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After 3 Years Of Taliban Return, Massive Unemployment Persists In Afghanistan
Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis.
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"A Unique Place, Touches My Heart": Tourists Visit Post-War Afghanistan
His soldier son toured Afghanistan with insurgents in his crosshairs, but American traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective -- sight-seeing promoted by the Taliban's fledgling tourism sector.
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Taliban "Looking Into" Video Showing Executions
The Taliban are "looking into" a video circulating on social media that appears to show its fighters executing captured members of an Afghan insurgent group, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
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"Air Strike Is Ready If Taliban Moves Towards India": Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that Pakistan and Afghanistan are "feeling disturbed" by the Taliban, but if the insurgent group moves towards India, "an air strike is ready".
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"Am Sure China Will Work Out Arrangement With Taliban": Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15.
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Won't Allow Anyone, Including Pak, To Interfere In Afghanistan: Taliban
The Taliban on Monday confirmed that Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has met its de-facto leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, amidst efforts by the insurgent group to finalise a government in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Says Holdout Panjshir "Captured", "Insurgency Will Be Hit Hard"
The Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, saying they had won the key battle for the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining holdout of resistance against their rule.
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At Least 20 Deaths In Last Week During Kabul Airport Evacuation: Report
At least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the Kabul airport during the evacuation effort after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghan capital last week, a NATO official said on Sunday.
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Taliban Websites That Delivered Its Official Messages to Afghans and the World Have Disappeared
Taliban websites that delivered the insurgents' official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages have abruptly gone offline.
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Taliban To Unveil New Afghan Government Framework Within Weeks: Official
The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asian nation.
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Afghanistan Must Not Become A ''Gathering Place'' For Terrorism Again: Chinese Foreign Minister
China has said Afghanistan must not become a "gathering place" for terrorism again and should be supported in its resolute fight against the scourge after the Taliban insurgents swept to power in the war-torn country.
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"It May Well Be A Taliban That Is More Reasonable": Britain's Army Chief
The world should give the Taliban the space to form a new government in Afghanistan and may discover that the insurgents cast as militants by the West for decades have become more reasonable, the head of the British army said on Wednesday.
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On Frontline Of Fear, Afghan Teen Forced To Ferry Arms For Taliban
Hours after the Taliban overran his hometown in northern Afghanistan last week, 17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill- an unwilling and terrified insurgent recruit.
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Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh Says He Is "Legitimate Caretaker President"
Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday he was in Afghanistan and the "legitimate caretaker president" after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as Taliban insurgents took the capital Kabul.
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"Ghani Leaving Us In This Situation Has Been The Worst": Anger In Kabul
Kabul's streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians trying to flee.
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After 3 Years Of Taliban Return, Massive Unemployment Persists In Afghanistan
Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis.
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"A Unique Place, Touches My Heart": Tourists Visit Post-War Afghanistan
His soldier son toured Afghanistan with insurgents in his crosshairs, but American traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective -- sight-seeing promoted by the Taliban's fledgling tourism sector.
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Taliban "Looking Into" Video Showing Executions
The Taliban are "looking into" a video circulating on social media that appears to show its fighters executing captured members of an Afghan insurgent group, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
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"Air Strike Is Ready If Taliban Moves Towards India": Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that Pakistan and Afghanistan are "feeling disturbed" by the Taliban, but if the insurgent group moves towards India, "an air strike is ready".
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"Am Sure China Will Work Out Arrangement With Taliban": Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15.
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Won't Allow Anyone, Including Pak, To Interfere In Afghanistan: Taliban
The Taliban on Monday confirmed that Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has met its de-facto leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, amidst efforts by the insurgent group to finalise a government in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Says Holdout Panjshir "Captured", "Insurgency Will Be Hit Hard"
The Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, saying they had won the key battle for the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining holdout of resistance against their rule.
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At Least 20 Deaths In Last Week During Kabul Airport Evacuation: Report
At least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the Kabul airport during the evacuation effort after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghan capital last week, a NATO official said on Sunday.
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Taliban Websites That Delivered Its Official Messages to Afghans and the World Have Disappeared
Taliban websites that delivered the insurgents' official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages have abruptly gone offline.
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Taliban To Unveil New Afghan Government Framework Within Weeks: Official
The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asian nation.
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Afghanistan Must Not Become A ''Gathering Place'' For Terrorism Again: Chinese Foreign Minister
China has said Afghanistan must not become a "gathering place" for terrorism again and should be supported in its resolute fight against the scourge after the Taliban insurgents swept to power in the war-torn country.
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"It May Well Be A Taliban That Is More Reasonable": Britain's Army Chief
The world should give the Taliban the space to form a new government in Afghanistan and may discover that the insurgents cast as militants by the West for decades have become more reasonable, the head of the British army said on Wednesday.
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On Frontline Of Fear, Afghan Teen Forced To Ferry Arms For Taliban
Hours after the Taliban overran his hometown in northern Afghanistan last week, 17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill- an unwilling and terrified insurgent recruit.
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Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh Says He Is "Legitimate Caretaker President"
Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday he was in Afghanistan and the "legitimate caretaker president" after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as Taliban insurgents took the capital Kabul.
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"Ghani Leaving Us In This Situation Has Been The Worst": Anger In Kabul
Kabul's streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians trying to flee.
