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Suspended Aid Chief To Ask Taliban Leaders To Scrap Ban On Female Workers
The head of a major aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned female NGO workers said on Thursday he would write to the administration's senior figures in Kandahar and ask them to change the policy.
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Afghan Women Should Not Work Alongside Men, Says Senior Taliban Figure: Report
Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position which, if formally implemented, would effectively bar them from employment in government offices, banks, media companies and beyond.
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Afghan Taliban's New Chief Replaces 24 'Shadow' Officials
The leader of the Afghan Taliban recently replaced "shadow" governors in 16 of the country's 34 provinces, as he sought to consolidate his influence over the insurgency, senior figures in the movement said this week.
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Taliban Video Shows Sons Born To Kidnapped US, Canadian Couple
Senior Taliban figures confirmed on Tuesday they had released a new video showing a kidnapped American-Canadian family, including two young boys born in captivity while held by the feared Haqqani network.
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Walkout at Taliban Leadership Meeting Raises Spectre of Split
At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist militant group's new head, several senior figures in the movement, including the son and brother of late leader Mullah Omar, walked out in protest.
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Afghan Taliban Picks up Successor After Mullah Omar's Death: Sources
The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, two Afghan commanders present at a meeting of the militant movement's most senior figures said today, following reports that Mullah Omar is dead.
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Many Afghans Oppose Release of Taliban Officials in Exchange For US Soldier
Many ordinary Afghans said on Monday the five senior Taliban figures who were freed in exchange for a US soldier had blood on their hands and their release would strengthen the insurgents.
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Key Pakistani Taliban figure killed in Afghanistan
A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen militants including a senior leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, the international military coalition said on Saturday, dealing a blow to armed extremists operating on both sides of the countries' porous border.
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Suspended Aid Chief To Ask Taliban Leaders To Scrap Ban On Female Workers
The head of a major aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned female NGO workers said on Thursday he would write to the administration's senior figures in Kandahar and ask them to change the policy.
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Afghan Women Should Not Work Alongside Men, Says Senior Taliban Figure: Report
Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position which, if formally implemented, would effectively bar them from employment in government offices, banks, media companies and beyond.
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Afghan Taliban's New Chief Replaces 24 'Shadow' Officials
The leader of the Afghan Taliban recently replaced "shadow" governors in 16 of the country's 34 provinces, as he sought to consolidate his influence over the insurgency, senior figures in the movement said this week.
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Taliban Video Shows Sons Born To Kidnapped US, Canadian Couple
Senior Taliban figures confirmed on Tuesday they had released a new video showing a kidnapped American-Canadian family, including two young boys born in captivity while held by the feared Haqqani network.
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Walkout at Taliban Leadership Meeting Raises Spectre of Split
At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist militant group's new head, several senior figures in the movement, including the son and brother of late leader Mullah Omar, walked out in protest.
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Afghan Taliban Picks up Successor After Mullah Omar's Death: Sources
The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, two Afghan commanders present at a meeting of the militant movement's most senior figures said today, following reports that Mullah Omar is dead.
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Many Afghans Oppose Release of Taliban Officials in Exchange For US Soldier
Many ordinary Afghans said on Monday the five senior Taliban figures who were freed in exchange for a US soldier had blood on their hands and their release would strengthen the insurgents.
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Key Pakistani Taliban figure killed in Afghanistan
A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen militants including a senior leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, the international military coalition said on Saturday, dealing a blow to armed extremists operating on both sides of the countries' porous border.
