Omid, a translator, has been living in Pakistan without a formal permit. The police are trying to push him and his family out econ.trib.al/afuPTJU Photo: Getty Images
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday cautiously addressed media reports alleging that Sirajuddin Haqqani ... Show more
Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan ordered to leave or face forced deportation: Following the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent Taliban ...
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Quick Glance: Pakistan's Strategic Use of Afghan Refugees against the Taliban
- Islamabad wants Kabul to take real action against the TTP and is leveraging Afghan refugees as a bargaining chip.
- According to the UNHCR, Pakistan currently hosts 3.7 million Afghan refugees, with 700,000 fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
- The TTP's safe haven in Afghanistan hampers the effectiveness of major military operations by the Pakistan army against the group.
- The Taliban have suggested negotiations between Islamabad and the TTP to resolve their issues, but Pakistan is not interested, given the long history of failed attempts.
At least 7 civilians killed and 20 others wounded after a minibus exploded in the Afghan capital
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-at-least-7-civilians-killed-and-20-others-wounded-after-a-minibus/
UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody: The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-records-torture-deaths-detainees-taliban-custody-2023-09-20/
Should the United States Normalize Relations With the Taliban?: A group of experts weigh in on whether Washington should normalize relations with the Taliban ...
foreignaffairs.com/ask-the-experts/should-united-states-normalize-relations-taliban-afghanistan
Quick Glance: Taliban Accused of Targeting Afghan Ex-Officials
- Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, numerous former government officials have been detained, tortured, or killed.
- The United Nations documented at least 218 extrajudicial killings of former government officials by members of the new government.
- A new UN report highlights the treatment of individuals affiliated with the former government and security forces of Afghanistan.
- The Taliban government denies knowledge of such offenses and emphasizes the amnesty for former government members.
Suspected IED attack kills 11 labourers in Pakistan’s North Waziristan: Police officials say the labourers, working on an under-construction army post ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/20/suspected-ied-attack-kills-11-labourers-in-pakistans-north-waziristan
Taliban finding new ways to stoke regional tensions: Two years after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, countries around the world have begun ...
asiatimes.com/2023/08/taliban-finding-new-ways-to-stoke-regional-tensions/
Pakistan: At least 40 dead after explosion: In Pakistan, a bomb has killed at least 40 people. Hospitals are on alert. Rescuers fear many more victims.
zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/pakistan-bombe-explosion-tote-100.html
‘I’ll win or die’: why an interpreter is paying smugglers to reach UK: The curtains are always drawn in the basement flat in Istanbul where Ali lives with five ...
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Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police
theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/14/hungry-hunted-terrified-unending-plight-of-the-afghan-women-who-served-in-military-and-police
Azadi English : She once helped put Taliban militants in prison, but now they are hunting her. A former Afghan prosecutor told us she lives "like a prisoner ... Show more
'Fighting with passion': Taliban commander puts gloomy outlook in video message: The situation is tense on the border between Afghanistan and Iran ...
t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/afghanistan-konflikt/id_100183058/iran-konflikt-taliban-kuendigt-leidenschaftliche-kaempfe-an.html
Quick Glance: Iran and Taliban exchange gunfire at Afghan border over water rights
- Iran and the Taliban engaged in heavy gunfire on Saturday at the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, sharply escalating tensions between the two nations amid a dispute over water rights.
- IRNA said Iran inflicted 'heavy casualties and serious damage.'
- The clash comes as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi earlier this month warned the Taliban not to violate Iran's water rights to the Helmand River.
- While not directly accepting the Taliban government, Iran has maintained relations with Afghanistan's new rulers.
At least 80 Afghan students — mostly girls — poisoned in school, all alive: The students fell sick soon after entering the classroom, suggesting a gas and ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/05/afghanistan-girls-school-poisoning/
Around 60 schoolgirls in Afghanistan had to be hospitalized: It is unclear which poison it was and who is behind it. Since the radical Islamic Taliban took power ...
kleinezeitung.at/international/6296063/Giftanschlag_Rund-60-Schulmaedchen-in-Afghanistan-mussten-ins
Pakistan Taliban launch assault on police station, kill four policemen in bomb attack
wionews.com/south-asia/pakistan-taliban-launch-assault-on-police-station-kill-four-policemen-in-bomb-attack-577248
Taliban reaches out to India, embassy to train Afghan diplomats in Kabul: India plans to hold a fourday training programme for Afghan Foreign Ministry officials ...
business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/taliban-reaches-out-to-india-embassy-to-train-afghan-diplomats-in-kabul-123031400493_1.html
Bomb kills 1, wounds 5 at press award event in Afghanistan: A bomb exploded during an award ceremony for journalists in Afghanistan's Mazar-e- Sharif city ...
usatoday.com/story/news/2023/03/11/deadly-bombing-targets-afghanistan-press-event-1-killed-and-5-injured/11451854002/
As the Taliban Curbs Women’s Rights, Advocates Demand Action: As the Taliban repeals women’s rights, advocates for Afghan women call for global action.
usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2023-02-15/what-if-anything-can-the-world-do-to-help-women-in-afghanistan
#VantageOnFirstpost | Vantage Highlights: In today’s episode
- Crimea Strikes: #China ’s Ukraine Peace Plan Derailed?
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Taliban bans Valentine's Day celebrations: Afghan vendors selling roses wait for customers along the flower street on the occasion of Valentine's Day in the ...
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Pak Taliban warns of more attacks on cops: Pakistan's Taliban yesterday warned of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were ...
thedailystar.net/news/asia/south-asia/news/pak-taliban-warns-more-attacks-cops-3251451
Pakistans banned terrorist outfit TTP warn of more attacks against police: The police are often used on the frontline of Pakistans battle with the Taliban and ...
business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/pakistan-s-banned-terrorist-outfit-ttp-warn-of-more-attacks-against-police-123021900679_1.html
Pakistan Taliban warns of more attacks against police: More than 80 officers were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a mosque inside a ...
news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/18/23/pakistan-taliban-warn-of-more-attacks-against-police
Islamist militants tied to the Taliban have launched increasing attacks along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, many targeting the police.
Terror at midday prayer: Dozens dead, hundreds injured after attack in Pakistan: At least 89 people died in an attack on a mosque in north-west Pakistan most of ...
spiegel.de/ausland/pakistan-nach-anschlag-auf-moschee-steigt-die-zahl-der-toten-auf-89-a-660326cc-859e-4a73-894f-d96245f1bd7a
Pakistan: death toll after mosque attack rises to at least 89: The death toll following a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan has risen to at ...
welt.de/vermischtes/article243517779/Pakistan-Zahl-der-Toten-nach-Anschlag-in-Moschee-steigt-auf-mindestens-89.html
Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility for Bombing of Pakistani Police Compound: In Pakistan, the death toll from Monday’s suicide bombing in the northwestern ...
democracynow.org/2023/1/31/headlines/taliban_offshoot_claims_responsibility_for_bombing_of_pakistani_police_compound
Pakistan suicide bomber kills nine police officers: A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others Monday in an attack on a police truck ...
deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/pakistan-suicide-bomber-kills-nine-police-officers-1197637.html
Suicide bombing at mosque: suspect was wearing police uniform: Investigators speak of a "security breakdown": the bomber was not controlled. 100 people died.
sueddeutsche.de/politik/selbstmordanschlag-pakistan-polizeiuniform-1.5743802
Balochistan: Several Pakistan soldiers killed in attack by freedom fighters: With the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) joining forces with the Baloch freedom ...
firstpost.com/world/balochistan-several-pakistan-soldiers-killed-in-attack-by-freedom-fighters-12067282.html
Richmond advances new way of handling mental health emergencies: May marks five years since Marcus-David Peters, a 24-year-old unarmed biology teacher ...
richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/marcus-alert-richmond-crisis-response-system-update/article_715fcb5a-b7b2-11ed-b057-df1fdc5515f7.html
Death toll in Pakistan mosque blast rises to 83: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/death-toll-in-pakistan-mosque-blast-rises-to-83
Afghanistan: Former female lawmaker shot dead in Kabul: The killing of the young former politician comes as women's rights across Afghanistan are chipped ...
dw.com/en/afghanistan-former-female-lawmaker-shot-dead-in-kabul/a-64398102
Peshawar: dead in attack on mosque: An explosion in the city of Peshawar partially destroyed a busy mosque. Apparently an assassin blew himself up.
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/peschawar-tote-bei-anschlag-auf-moschee-18640201.html
Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada Assassinated in Her Kabul Home: In Afghanistan, armed men shot and killed former Member of Parliament Mursal Nabizada on Sunday ...
democracynow.org/2023/1/17/headlines/former_afghan_mp_mursal_nabizada_assassinated_in_her_kabul_home
Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement: The country's Taliban rulers a day earlier ordered women nationwide to stop attending ...
pbs.org/newshour/world/afghan-women-weep-over-university-ban-as-taliban-begin-enforcement
At the site of the blast, rescuers and families searched through the rubble for possible survivors, many of whom were trapped for more than 24 hours ... Show more
How the Taliban Is Intimidating Female Athletes in Afghanistan Since Sports Ban: Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) -- Noura’s determination to play sports was so great ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-11/afghan-women-athletes-barred-from-play-fear-taliban-threats
U.S. charges suspect in New York ‘jihad-inspired’ machete attack: Trevor Thomas Bickford, 19, drew the FBI's attention before the New Year's Eve attack ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/11/nyc-machete-attack-suspect-charges-jihad/
Since Afghan Taliban took over Kabul, relations with Pakistan have soured, in part over resurgence of TTP
Read more: www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1037494-pakistan-to-appeal-to-taliban-leader-over-police-mosque-bombing #TheNews
4 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women: Four international aid groups suspended operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the Taliban ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2022/12/26/4-ngos-suspend-work-in-afghanistan-after-taliban-bar-women/69756229007/
Afghanistan: IS claims to have killed Taliban police chief: The "Islamic State" group says it assassinated a senior Taliban security official in the ...
dw.com/en/afghanistan-is-claims-to-have-killed-taliban-police-chief/a-64219578
ISIS claims car bombing that killed local police chief in Afghanistan: ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that killed a local police chief in ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/12/27/ISIS-claims-car-bombing-that-killed-local-police-chief-in-Afghanistan
Pakistan and China find they have little leverage with the Taliban: Hopes of greater influence after the departure of the Americans have remained unfulfilled
economist.com/asia/2023/01/05/pakistan-and-china-find-they-have-little-leverage-with-the-taliban
At least five killed, four injured in Afghan bus explosion: At least five killed, four injured in Afghan bus explosion
wionews.com/south-asia/at-least-five-killed-four-injured-in-afghan-bus-explosion-540436
Death toll in Afghan fuel tanker explosion rises to 31: ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-hamid-karzai-5ad2cefed89b28d268d2403cc3423858
Three dead, 23 injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan after TTP ends ceasefire: Three dead, 23 injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan after TTP ends ...
wionews.com/south-asia/three-dead-23-injured-in-a-suicide-bombing-in-pakistan-after-ttp-ends-ceasefire-538726
Casualties Feared After Blast Outside Kabul's Military Airport: Report: An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday has caused multiple ...
ndtv.com/world-news/casualties-feared-after-blast-outside-kabuls-military-airport-report-3654465
#Pakistan government admits to grim security situation; 'Police demoralised, 10,000 Taliban militants present'
All hostages freed and captors killed as Pakistan police siege ends: All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend ...
deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/all-hostages-freed-and-captors-killed-as-pakistan-police-siege-ends-1173519.html
Today in Denmark: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: Danish police step up speed control efforts, electricity price comparison site criticised and other ...
thelocal.dk/20221229/today-in-denmark-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-8/
Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital: Women ‘bored and fed-up’ at being forced to stay home after latest edict which has hit business hard
theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/taliban-ban-women-from-parks-and-funfairs-in-afghanistan-capital
Taliban escalates fight over girls' education in Afghanistan: Though it pledged to respect the rights of Afghan women and girls, the Taliban is turning back the ...
latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-21/afghanistan-taliban-girls-education-women-rights
GE15: Perak PAS lodges report over Nga's 'Taliban state' claim: IPOH: A police report has been lodged against Perak DAP chairman Nga Kor Ming for his claims that ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/18/ge15-perak-pas-lodges-report-over-nga039s-039taliban-state039-claim
Extremist 'Jewish Taliban' Lev Tahor compound raided in Mexico: Mexican police arrest members of the group, often described as a cult and dubbed the 'Jewish ...
haaretz.com/world-news/americas/2022-09-27/ty-article/.highlight/extremist-ultra-orthodox-lev-tahor-sects-compound-raided-in-mexico/00000183-7f23-da52-a7fb-7fefc8190000
Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-a7db483007379616ceee679289a00be0
Quick Glance: 19 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Kabul Educational Center: Cops
- "Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at this educational centre."
- "Unfortunately, 19 people have been killed and 27 others wounded," said Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran.
- Although no group claimed responsibility, IS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an educational center in the same neighborhood a year earlier, which killed 24, including kids.
- The organization was implicated for a violent gun attack on a maternity ward of a hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi in May 2020, which killed 25 people, including new mothers.
Taliban terrorists fire at Pakistan police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Six cops killed, weapons looted
Taliban forces disperse women's rally backing Iran protests: Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women's rally supporting ...
punchng.com/taliban-forces-disperse-womens-rally-backing-iran-protests/
7 injured in blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban administration employees: A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital ...
deccanherald.com/international/7-injured-in-blast-in-kabul-hits-bus-carrying-taliban-administration-employees-1158725.html
Anti-Taliban tribal leader among 5 killed in Pakistan bombing: Peace committee leader Idrees Khan’s vehicle drove over an explosive device ...
aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/13/anti-taliban-tribal-leader-among-5-killed-in-pakistan-bombing
Top Taliban Cleric Among 18 Killed in Afghan Mosque Bombing: A suicide bomber struck a packed mosque in western Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 18 ...
voanews.com/a/top-taliban-cleric-among-people-killed-in-afghan-mosque-bombing/6728382.html
Arrests and Killings Drive Afghan Troops Once Allied With U.S. Into Hiding: The Taliban appear to have launched a campaign to track down former Afghan forces ...
wsj.com/articles/afghanistan-taliban-national-resistance-front-11661523527
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Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing rises to 21, police say: A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says the toll from a mosque bombing ...
pbs.org/newshour/world/death-toll-in-afghan-capital-mosque-bombing-rises-to-21-police-say
Afghanistan: Mosque bomb attack kills at least 21 in Kabul : There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack Wednesday night ...
globalnews.ca/news/9068361/kabul-mosque-bombing-death-toll/
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