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The Taliban will attend a U.N. climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the country's national environment agency said Sunday (November 10, 2024). The conference, known as COP29, begins Monday…
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Afghanistan’s Daesh group is staging a growing number of bloody international attacks, presenting a rare but complicated opportunity for foreign cooperation with the Taliban government to counter the jihadists. Since winning their own…
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Afghanistan’s Taliban-led foreign ministry said it has appointed its first accredited ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the second country to accept an envoy at that level after China. The UAE foreign ministry did not immediately…
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Many nations have concerns about Afghanistan being a source of insecurity for the region even as the country continues to be used by al-Qaeda as a “permissive haven” under the Taliban, according to a new United Nations Security Council…
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The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honor at a time when the country is in the grip of humanitarian crises and isolated on the global stage. Hibatullah Akhundzada gave…
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JP Singh, the joint secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs for the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) division, on Thursday met with Taliban-appointed Afghanistan foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, and expressed India’s interest…
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The United Nations is seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only, the UN’s top official in the country said Wednesday.…
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The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police and intelligence agents, a report released…
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The Taliban hailed China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan saying that his arrival is a sign for other nations to come forward and establish relations with them. The Taliban seized power in August 2021 after the withdrawal of US-led NATO…
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More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over despite a “general amnesty” for old enemies, the UN mission in Afghanistan said. At least 218 extrajudicial…
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