Page 16 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Afghanistan crisis: Taliban 'conundrum' is forcing strange bedfellows
Now that unlikely group of geopolitical rivals find their interests aligned once more, only this time to see those same Taliban leaders restore order in a nation of 38 million
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UNSC resolution should guide world's response to Afghan crisis: India
India said that the global approach to address the Afghan crisis must be guided by the recent UN Security Council resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan must not be used for terrorism
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'Serious possibility of complete economic collapse in Afghanistan'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning against the "serious" possibility of a complete economic collapse in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
 "'Serious possibility of complete economic collapse in Afghanistan'")
Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for helping Afghans
The United Nations drummed up more than USD 1.2 billion in emergency pledges Monday for helping 11 million Afghans facing an escalating humanitarian crisis in their homeland
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Germany allows entry to 2,000 vulnerable Afghans: Reports
Germany has allowed entry to 2,000 rights activists, artists, scientists and journalists from Afghanistan who are at risk of retribution from the Taliban, media said Monday
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US to reassess ties with Pakistan over Afghanistan future, says Blinken
The US is going to be looking at its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to formulate the role America wants Islamabad to play in the future of Afghanistan, Secretary of State informed Congress
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Taliban seize $6 mn in cash, 15 gold bricks from ex-VP Saleh's house
Taliban fighters have claimed so in a viral video
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UN chief announces $20 million humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
The "de facto" authorities in the war-torn country have "pledged" to cooperate to ensure assistance is delivered to the people: UN chief
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Afghan businessmen oppose use of Pakistani rupee in bilateral trade
A number of people have reacted to a report in a Pakistani newspaper that said business deals in Afghanistan should be based on Pakistani rupees, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
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Taliban fails to live up to its promises of inclusive leadership: France
France's foreign minister has expressed disappointment in Afghanistan's newly formed Taliban government
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United Nations official slams Taliban over reprisal killings
The UN human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban
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Pakistan runs its first commercial flight to Kabul since Taliban takeover
Pakistan's national flag-carrier on Monday ran its first commercial flight to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August.
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Afghan Ministry of Education to change curriculum as per Sharia laws
Taliban also announced that they will launch a program to send students abroad to pursue higher education.
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United Nations seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
There are concerns that instability and upended humanitarian efforts, compounded by an ongoing drought, could further endanger lives and plunge Afghanistan toward famine.
 "United Nations seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover")
After US exit from Afghanistan, top US commanders wrestle with mistakes
US commanders who led the war in Afghanistan are struggling to decipher how the country collapsed to the Taliban and cautioned a possible "civil war"
Pak hosts intel chiefs of Russia, China, Iran to discuss Afghan situation
Pakistan hosted a meeting of spymasters of some countries in the region on the situation in Afghanistan, a security source said
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No formal notification yet on asset freeze: Afghanistan's central bank
Afghanistan's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DBA), has said it has so far not received any formal notification concerning the freezing of its assets
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Afghanistan: Taliban say girls, women may study in no-men classrooms
The higher education minister in the govt says women can study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but that classrooms will be gender-segregated and that Islamic dress is compulsory
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India, Australia pitch for 'broad-based and inclusive govt' in Afghanistan
India and Australia have called for a "broad-based and inclusive" government in Afghanistan to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country
September 11 and the debacle of 'nation-building' in Iraq and Afghanistan
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
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