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Families of Taliban live in Islamabad, says Pak minister
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Amid the escalating violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan's interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has admitted that families of Afghan Taliban reside in his country, including in the capital city of Islamabad.
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Pak PM Imran Khan says will close Durand Line if Taliban forcibly seize po
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that Pakistan would close borders if the Taliban forcibly seized power in Afghanistan.
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69 TLP members from Pak's Rawalpindi named in anti-terrorism schedule
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): A total of 218 people, including 69 members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TLP) have been placed on the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, in the Rawalpindi division by the Punjab home department.
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Former Afghan vice president instructs soldiers to fight Taliban 'tooth an
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As the conflict in Afghanistan deepens, the country's former Vice President Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum on Sunday urged his soldiers and supporters to fight the Taliban fiercely and stop them from taking over more territory.
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Hundreds of more Afghan civilians take up arms against Taliban as conflict
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As deadly clashes in Afghanistan continue to intensify, hundreds of more civilians have taken up arms against the Taliban in support of the government forces in Herat, Patkia, Ghor and Kunduz provinces.
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Taliban urge US to honour Afghan peace deal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As the deadline of the US drawdown from Afghanistan draws near, a senior member of the Taliban has stressed that the group has been continuing to urge the Washington States to honour a peace deal struck by the two sides in February 2020.
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Afghan govt rejects TTP presence in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): The Ashraf Ghani government denied the presence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan on Sunday after Pakistan expressed apprehensions regarding a possible spillover of TTP amid the US drawdown from its neighbouring country.
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Taliban capture border checkpoint in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], June 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban have captured a border crossing in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, resulting in 17 Afghan servicemen retreating into neighboring Tajikistan, the country's border service told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Airstrikes kill 6 Taliban mine planters in N. Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Six terrorists have been confirmed dead as fighting planes struck a group of Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Saturday night, an army spokesman in the northern region captain Abdul Razaq said Sunday.
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Taliban trying to take military equipment to Pakistan, says senior Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Amid the US military drawdown from Afghanistan, a senior Afghan security official said that the Taliban is making efforts to transport military equipment captured from Afghan security forces, including tanks, to Pakistan.
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Pakistan hopes 'Taliban won't allow TTP to operate in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): As the deadline for the US exit from Afghanistan draws near, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said that Islamabad is expecting that the Taliban will not allow terrorist groups like TTP (Tehreek-e-Pakistan Taliban) to carry out activities again
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People in Pakistan losing trust in army
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): People in Pakistan are losing their trust in its Army in the face of prolonged operations by its troops.
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