Tag: Taliban
Americans Were Never Clear On What They Were Trying To Achieve In Afghanistan: PM Imran Khan
Criticising the US over its 20-year war in Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington had no clear aims in the war-torn country, The News reported. ....
WHO Chief, Taliban Delegation Discuss 'dire' Health Crisis In Afghanistan
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that he met Taliban Health Minister Qalander Ebad for talks on the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. ....
'Afghanistan Will Initially Have 110,000-member Army'
Afghanistan will initially have a 110,000-member army, the Taliban's acting Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid said, adding that the number will be increased if required. ....
Taliban Shuts Afghan Girls' Schools Just Hours After Reopening
The Taliban has ordered the secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with the Islamic law for them to reopen, RFE/RL reported. ....
Afghanistan: Blast Reported At A Mosque In Kabul, At Least 6 Injured
At least six people were injured in a hand grenade explosion inside a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday, sources said.....
Pakistan's Relationship With Taliban Now On The Edge
It appears that after several months of failed efforts to deal with TTP, Islamabad's relationship with the Taliban government is now on the edge, the media reported. ....
Deadliest Week In Afghanistan Since Taliban Came To Power
At least 128 people were killed and 161 others were injured in violent incidents last week, the deadliest week since the regime change last year in Afghanistan, Pajhwok News reported. ....
Taliban Shifting Terrorists Away From Border After Pakistan's Warning
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has started taking steps to shift terrorist groups away from the regions along the country's border with Pakistan to other parts after a series of recent attacks drew strong reaction from Islamabad.....
Pak Locals Protest Re-emergence Of Terrorists, Demand Peace
After reports of abduction, killings and the re-emergence of Talibansurfaced in various areas of the Swat Valley and Parachinar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkha (KP) province, locals have started taking to the streets to protest and condemn the incidents and demand peace. ....
Afghans Marrying Off Young Daughters To Avoid Forced Marriages With Taliban
Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls -- a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to parents' belief that securing a spouse for their girls is better than seeing them forced to marry members of the Taliban, a media report said. ....
