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Taliban leaders get into heated exchange over new govt

There have been unconfirmed reports of disagreements within the Taliban’s leadership since Baradar disappeared from public view in recent days…reports Asian Lite News Days after Taliban forming a new government in Afghanistan,

September 15, 2021

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Baradar sustains injuries in fight with Haqqanis

A major row broke out between leaders of the Taliban over the make-up of the group’s new government in Afghanistan last week…reports Asian Lite News Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

September 15, 2021

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A ‘colourful’ protest against Taliban’s hijab diktat

Photos have emerged of a group of female students wearing head-to-toe black robes and waving Taliban flags in the lecture hall of a government-run university in Kabul….reports Asian Lite News Afghan women

September 15, 2021

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The Afghan betrayal is Biden’s Munich moment

The Trump-Biden surrender to the Taliban is a sorry repeat of the handing over of a free people in 1938 into the grasp of Nazi slaveholders, writes Prof. Madhav Nalapat Among the

September 14, 2021

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‘Afghans face perhaps their most perilous hour’

Highlighting the concerns over humanitarian access as needs rise dramatically, Guterres maintained that the country’s new rulers have pledged their cooperation…reports Asian Lite News Leading the appeal in Geneva for $606 million

September 14, 2021

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Qatar emerges as bridge between Taliban and world

Al-Thani has visited Kabul several times since the Taliban takeover but this is his first trip after the Taliban announced their caretaker government…reports Asian Lite News Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin

September 14, 2021

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Afghan private sector cautions against economic crisis

The private sector representatives called the freeze of Afghanistan’s reserve by the United States is contrary to the humanitarian laws…reports Asian Lite News Afghanistan’s private sector on Monday warned that the country

September 14, 2021

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153 Afghan media outlets stop operations under Taliban reign

The organisations supporting free media in Afghanistan say economic problems are serious, and operating under restrictions of Taliban regime creates big challenges for media…reports Asian Lite News At least 153 Afghan media

September 14, 2021

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Mullah Baradar confirms he is alive amid death rumours

The message, tweeted by Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem, follows reports that Baradar was injured or killed in clashes among the Taliban…reports Asian Lite News Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister

September 14, 2021

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Haqqanis present in full strength at meeting with Qatar

The Taliban insisted that Baradar is in Kandahar province, meeting with the group’s supreme leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada to discuss the country’s future…reports Asian Lite News Speculation intensified about the fate of

September 14, 2021

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