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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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Blinken defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Blinken praised the evacuation as “a heroic effort.” He pledged that the United States will continue to support humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, but through non-governmental organisations..reports Asian Lite News In five hours

September 14, 2021

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US govt pledges $64 million in aid to Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US assistance to Afghanistan would circumvent the Taliban and go directly to non-government organisations…reports Asian Lite News The United States on Monday announced nearly

September 14, 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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Pakistani rupee hits all-time low against US dollar

Dropping below the 168 level, the Pakistani rupee inched near all-time low recorded against the US dollar on August 26, 2020…reports Asian Lite News Pakistani rupee neared an all-time low after another

September 14, 2021

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Washington to reassess ties with Islamabad

Blinken made the remarks during his first testimony before Congress since the Taliban took control of Kabul…reports Asian Lite News The US is going to be looking at its ties with Pakistan

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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