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  Karnataka: NIA chargesheets two for links with Pak-based terror group, trying to radicalise Muslims

  Karnataka | October 10, 2023 18:44 IST

  The NIA said that Mohd Arif and Hamraz Worshid Shaikh attempted to radicalise and recruit gullible Indian Muslim youths to Pakistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The duo wanted to establish Islamic rule in India by overcoming the democratically elected government through violence, NIA said.

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  Pakistan announces crackdown on migrants, UN warns of human rights violations if Afghans deported

  World | October 07, 2023 14:46 IST

  The UN warned Pakistan that the deportation of Afghans could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis. Pakistan recently announced a major crackdown on the illegal migrants asking them to return to their own country by the end of this month or face deportation.

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  Afghanistan: Women must accept 'man's world' as they are not equal, says Taliban education minister

  World | October 01, 2023 19:05 IST

  Neda Mohammad Nadim remarked that a male is "the ruler" and he has the authority that should be accepted by women. He said that despite efforts of the West towards gender equality, men and women are fundamentally unequal.

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  India examining authenticity of Afghan embassy's communication on closing down operations: Sources

  India | September 29, 2023 7:33 IST

  The Afghan embassy in New Delhi is being led by Farid Mamundzay, who was appointed the Ambassador by the Ashraf Ghani-led government. He has continued as envoy after the Taliban took over the power in 2021.

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  US military to conduct fresh interviews of service members on deadly 2021 Kabul airport attack

  World | September 16, 2023 9:09 IST

  Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of nearly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked the US forces during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

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  China names new ambassador for Afghanistan under Taliban rule

  World | September 14, 2023 0:07 IST

  The Taliban seized power in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after two decades of war. Their leaders are under sanctions and no country recognizes them as Afghanistan’s legitimate rulers.

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  ​Afghanistan heading to civil war, Taliban splitting into factions: Former Afghan commander

  World | September 12, 2023 10:14 IST

  Dissatisfied with the prevailing situation in Afghanistan, the former Afghan commander blamed the Joe Biden administration for abruptly leaving the war-torn country and its citizens at the mercy of the Taliban.

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  'Unprovoked, indiscriminate firing': Pakistan spars with Afghanistan over Torkham border closure

  World | September 11, 2023 18:20 IST

  The border close on allegations from Pakistan that Afghan authorities reportedly started building a checkpoint on its side in a prohibited area, which Kabul has refuted.

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  ​US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan now in Pakistani Taliban's hands: Pak Premier

  World | September 05, 2023 11:04 IST

  The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, have over the past months intensified attacks on Pakistan's security forces. The TTP is a separate militant group but an ally of the Afghan Taliban.

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  Afghanistan: Two years after Kabul's fall, huge number of Afghans who helped US still await visas

  World | September 02, 2023 7:06 IST

  The visa programme was kicked off in 2009 to help Afghans who helped the Americans and confronted the risks of doing so. There is a similar programme for the Iraqis. However, both programmes have been criticised for their slow progress, thus leaving the applicants in dangerous limbo.

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  Afghanistan: Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hits debt-ridden nation, Pakistan, Uzbekistan also affected

  World | August 28, 2023 11:09 IST

  According to the National Center for Seismology, "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.8, Occurred on 28-08-2023, 10:05:08 IST, Lat: 36.41 & Long: 70.44, Depth: 173 Km."

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  Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from entering popular Band-e-Amir national park for THIS reason

  World | August 27, 2023 19:50 IST

  A week ago, Taliban Minister Mohammad Khalid Hanafi old officials and religious officials that women have not been following the proper way of wearing the hijab. "Going sightseeing is not a must for women," he said.

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  Afghanistan democracy becomes a distant dream as Taliban bans political parties, cites Sharia laws

  World | August 17, 2023 13:12 IST

  The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice announced a complete ban on the activities of all political parties in the country, citing their "misalignment with the interests of the people".

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  US allows flights to fly over Afghan airspace to reach India but none of airlines dare to fly I WHY

  World | August 16, 2023 13:18 IST

  Although this would be a beneficial step for those airlines that are targeting Indian as well as Southeast Asian travellers, none of them dared to fly over the region amid the fact America left lethal weapons when it pulled out its forces in August 2021.

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  Afghanistan: 3 killed, 7 injured in blast at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

  World | August 14, 2023 18:37 IST

  No group has yet claimed responsibility behind the blast, even as the Taliban government in Afghanistan has blamed the Islamic State in Khorasan Province - a regional affiliate of the Islamic State (ISIS) group - for previous attacks.

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  Pilot Sharan reveals SHOCKING details about how he forced Pak to permit landing of hijacked flight

  World | August 06, 2023 12:53 IST

  The brief story of IC-814 is that it was hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, 40 minutes after it took off from Kathmandu at 4 PM.

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  Afghanistan: Taliban issues new diktat to ban girl students from attending school beyond third grade

  World | August 06, 2023 12:23 IST

  Sher Mohammad Abad Stanekzai, the political deputy of the foreign ministry, said that Afghanistan can't develop without education.

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  Is Pakistan facing its own curse or Afghan-Taliban insurgency behind surge in attacks? EXPLAINED

  Explainers | July 31, 2023 19:35 IST

  It is worth mentioning explosion in Pakistan is very frequent in the country. According to the government, the "Afghani terror" organisations were responsible for the increase in terror activities especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as it shares an international border with Afghanistan.

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  Afghan Taliban issues reason for ban on salons, say beauty parlours offered 'forbidden services'

  World | July 07, 2023 9:01 IST

  This is the latest addition to a long list of curbs imposed by the Taliban government on the freedom of girls and women since coming back to power in 2021.

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  Taliban issues new diktat to ban women's beauty salons in Kabul: Report

  World | July 04, 2023 7:01 IST

  The Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue also instructed the Kabul municipality to implement the new Taliban leader's decree and revoke women's beauty salon licenses.