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Expert draws parallels between China and Taliban as Xi destroying Tibetan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], January 23 (ANI): Drawing similarities between Taliban and Xi Jinping, Strategic expert Brahma Chellaney said that Chinese authorities demolished a 99-foot statue of Lord Buddha in a Tibetan region of Sichuan in the same manner when the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas.
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Turkish Charity pledges 80 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 23 (ANI): Deniz Feneri Association, a Turkish Charity, has pledged to deliver 80 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as the situation in the country deteriorates after the Taliban takeover in August last year.
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Top Taliban delegation heads for Oslo talks
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 23 (ANI): A top Taliban delegation on Saturday left for Norway for the first official talks with the West on European soil, since seizing power in Kabul in August last year.
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Pakistan minister blames remnants of groups defeated by Taliban for creati
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 22 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday blamed "small remnants of groups" defeated by the Taliban for creating an "atmosphere of terror" in Pakistan.
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Talks with TTP break down due to harsh conditions, says Pakistan Interior
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 22 (ANI): Pakistan government's talks with the banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan broke down due to the latter's harsh conditions said the country's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, reported local media.
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Taliban deny detaining female protestor in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 22 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday denied that they have arrested a female protestor Tamana Zaryab Paryani in Kabul, who was one of the 20 Afghan women who protested against the obligation of wearing hijab announced by the Islamic Emirate.
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America has no specified schedule for recognition of Taliban: US special e
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 22 (ANI): US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West on Saturday said that America has no specified schedule for the recognition of the interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).
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Taliban should respect human rights for the sake of international recognit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 22 (ANI): The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday (local time) said that the Taliban should respect human rights for the sake of recognition and international support.
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Chinese crackdown in Tibet portrays Xi Jinping's new Taliban face: Analysi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], January 22 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's campaign against religious symbols, practitioners and language in Tibet reflects the emergence of a "communist Taliban" in today's China, says analyst Vijay Kranti who has referenced the recent demolition of Buddha statues in Si
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UN urges Taliban to provide information on whereabouts of two missing wome
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 22 (ANI): The United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over the disappearance of two Afghan women activists who were allegedly abducted from their houses in Kabul and urged the Taliban to provide information on their whereabouts.
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Taliban delegation to visit Norway for wide-ranging talks
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 22 (ANI): A Taliban delegation is set to visit Norway's capital city of Oslo on Saturday to discuss several issues with the country's officials and representatives of the international community.
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Afghan women face existential crisis due to Taliban's political 'incapicit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): The Taliban's political inability has created an existential crisis for women of Afghanistan, thus endangering country's future, a media report said.
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