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Afghan female football team flees Taliban regime

The footballers belonging to the national junior girls team were facing threats from the Taliban due to their involvement in sports….reports Asian Lite News Female footballers from Afghanistan along with their families

September 15, 2021

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Taliban stop return of Afghans through Torkham

Security officials on the Pakistani side of the crossing point, however, said vehicular traffic continued as loaded vehicles from both sides crossed the border…reports Asian Lite News The Afghan Taliban has stopped

September 15, 2021

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Pakistan, China making efforts for recognition of Taliban govt

Both Pakistan and China are pressing the Taliban to unite ethnic groups and build an inclusive political structure…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan and China are making efforts at multiple levels for the

September 15, 2021

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3 top Taliban commanders may be sidelined

Also missing is Gul Agha Ishaqzai, the powerful head of the Taleban finance commission and another close associate both of Mullah Omar and Mansur….reports Sanjeev Sharma Three Taliban commanders with significant military

September 15, 2021

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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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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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