Taliban
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Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 10 – including nine children – in strikes on Afghanistan
The strikes come a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan’s Peshawar cityPakistan strik…
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Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister
Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the capitalA…
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Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just a…
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Dozens killed in fresh clashes along Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Two sides declare ceasefire after Islamabad carries out retaliatory strikes on Kabul and Kandahar provinceDoze…
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‘An environment of terror’: deadly resurgence of Pakistan Taliban gathers pace
Surge in militancy in region bordering Afghanistan is now one of greatest security threats facing IslamabadTar…
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Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military postsIn…
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‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguin…
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‘It felt like we had gone back centuries’: Afghans express relief after internet restored
For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdownJust …
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My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif
From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a …
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Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout
Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic network in nationwide shutdown of communications to prevent ‘vice’Afghans …
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Afghanistan hit by communications blackout after Taliban shuts internet
Telecoms disrupted nationwide after authorities cut fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘v…
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US citizen Amir Amiry freed by Taliban in Afghanistan
Secretary of state Marco Rubio welcomes release as ‘important step forward’ as Taliban seek to normalise relat…
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‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair
Many Afghan women and girls can no longer communicate or study online after the internet is cut off in 12 prov…
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‘Send your daughters or you get no aid’: the Taliban are making religious schools girls’ only option
Food handouts and employment are increasingly tied to Afghan families’ agreement to strict Islamic educationWh…
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British couple released after detention in Afghanistan say they feared being executed
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, said it was never explained to them why they were imprisonedA Brit…