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Panjshir resistance leader Ahmad Massoud ready for talks if Taliban leave
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the resistance forces in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Panjshir, on Sundays said resistance forces are ready to cease fighting and start negotiations if the Taliban leave the province, Sputnik reported on Sunday.
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Religious scholars call for ceasefire between Taliban, Panjshir front
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Amid heavy fighting between the Taliban and Panjshir resistance forces, a number of religious scholars at a gathering in Kabul on Sunday asked both sides for the ceasefire.
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Mullah Baradar meets top UN official for humanitarian efforts
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Taliban's deputy head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar met UN under-secretary-general Martin Griffiths, urging the UN's humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan on Sunday, reported local media.
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Top US General says 'civil war' likely to break out in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 5 (ANI): Top US General Mark Milley on Saturday (local time) said he believed it was likely that conditions for a future "civil war" could develop in Afghanistan following the US troops' withdrawal.
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Taliban's regime in Afghanistan to be led by spiritual figure, say reports
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): The Taliban's upcoming governing system in Afghanistan is said to be headed by a spiritual figure appointed as Amr al-Muminin, local media reports said on Sunday.
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Sales of hijabs, burqas soar in Afghanistan after Taliban mandates it for
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): In Afghanistan, sales of hijab and burqa increased after the Taliban announced that only women wearing the hijab will have access to education and work.
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'Mullah Baradar, Anas Haqqani fought over disagreement on Panjshir situati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Gunfire heard in Kabul on Friday night was actually a power struggle between two senior Taliban leaders - group co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Afghan Taliban leader, Anas Haqqani, according to some accounts.
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Taliban claim control of all districts in Panjshir, resistance forces deny
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 5 (ANI): The Taliban said that they have taken control of all districts in Panjshir province, a claim that has been denied by resistance forces, according to a media report on Sunday.
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Taliban claim to have captured 4 districts in Panjshir Valley, resistance
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): The Taliban claimed to have captured four districts in the Panjshir Valley, however, the resistance forces have denied the claim, a media report said on Sunday.
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Despite financial woes, Afghans in India don't want to go back home
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 5 (ANI): Afghan nationals who arrived in India before the Taliban captured control over a majority of Afghanistan say they do not want to return despite facing financial hardships here.
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BJP protests outside Javed Akhtar's Mumbai residence for 'comparing RSS, V
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday staged a protest against lyricist Javed Akhtar outside his residence here, alleging that he compared Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) with the Taliban, which recently capt
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Uyghur refugees in Afghanistan who escaped persecution under fear as China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Uyghur refugees in Afghanistan who escaped persecution are under the fear that they could be deported to China as it is wooing the Taliban.
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