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Pakistan: Two police constables killed on polio vaccination duty
Islamabad: At least two police officers were shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Paktunkhwa province who were deployed to guard medics administering polio vaccines. The attack took place in Tank district’s Kacha Gara area…
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Taliban deploys ‘quick reaction’ forces to the border province
Kabul: The Taliban-led Afghan government has deployed a ‘quick reaction force’ unit to Badakhshan province which shares a border with Tajikistan in order to maintain security and protect the country’s frontier, the…
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Baradar to lead new Afghan govt, Mullah Omar’s son in key role
Kabul: Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is set to lead a new Afghan government likely to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday. The development comes as the…
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Badri 313: Taliban ‘special forces’ spotted in high-tech equipment
Hyderabad: The Taliban, which started in 1994, is undergoing a metamorphosis, as reports of the ‘special forces unit’ patrolling Kabul have begun to emerge from Afghanistan. It has reportedly shattered the stereotypical image…
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‘Give the Taliban space’: British army chief Nick Carter
Hyderabad: The head of the British army, Nick Carter on Wednesday asked the world to give the Taliban the space required to form a new government in Afghanistan and also added that…
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Businesses shut as people stay indoors on Day 1 of Taliban Emirate
Kabul: The first day of what the Taliban calls the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ saw Kabul, a bustling metropolis of six million, turn into a slow, male-dominated city without police or traffic controls…
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Fighting escalates as Taliban attempts to capture Herat
Kabul: Fighting in Afghanistan has further intensified as Taliban militants have started attacking to gain more ground in Herat province and tighten the noose around the provincial capital Herat city. The militants have…
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Afghan forces expose Chinese intel network, arrest 10 spies
Kabul: Afghan forces have exposed the Chinese intelligence network operating in Afghanistan for at least six months, under which the spies” Chinese spies maintained contacts with Haqqani network and Afghan Taliban. In…
