US' Afghan evacuation efforts were resisted by White House, diplomats for
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] February 8 (ANI): The State Department and the White House hindered efforts by US military leaders to prepare evacuation of embassy personnel and allies from Afghanistan for weeks before Kabul's fall, said a media report citing an Army investigative report.
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Nearly 100 Afghan refugees shot dead by Iranian security forces during pas
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): Nearly 100 Afghan refugees who wanted to enter Iran illegally have been shot dead by Iranian security forces, and their bodies transferred to Afghanistan within six months since the Taliban took over, according to local officials.
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