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US designates Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Abrini on terrorist list
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 4(ANI): The United States State Department has designated Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Mohamed Abrini, a member of the Europe-based Islamic State as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
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China double deals Taliban and Afghanistan government
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug.3 (ANI): The Chinese leadership has come in for harsh criticism from the Afghan government for having invited a Taliban delegation to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing last month.
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Taliban executes 19-year-old girl in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 2 (ANI): Taliban militants publicly executed a 19-year-old girl in northern Sar-e-Pul province on charges of abandoning her family over a domestic issue.
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Most IS men in Afghanistan are Pakistan Taliban fighters, says US Commande
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 1 (ANI): Commander of the US and the NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. John W. Nicholson has said almost 70 per cent of the fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban who joined IS after having been forced out of their country.
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Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul explosion, gunfight underway
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug 1 (ANI): The Taliban has claimed responsibility for explosion that rocked a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan early Monday morning and a fierce gunfight is underway between security forces and the assailants.
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Women gang-raped by Taliban militants in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 31 (ANI): The local security officials on Sunday said that a group of the Taliban militants have allegedly gang-raped a woman in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.
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Taliban team visited China to discuss atrocities against Afghan people: Re
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar, July 31 (ANI): A delegation from the Taliban had visited China earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, reports suggest.
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Taliban captures Helmand's Khanashin district
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 30 (ANI): Local officials on Saturday said that Khanashin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province has fallen to Taliban after hours of clashes with the security forces since last night.
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Three Taliban commanders arrested in Afghanistan's Samangan province
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 24 (ANI): Three key commanders of the Taliban group have been arrested during a joint clearance operation in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province.
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50 Daesh, Taliban insurgents killed in Nangarhar's military operation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 21 (ANI): At least 50 Daesh and Taliban insurgents were killed in air and ground force operations in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Pak Army confirms rescuing kidnapped Sindh chief justice's son
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi, July 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has claimed that it has rescued the kidnapped son of Sindh Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah from his Taliban captors and reunited him with his family.
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TTP, al-Qaeda behind Awais Shah's kidnapping: DG ISPR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi, July19 (ANI): Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt. General Asim Bajwa has said that a Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) splinter group and al-Qaeda were behind the kidnapping of Awais Ali Shah, son of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah.
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