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UAE, Qatar engage in tussle over handling of Kabul airport in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
The United Arab Emirates has held addresses with the Taliban to run Kabul field, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a politic hassle for influence with Afghanistan’s new autocrats, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter. UAE officers have held a series of conversations with the group in recent weeks to bandy […]
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Taliban rule sparks hopes of peace in rural Afghanistan
In the villages that once bore the brunt of Afghanistan’s front-line fighting, the Taliban victory has broken a cycle of air attacks, gun battles and funerals. The group’s takeover of Kabul and the sudden collapse in August of the United States-backed government shocked the world and upended the freedoms of Afghans, which were particularly enjoyed […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban leader warns of infiltrators
The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has advised the group that there may be “ unknown” realities among their species who are “ working against the will of the government”. The warning came in a statement attributed to Akhunzada that was circulated extensively on Taliban social media accounts on Thursday. The Taliban’s supreme […]
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