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UN chief 'alarmed' by Taliban's order for women to cover faces in public

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday he's alarmed after the Taliban ordered Afghan women to cover their faces in public and leave home only in cases of n

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Ousted Afghan president apologizes, regrets 'how it ended': statement

Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country last month as the Taliban entered Kabul, tweeted an apology on Wednesday, expressing regret that he "could not make it end differently.""Lea

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17 people killed in clash between Taliban, group of armed men in Herat

At least 17 people were killed in a clash between the Taliban fighters and a group of armed men in the western Afghan province of Heart, local media reported citing hos

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Protest in Kabul demands release of Afghan foreign reserves

Hundreds of Afghans protested in Kabul on Friday, demanding that the United States unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghan central bank assets held in the U.S. as the ne

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Taliban ordered Afghans to leave their homes so fighters can move in

The Taliban have ordered over 2,500 families in a long-abandoned military compound to leave their houses and all their belongings so that Taliban fighters can move in.A

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Taliban announces new Afghan government

The Taliban has announced that Mohammad Hasan will be the head of Afghanistan's new government.A spokesman also confirmed that Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be deputy Afghan leader.Howe

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Taliban official: Names of new cabinet members to be released in two or three days

Taliban are due to form a government within days in Afghanistan. In an interview with Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), Ahmadullah Wasik, deputy head

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Taliban leadership committee discusses formation of new government

The Taliban held a three-day meeting of the leadership committee in Kandahar, under the chairmanship of the group's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, said Taliban official Ahmadullah Wasiq on Tu

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Taliban hold press conference after U.S. military withdrawal

The Taliban are holding a press conference after the U.S. military withdrawal.

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Talks with Taliban must continue to safeguard Afghan gains: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech on the situation in Afghanistan at the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, August 25, 2021. /Reuters The internationa

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As evacuations continue from Kabul, some residents are seen shopping

Click arrows to view gallery As the U.S. and other countries continue to evacuate people from the Kabul airport this week, Afghans appear to be adjusting to

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Satellite shows chaos around Kabul airport

Tens of thousands of people, mostly Afghan civilians, have been evacuated from Kabul in the last week following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.Satellite images show th

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Sanctions, pressure not conducive to Afghan situation: MOFA

Imposing sanctions and exerting pressure will not solve the Afghan issue and only prove to be counterproductive, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), said on Tues

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Afghans continue to flee the country

Thousands continue to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the capital on August 15, with scenes of people flooding the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Ka

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Putin says other countries must not impose their values on Afghanistan

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that "other countries should not impose their values on Afghanistan" and that the reality was that the Taliban had taken control of most of the country

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UN chief ready to talk to Taliban

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said he was ready to speak with the Taliban himself "when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what purpose." For

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Taliban issue statement on anniversary of Afghanistan's independence

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban, on Thursday, issued a statement on Afghanistan's 102nd anniversary of the country's independence from the British occupation.The statement, issued