Afghanistan

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume commercial flights between Islamabad and Kabul from Monday. It will be the first scheduled international flight since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan nearly a month ago. Air…
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The Taliban are not allowing protests in Afghanistan for the time being. The Afghan Interior Ministry cites the reason "that demonstrators have disrupted public order and caused intimidation". Recent demonstrations have seen…
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Pakistan announces temporary closure of the largest border crossing with Afghanistan. The decision comes at a time when many Afghans are trying to flee their country because of the Taliban takeover. It is not clear when the Chaman…
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Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesman for the Taliban, congratulated the Afghan people on the withdrawal of US troops from the country on Tuesday morning. "This victory belongs to all of us," he said at a press conference at…
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The Taliban condemns the United States for carrying out an airstrike in Kabul without first informing the group. It is illegal for the Americans to carry out attacks at their own discretion in other countries, a spokesman told the…
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UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet reported that the United Nations had received reliable reports of Taliban executions in Afghanistan. The UN has also had reports of the curtailment of women's rights and the suppression of protests…
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According to the British Ministry of Defence, seven Afghans have been killed in the crowd around Kabul airport since the Taliban took power a week ago. Tens of thousands of people have been trying to flee through the airport for a week for…
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One of the Taliban extremist Sunni movement founders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, has arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to consult with other Taliban leaders about forming a government. The Taliban took power in…
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