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Afghanistan Taliban Highlights: Ready to stop fighting if Taliban withdraw from Panjshir, says Oppn leader Massoud
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Afghanistan Taliban Highlights: Ready to stop fighting if Taliban withdraw from Panjshir, says Oppn leader Massoud

Afghanistan spotlight: Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Massoud Sunday said he was ready to stop fighting if the Taliban resigned from Panjshir. Welcoming the Authority’s Religious Council proposal for the talk of the upheaval above the valley where the opposition forces have survived since Kabul falls three weeks ago, the head of the National Resistance in […]

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Taliban Reject Fresh US Criticism of Kabul Government
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Taliban Reject Fresh US Criticism of Kabul Government

The Afghan Taliban Monday greatly defended their government on fresh criticism by the United States that the only leadership in Kabul “was dominated by one ethnicity” and did not have inclusiveness. This is invalid and we refused,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid to VOA when asking his reaction to critical comments made by US special envoys […]

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‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power
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‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power

In a compound of the police headquarters in the city of Mazar-i-Sarif in North Afghanistan, a large crowd waited at the door of Wire Mesh. The entrance was guarded by a young Taliban fighters with long hair and beard, who sat in a broken plastic chair. Next to him was a large stack of shoes […]

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