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Several women, who had participated in a demonstration in Kabul on Saturday, said that the Taliban members beat them up and dispersed the rally through aerial firing.
The demonstration was held on Saturday, against the Hazara Shia genocide, in District 6 of Kabul.
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A number of armed members of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan have released a video showing their presence in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. In the video, commander Hasib says: "The resistance against the Taliban will continue until victory is achieved."
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The World Hazara Council in a statement on June 24 expressed concerns about the possibility of a "massacre of Hazaras by the Taliban" in Balkhab district following the group’s attack there.
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Senders of these videos received by Afghanistan International claim that they are from the recent attacks on Afghan migrants in eastern Tehran, Iran.
In recent days, following the news of the death of an Iranian citizen after a confrontation with three Afghan workers, reports of
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Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan’s negotiating team with the Taliban, on Monday, criticized Uzbekistan for inviting the Taliban to a summit on Afghanistan.
Koofi said that countries bribe the Taliban to keep themselves safe from “global military extremism”.
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At least 104 women have been murdered or have committed suicide in the country over the past six months, according to findings by Afghanistan International.
At least 28 women had been killed by their husband, 11 by their brothers, father or sons.
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Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF), met with Sergei Mironov, the leader of the faction, A Just Russia, in the State Duma of Russia in Moscow.
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Young Voltaire Award of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties in Australia has been awarded to Sitarah Mohammadi and Sajjad Askari.
The Victorian Council announced that the two Hazara activists have been active in the field of human rights, and the rights of Hazaras.
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Zabihullah Mujahid, the head of the Taliban delegation at the third Doha meeting, left the corridor of the meeting venue without responding to questions from Maryam Rahmati, a reporter for Afghanistan International, regarding the Taliban's lack of domestic legitimacy and the
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Saeed Khosty, a former spokesperson of the Taliban’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, issued a death threat to Taliban opponents living outside Afghanistan.
Khosty wrote on Twitter, “Kill the fugitives”.
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Videos received by Afghanistan International reveal extensive protests by residents of Darayem District, Badakhshan Province, against the Taliban's oppression and injustice. Protesters voiced concerns about the Taliban entering their homes without permission and violating their
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Amnesty International in a statement on Monday said that it is "gravely concerned" about the summary executions and harm inflicted on civilians in the Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province.
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Taliban's 203 Mansoori Corps has been targeted through an air strike in Paktia province on Friday, sources confirmed.
The attack on the Taliban’s eastern Corps came a day after a drone strike targeted the Taliban brigade in Gereshk district of Helmand province.
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Continuing the hunger strike to highlight the situation of women in Afghanistan, Tamana Zaryab Paryani criticised the indifference of German politicians to the demands of the protesters and likened it to "murder”.
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Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front (NRF), reacted to the US officials’ meeting with Taliban representatives and called for the use of military pressure against the Taliban.
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Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF), said that there is no difference between the Taliban and ISIS.
Massoud during a press conference in Vienna added that the two groups share the same thinking, tactics and identity.
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At a time when the Taliban was trying to send a message of dominance to the world through their Ulema gathering, Kabul residents have reported multiple explosions from near the Loya Jirga tent.
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Raiessa Yazdanparast, a former senior officer at the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has disclosed that she was detained by the Taliban from her home in Kabul and subjected to one and a half months of torture in prison.
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A group of women in Herat have asked the United Nations not to invite the Taliban to the Doha meeting. These women say that inviting the Taliban to the Doha meeting legitimises terrorism and damages the credibility of the United Nations.
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The Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT), led by Amrullah Saleh, former Vice/President of Afghanistan, has publicly revealed the names, positions, and contact numbers of 49 senior officials from the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.
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Ahmad Massoud, leader of National Resistance Front (NRF), highlighted "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan during a meeting in London and said that the only solution to counter the Taliban is through military means aimed at dismantling the group.
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According to Talkwalker, a website for social media analytics, the hashtag
#StopHazaraGenocide
has crossed six million tweets.
According to the data, the hashtag has been tweeted 6.04 million times.
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Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, asserted in a Karachi speech that around 30,000 armed Pakistani youths have participated in the Afghan conflict supporting the Taliban. He questioned the effectiveness of the border security measures claimed by
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On the first anniversary of the deaths of Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) members by the Taliban, the AFF and the National Resistance Front (NRF), two military factions opposing the Taliban, held their first joint meeting.
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A group of Afghan women supported the Iranian people's protests and said that soon "the rule of brothers, fathers, and husbands will end”.
These women added that they have suffered the same pain which Iranian women are going through.
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A group of Afghan women protesters marched on the streets in Kabul on Saturday and sought their rights for "food, work, and freedom".
The Taliban, however, fired aerial shots and disrupted the demonstration.
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UNAMA has republished a survey from April highlighting that only four percent of Afghans want the Taliban government to be recognised.
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Abdul Bari Jahani, former minister of information and culture, said that the power in Afghanistan is in the hands of Pashtuns, particularly those from Kandahar.
Jahani added that Taliban violates the rights of other ethnic groups and Pashtuns will pay for the group’s actions.
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A source from the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) told Afghanistan International that the United States rejected a visa request from Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the front, to appease the Taliban.
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As clashes between the Taliban and forces affiliated with the group’s only Hazara commander Mawlawi Mahdi entered the third day on Saturday, sources told Afghanistan International on the condition of anonymity that Taliban fighters broke through the frontlines of the battle
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The Organization For Policy and Development Studies has released a series of video messages from 100 women across 28 provinces of Afghanistan, calling for a boycott of the upcoming Doha meeting.
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Maulawi Mujeeb ur Rahman Ansari, Imam of Gazar Gah mosque in Herat province, said during the Ulema Gathering earlier today: “anyone who opposes the current government [Taliban], should be beheaded”.
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Meta Platforms Inc. told Afghanistan International that the company has removed pages run by the Taliban-controlled media organisations on Facebook and Instagram because the group is sanctioned as a terrorist organisation under United States law.
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Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed interest in dialogue with key figures opposing the Taliban, including Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front.
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Social media users have launched a fundraising campaign in support of 1,500 families displaced from Balkhab district to Yakawlang district of Bamyan province. The families, who are in dire economic conditions, have been displaced due to the recent clashes in Balkhab district.
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Hazara community is experiencing increasing and widespread attacks since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Holocaust Memorial Museum said.
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The Taliban-controlled Central Bank of Afghanistan announced on Saturday that it is going to auction 17 million dollars on Sunday in order to devalue US dollars against Afghani.
The Taliban has continuously auctioned millions of dollars in the local markets over the past year.
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Zubaida Akbar, a human rights activist, has announced that she received an invitation from the United Nations to participate in the Doha meeting, but has decided not to attend it.
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The Afghanistan United Front (AUF), led by Sami Sadat, former commander of Afghanistan's special forces, published a report on the threats posed by ISIS.
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UNAMA announced that the Taliban detained women and girls, predominately from Hazara-dominated areas in Dashte Barchi in western Kabul, and also some from Khair Khana area of Kabul, where most residents are Tajiks.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF) has raised serious concerns over a speech made by a Taliban official in Germany.
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During the concert, Soroor performed her latest songs as well as several Hazara folk songs. She told Afghanistan International that a professional group collaborated on the performance of these songs.
The Hazara folk songs performed in Soroor's concert were part of the Roots
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The appointment of Mawlawi Abdul Kabir as the Prime Minister of the Taliban indicates that the politics of the Taliban in Kabul is being managed by Rawalpindi and the Taliban leaders cannot even protest such decisions.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF), under the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, has declared that its forces conducted a successful attack against a Taliban outpost in the Pul-e-Hesar district of Baghlan province.
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Residents of Herat have sent images to Afghanistan International stating that the Taliban entered a Shia-majority area in the capital of the province for the second consecutive night and attempted to remove the Shia mourners’ flags. However, they faced resistance from the people.
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Multiple sources from Badakhshan confirmed to Afghanistan International that residents of the Argo district held extensive protests against the Taliban on Monday.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF) and Afghanistan Liberation Front (AFF), in their Eid messages, stressed on increased military operations against the Taliban.
NRF said that its priority is to mobilise and unify anti-Taliban forces in 2023.
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Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting minister of interior of the Taliban, has not been seen in public since the killing of the al-Qaeda leader in Kabul on Sunday.
Haqqani has also not responded to claims that al-Zawahiri was living under his protection in Kabul.
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Taliban’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has suspended over 500 employees of kindergartens of this ministry without notice, most of whom are women and the only breadwinners of their families.
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US Senators on Wednesday urged the United Nations to impose ban on international travel of Taliban leaders and ensure that the group does not get a diplomatic seat at the UN.
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced on Monday that Morteza Behboudi, a French journalist from Afghanistan, was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul.
RSF said that Behboudi had been detained by the Taliban on January 7, and imprisoned on the charge of "espionage".
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Local sources from Farah province confirmed that the Taliban will hang two men and stone a woman to death in Farah province.
Taliban local authorities have asked residents in Farah to visit the province’s stadium to watch the stoning and execution on Wednesday.
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The George Bush Institute, in a report referring to the Taliban's ties with terrorist groups and continued violation of women's rights, has urged the United States and the international community to officially designate the Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
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A group of Afghan women's rights activists in Germany resumed their sit-in protest for the recognition of "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan.
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Monisa Mubariz, a leader of Afghan women protesters in Kabul, says that the Taliban have issued an arrest warrant for her, and she is currently in hiding.
Mubariz said that she had been informed about a visit by Taliban officials at her house in Kabul.
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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, reported a significant rise in instability in Afghanistan, with over 2,500 security incidents recorded in the past three months.
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On the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Invasion of Afghanistan, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud, in a statement on Wednesday said that anti-Taliban forces are getting mobilised.
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US Congressman Timothy Burchett announced on Tuesday that the "No Taxpayer Funding for the Taliban Act" was passed in the House of Representatives.
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Iran has enlisted former Afghan security forces residing in the country for deployment in Russia for the Ukraine war, sources told Afghanistan International.
The sources said that more value has been given to those forces with special operations and commando units background.
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Amidst recent events and the distorted portrayal of Afghanistan's reality, it has become imperative for us, especially the anti-Taliban constituency, to confront the intricacies of our struggles and shape the destiny of our nation.
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Sahar Fetrat, a researcher of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), called on the world to hold the Taliban accountable for "crimes" against women during the session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF) has welcomed the remarks by Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, regarding initiating dialogue with democratic forces opposing the Taliban.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF) has urged the front’s supporters to take part in global demonstrations against the genocidal killings of Hazaras on Saturday.
Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of NRF, called the demonstrations a “civil resistance".
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The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), an anti-Taliban political and military faction, has demanded international humanitarian intervention in Afghanistan and urged the international community to put an end to the Taliban rule through "humanitarian intervention”.
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Abdul Bari Omar, the Taliban's director of the Food and Drug Administration, recently stated on the X social platform that he is still in Europe following his visit to the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, and Germany.
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Local sources told Afghanistan International that "Hamid Shamerghak”, the bodyguard of Taliban’s governor for Ghor province, has been killed during a "sexual assault" on a woman.
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Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice President of Afghanistan and leader of the Afghanistan Green Trend, has revealed the identification of 58 high-ranking officials and nearly six thousand operatives within the Taliban's intelligence agency.
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Taliban officials forcefully displaced eight families from Tanbana village of Dara district of Panjshir province, local sources confirmed to Afghanistan International.
Taliban members have accused these families of having ties with the National Resistance Front (NRF).
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On the third day of demonstrations in Badakhshan province, residents of Argo district issued a resolution demanding the expulsion of Taliban members who are not from the region and do not speak the local language. Protesters highlighted the challenges posed by these language
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The UN Security Council in a new report said that the Taliban’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has been trying to build greater support among the Taliban for Mullah Yaqoob to replace Hibatullah Akhundzada as the group’s leader.
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Zarmina Paryani, a prominent women's rights activist, criticised the public's indifference to the Taliban's treatment of women and urged people to protest against the harassment of women in Afghanistan.
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An Afghan woman published a video message alleging that she was forced to marry Qari Saeed Khosty, the former spokesperson of the Taliban's interior ministry.
According to the woman, she was forced into this marriage in February 2022 at the Taliban intelligence directorate.
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According to local sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Taliban shot dead seven fighters of Mawlawi Mahdi after their surrender in Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pol province on Sunday, June 26. The cold-blood killing took place in Glorz area near Darah Suf district.
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Michael McCaul, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the US House of Representatives, commended the efforts of Afghans who have stood united against the Taliban and the atrocities of the group.
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The Rezaei family has confirmed to Afghanistan International that three of their daughters and one son have been released from Taliban’s detention.
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The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan (NRCA), in a statement on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, criticised the Taliban's actions, declaring, "There is only one way left, and that is resistance against the Taliban."
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At least 25 Taliban members have been killed and 18 others were wounded while 40 of them have been captured in an operation in Panjshir province, announced the National Resistance Front (NRF).
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The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Taliban intelligence forces’ convoy in Kabul's Khairkhana area.
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Mehdi Rasikh, a member of parliament in the previous government, confirmed that Taliban have forced Hazara-Shia residents of Daikundi province to break their fast and celebrate Eid.
Rasikh added that those who disobeyed the Taliban have been severely beaten up and imprisoned.
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Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) said that the resistance against the Taliban has now expanded to Takhar and Badakhshan provinces.
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Several Afghan girls gathered infront of Kabul University reading books and symbolically protested against the ban on education for them by the Taliban.
In a separate move, a group of female students asked male students and professors to boycott universities in Afghanistan.
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A group of Afghan women held a demonstration in Kabul against the recognition of the Taliban, on Saturday.
The protesters said that the recognition of the Taliban means the world is ready to “recognise terrorism”.
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US will act in a way that protects their interests if they see terrorists regrouping in Afghanistan, said Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson.
Price said that the Taliban are either unable or unwilling to live up to the counterterrorism commitments that they’ve made.
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Amidst the Taliban's crackdown on Ashura ceremonies in Afghanistan, the UN human rights special rapporteur has emphasised on the importance of ensuring religious freedom for Shias.
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On Thursday, local sources said that Haji Laal, a former local police commander in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province had been killed by unknown armed men in Mazar-e-Sharif city.
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An Afghan citizen residing in the United States sent a video to Afghanistan International showing a part of a Muharram ceremony in Manhattan, New York. He said that Muslims in the US have the freedom to conduct their religious rituals in complete safety and freedom, whereas in
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Fazl Ahmad Manawi, a member of the National Resistance Front (NRF) rejected the statements that people are not in support of the war in Afghanistan.
Manawi said that public reactions to the killing of anti-Taliban fighters are a sign of support for the war against the Taliban.
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Mustafa Mahami, Iran’s supreme leader’s representative in Sistan and Baluchistan province, strongly criticised those who encourage Tehran’s dialogue with the Taliban.
In a meeting with Iranian officials, he called the Taliban a puppet group of Washington.
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Sources in Islamabad have confirmed to Afghanistan International that on Thursday, Pakistan's air forces targeted positions of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Wor Mamay district of Paktika province.
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At least 19 civilians have been killed and many more injured in Friday’s blast at the cricket stadium in Kabul, said Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General.
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Along with the release of reports regarding Zhulia Parsi's "poor physical condition" attributed to "torture" in a Taliban prison, sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that she has been transferred to a hospital.
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Brookings Institution reported, citing sources in Kabul and Kandahar, that the Taliban have permitted Iran to continue recruiting fighters for the Fatemiyoun brigade in Afghanistan for their "Resistance Axis" operations in the Middle East.
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The hunger strike by Moheira Barakzai, an Afghan LGBTQI rights activist, in Malmo city of Sweden entered the seventh day.
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Thousands of users with over 40,000 tweets called on Twitter to suspend Taliban's accounts on the platform during the second day of the
#BanTaliban
campaign.
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Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, warned that the terrorist threats in Afghanistan "remain serious".
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Local sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that Taliban members killed a former Afghan army officer named Nizamuddin in Warsaj district of this province, on Tuesday night.
According to the sources, Taliban took Nizamuddin’s car with them and killed him.
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The National Resistance Front (NRF) has declared that it conducted two separate attacks in Herat city and Tulk district, resulting in the deaths of three Taliban members and the injury of another.
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The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced on Tuesday that four Taliban fighters had been killed after its forces attacked a Taliban base in Kabul.
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On Saturday, two groups of women held demonstrations in Kabul and Takhar against the "tyrannical policies of the Taliban".
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Videos received by Afghanistan International report a strike by female teachers at a girls' school in Kabul.
The sender of these videos said that the female teachers at this school in Kabul went on strike due to the suspension of their salaries. As a result, on Wednesday, primary
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