Muslim nations call for human rights in Afghanistan as Taliban enforces Islamic Sharia laws
1 year, 10 months ago

Muslim nations call for human rights in Afghanistan as Taliban enforces Islamic Sharia laws

Firstpost  

Dubai: With most of the world watching appalled as the Taliban imposes Islamic rule in Afghanistan, several Muslim countries have urged the ruling regime in Kabul to tone down its radical Islamist tendencies. Writing for Pakistani publication ‘The Dawn’, columnist Mohammed Amir Rana claimed that Pakistan has joined a host of Muslim countries in distancing itself from the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan due to their strict enforcement of Islamic Sharia laws. The OIC Executive Committee, which is headed by Saudi Arabia, met again earlier this month to discuss Afghanistan and the Taliban regime’s imposition of Islamic Sharia laws. During the meeting, the member nations of the OIC Executive Committee claimed that Islamic Sharia laws grant women and girls the right to access all levels of education, including university level, as a fundamental right.

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UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission in …

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission

The Hindu  

The Taliban government's Morality Ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side". Last week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, was banned from entering the country after joining other UN experts in a statement urging the international community to "not normalise the de facto …

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul:Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance". The law is "firmly rooted in Islamic teachings" that should be respected and understood, said chief government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement Monday night. Earlier Monday, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the law would be …

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law
3 months, 4 weeks ago

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law

The Hindu  

The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was "concerned" about a morality law recently ratified by the Taliban authorities, criticising in particular restrictions on women. "It is a distressing vision for Afghanistan's future, where moral inspectors have discretionary powers to threaten and detain anyone based on broad and sometimes vague lists of infractions," said Roza Otunbayeva, head of …

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top U.N. official warned Sunday. In remarks broadcast Sunday by state-controlled broadcaster RTA, Vice and Virtue Minister Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said nobody had the right to violate women’s rights based on …

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards
4 months ago

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards

India TV News  

The Taliban have officially codified a set of strict morality laws in Afghanistan, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Taliban enforce new morality laws The Taliban government in Afghanistan has formally enacted a 35-article morality law, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch expressed concern …

Sharia rule is Taliban's 'lifelong responsibility': supreme leader
4 months, 1 week ago

Sharia rule is Taliban's 'lifelong responsibility': supreme leader

The Hindu  

The supreme leader of the Taliban authorities said implementing Islamic law in Afghanistan was their "lifelong responsibility" in a speech marking the third anniversary of their return to power. Our responsibility of service to religion, ruling according to sharia, is our lifelong responsibility," leader Hibatullah Akhundzada told security personnel at an air base in southern Kandahar on Wednesday. "We will …

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power
4 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power

The Hindu  

Three years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law. Chief Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who led the delegation, said the gathering was further proof that: "Afghanistan has come out of isolation". "We are in favour of positive meetings with …

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now

The Independent  

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Afghanistan under Taliban remains ‘permissive haven’ for al-Qaeda: UNSC report
5 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan under Taliban remains ‘permissive haven’ for al-Qaeda: UNSC report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Many nations have concerns about Afghanistan being a source of insecurity for the region even as the country continues to be used by al-Qaeda as a “permissive haven” under the Taliban, according to a new United Nations Security Council report. Taliban security personnel stand guard near a poppy field in Argo district on May 12, 2024 The Islamic …

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions

The Hindu  

Taliban authorities said on July 1 they would press the international community over economic sanctions as they attended a UN-hosted summit in Doha with special representatives to Afghanistan for the first time. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, senior Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalaly said the Taliban government delegation would use July 1’s meetings to address “financial and banking sanctions” and …

Afghanistan not taking steps to eliminate terrorism: Pakistan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan not taking steps to eliminate terrorism: Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

Afghanistan is not making any progress to root out terrorism from its soil, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, urging the Taliban rulers in Kabul to tighten border controls further to mitigate the threat faced by his country. The source of terrorism in Pakistan is in Afghanistan and despite our efforts, Kabul is not making any progress in this …

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values

Op India  

The Taliban arrested women in Kabul for wearing “bad hijab” as part of their efforts to reinforce Afghanistan’s severe female dress code regulations, a spokesman at the country’s vice and virtue ministry said on Thursday, January 4. Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power https://t.co/ttfn7mLHz2 — CTV News January 4, …

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price
1 year, 4 months ago

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war. The U.N. said they were a major obstacle to the Taliban gaining international recognition as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. But the international community will only take such …

2 Years of Taliban Diplomacy
1 year, 4 months ago

2 Years of Taliban Diplomacy

The Diplomat  

August 15 marked two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, a milestone the Islamic Emirate celebrated by emphasizing that its rule is “open-ended” and faces no challengers. Traders come and go and transfer goods.” Despite lacking de jure recognition, the Taliban government’s engagements with regional players have soared in the past two years. As the Taliban navigate ties with regional …

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group’s ranks. A report — issued earlier in June — by the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said that the Taliban governance structures remain “highly exclusionary, Pashtun-centred and repressive” toward all forms of opposition. The …

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
1 year, 7 months ago

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

The Hindu  

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from very severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. The council condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for the U.N., a decision the resolution calls …

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
1 year, 9 months ago

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 22, 2023 14:24 IST - 7 MINS READ On the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, signed on February 29, 2020, between the United States and the Afghan Taliban, US spokesperson Ned Price said that the Afghan Taliban were empowered by the agreement. The Afghan Taliban, in its statement, celebrated the day on which the US-led foreign …

Afghanistan: OIC to send Islamic scholars to Kabul, will discuss women’s rights with Taliban
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghanistan: OIC to send Islamic scholars to Kabul, will discuss women’s rights with Taliban

Firstpost  

OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha told the media that the OIC will continue to raise the issue of right to education and work for Afghan females with the Taliban. The team of Islamic scholars being sent to Afghanistan by the OIC will hold a dialogue with the Taliban rulers of Kabul Kabul: With women’s rights in Afghanistan suffering a …

Implications For India As Taliban Becoming Strategic Liability For Pakistan, Making Af-Pak Region More Unstable
1 year, 11 months ago

Implications For India As Taliban Becoming Strategic Liability For Pakistan, Making Af-Pak Region More Unstable

ABP News  

The snake reared by Pakistan in its backyard has begun to bite the master. In fact, when the Taliban took control of Kabul, Pakistan former PM Imran Khan said Afghanistan had broken the “shackles of slavery”. The international community has, meanwhile, accused Pakistan of facilitating the return of the Taliban, which believed that the Afghan Taliban would be used as …

19 Afghans lashed for adultery, theft as 'hardline' Taliban enforces Sharia
2 years, 1 month ago

19 Afghans lashed for adultery, theft as 'hardline' Taliban enforces Sharia

India Today  

As the Taliban resorted to the strict implementation of Sharia, 19 people, including nine women, were lashed in Afghanistan’s northeast province for adultery, theft and running away from home. When the Taliban seized power last year in August, they had promised to be more moderate and show leniency toward women and minority rights. However, a Supreme Court official, Abdul Rahim …

Increased security but little hope as Taliban mark year in power in Afghanistan
2 years, 4 months ago

Increased security but little hope as Taliban mark year in power in Afghanistan

India Today  

The Taliban and their supporters waved the group's black and white flag on the streets of Afghanistan on Monday to celebrate a year since they marched into the capital and took power after a stunning series of battlefield victories. In the 12 months since the United States' chaotic withdrawal, some Afghans have welcomed improved security but struggled with poverty, drought, …

Taliban ready for engagement with international community but…
2 years, 4 months ago

Taliban ready for engagement with international community but…

Live Mint  

On July 24, the Taliban stated that - while it was prepared for dialogue with the international community - it would not accept any responses hostile to Islam. Moreover, the United Nations mission in Geneva said that the latest United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan report reveals a "disturbing and consistent pattern of human rights violations" by the Taliban. The …

UAE set to run Kabul airport in new deal with Taliban: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

UAE set to run Kabul airport in new deal with Taliban: Report

Live Mint  

The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan, media reports said on Thursday. In December 2021, Turkish and Qatari companies signed a memorandum to operate the Kabul airport, and airports in the provinces of Balkh, Herat, Kandahar and Khost, which are currently …

Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he ‘insulted’ Islam
2 years, 6 months ago

Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he ‘insulted’ Islam

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have arrested a well-known Afghan fashion model and three of his colleagues, accusing them of disrespecting Islam and the Quran, the Muslim holy book, according to videos released by Afghanistan’s new rulers. The video was accompanied by a tweet in the Dari language, saying: “No one is allowed to insult Quranic verses or sayings of the …

UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
2 years, 9 months ago

UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

India Today  

The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to secure a formal presence in Taliban-governed Afghanistan, as per a report by AFP news agency. The Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan is yet to receive widespread international recognition following its takeover of the nation in August last year. On Thursday, the UNSC approved a resolution that spells out the new one-year mandate …

Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan
3 years ago

Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan

Deccan Chronicle  

ISLAMABAD: Envoys from 57 Islamic nations as well as observer delegations were meeting in Pakistan Sunday for a summit aimed at relieving the humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Afghanistan, while testing diplomatic ties with its new Taliban rulers. Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is among the delegates, alongside others from the United States, China, Russia, the European Union and the …

Taliban seek ties with US, other ex-foes
3 years ago

Taliban seek ties with US, other ex-foes

India Today  

Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and they seek the world’s “mercy and compassion” to help millions of Afghans in desperate need, a top Taliban leader said in a rare interview. “Making Afghanistan unstable or having a weak Afghan government is …

Islamic State in Afghanistan 'under control', say Taliban
3 years, 1 month ago

Islamic State in Afghanistan 'under control', say Taliban

India Today  

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent bloody attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathisers had been arrested since the Taliban seized control …

Explained: The Taliban's religious ideology in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained: The Taliban's religious ideology in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they changed the name of the country to the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" — a name that was in use when the fundamentalist group previously ruled the country, from 1996 to 2001. "However, the interpretation that the emirate will mean a religious form of rule is not the only possible one," Katja Mielke, …

Taliban Interim Government Vows to Not Let Afghan Soil Be Used by Pak Taliban and Baloch Nationalists
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban Interim Government Vows to Not Let Afghan Soil Be Used by Pak Taliban and Baloch Nationalists

News 18  

The Taliban leadership in Afghanistan has vowed to not let its soil be used by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army to carry out terror operations in neighbouring Pakistan, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Qureshi and Pakistani spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Thursday to meet the Taliban …

Despite soothing words, the Taliban are much as they were
3 years, 2 months ago

Despite soothing words, the Taliban are much as they were

CNN  

CNN — The Taliban are the most unlikely of populists: brutal, myopic, the epitome of intolerance. Here our elders are heroes for their nation … they have liberated their land; they have defended their religion and honor.” Video Ad Feedback Acts of resistance from women living under Taliban rule 08:09 - Source: CNN Claiming popular roots The Taliban’s spokesman said …

Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August. However, Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press there would be no …

Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State

India Today  

The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the US to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press there would be no cooperation with Washington on …

Pakistan crux of problems in Afghanistan, say experts
3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan crux of problems in Afghanistan, say experts

India TV News  

A recent European Parliament resolution, highlighting Islamabad's role in Afghanistan, comes in the backdrop of a growing global recognition that despite the Taliban showing its true gory colours, it is nothing short of a wonder that Pakistan is still selling to the world, the outfit that has overtaken control of the war-torn country, according to experts. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran …

'This is our homeland': Women plead for basic rights in Afghanistan amid Taliban's promises
3 years, 3 months ago

'This is our homeland': Women plead for basic rights in Afghanistan amid Taliban's promises

Firstpost  

The Taliban have promised to change, saying they would respect women’s rights within the framework of Islamic sharia law, but many remain sceptical. They have promised to change, saying they would respect women’s rights within the framework of Islamic sharia law, but many remain sceptical. “If we are not forced to leave, then we won’t go anywhere.” The Taliban claim …

Taliban interfering with work, seized offices, says Afghan human rights commission
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban interfering with work, seized offices, says Afghan human rights commission

Firstpost  

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has expressed doubt in the Taliban’s willingness to respect the organisation’s mandate and independence Kabul : The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has said the Taliban had seized its offices and was interfering with its work. Taliban have consistently shown disregard for human rights, including attacks on human rights defenders and flagrant violations of …

Recognising Taliban Rule? : Tale of two theories in International Law
3 years, 3 months ago

Recognising Taliban Rule? : Tale of two theories in International Law

Live Law  

"The recurrent and inescapable reshuffle of governments and the inability to find any objective standards for recognition in the decentralized legal order of international law has led to the evolution of different doctrines by mainstream legal scholarship." The treaty of 'Peace of Westphalia' embarked the emergence of two key postulates for recognizing any government in international law, the first that …

The Taliban want to lay down the law. Far outside Kabul, rural Afghans just want to get paid
3 years, 3 months ago

The Taliban want to lay down the law. Far outside Kabul, rural Afghans just want to get paid

CNN  

Paktika province, Afghanistan CNN — In rural Paktika province – at a border crossing with Pakistan, nearly 200 miles south of Kabul – a Taliban commander surveys the crowds. “We asked the previous judges how they used to work, they said they were following the law of the land, not the Sharia,” says Taliban judge Qazi Ubaidullah. A maternity nurse …

'Islam Advocates Equality': Hurriyat Tells Taliban, Hopes New Regime Will Bring Peace To Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

'Islam Advocates Equality': Hurriyat Tells Taliban, Hopes New Regime Will Bring Peace To Afghanistan

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Hurriyat Conference expressed that the formation of the new Taliban government will put an end to the conflict and uncertainty in the country after four decades. "After the unfolding of confusing and chaotic events in Afghanistan during the past month, the Hurriyat hopes that the formation of the new government will put an end to four decades …

Taliban will have to follow true Sharia that guarantees rights of all: Mehbooba Mufti
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban will have to follow true Sharia that guarantees rights of all: Mehbooba Mufti

India TV News  

The Taliban, which has taken over the reins of Afghanistan, must follow true Sharia, which guarantees rights of all, including women, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. The Taliban swept across Afghanistan last month, seizing control of almost all key towns and cities in the backdrop of withdrawal of the US forces that began on May 1. If it …

Mullah-Molavi Regime of Kabul is of the Taliban, by the Taliban and for the Taliban
3 years, 3 months ago

Mullah-Molavi Regime of Kabul is of the Taliban, by the Taliban and for the Taliban

News 18  

One of the last surviving 9/11 masterminds, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was all smiles in a friendly banter with his co-accused during a court hearing on Tuesday at the infamous Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The hearing was underway when Taliban Spokesperson Zaibullah Mujahid in Kabul announced the caretaker Taliban regime with a council of ministers headed by Mullah Mohammad …

Back to square one: Afghanistan to be governed by Sharia laws, declares Taliban
3 years, 3 months ago

Back to square one: Afghanistan to be governed by Sharia laws, declares Taliban

Op India  

After promising to govern Afghanistan differently under Taliban 2.0, the Jihadi organization shortly after their takeover have declared that the country will be governed by laws of ‘Holy Sharia.’ Flushing down the two-decade-long effort to establish a democracy, a policy statement attributed to Taliban Supremo Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada read, “Based on this principle, in the future, all matters of governance …

New Taliban govt policy says it 'will follow Sharia law for all matters' like previous regime
3 years, 3 months ago

New Taliban govt policy says it 'will follow Sharia law for all matters' like previous regime

India Today  

The Taliban have announced a ‘caretaker’ government that will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, with key roles being given to designated global terrorists, including the dreaded Haqqani Network. Recalling the previous Taliban regime that has brought back fears among the Afghans, the new government has said, “Our previous twenty years of struggle had two major goals. Firstly to …

World reacts as Taliban announces new Afghan government
3 years, 3 months ago

World reacts as Taliban announces new Afghan government

Al Jazeera  

US expresses concern over ‘track record’ of people named to top posts, while UN agency decries exclusion of women from government. The Taliban has announced an all-male caretaker government drawn exclusively from its inner echelons, including a man under United Nations sanctions as prime minister and another on a United States “terrorism” list as interior minister. United States The US …

Taliban announces new government in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban announces new government in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

The Taliban’s chief spokesman says the new caretaker government will be led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund. “It’s also important to say that a lot of these names, the vast majority of them are actually Pashtun and are not taking into consideration, arguably critics would say, the vast great ethnic diversity of this country.” Commenting on the Taliban’s announcement, Obaidullah Baheer, …

Taliban postpone Afghan govt formation again, struggle to give shape to 'inclusive administration'
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban postpone Afghan govt formation again, struggle to give shape to 'inclusive administration'

India TV News  

The Taliban have postponed the formation of a new government in Afghanistan for next week, their spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Saturday, as the insurgent group struggles to give shape to a broad-based and inclusive administration acceptable to the international community. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said that America and the international community expect the Taliban in …

Won't recognise Afghanistan Taliban govt, but ready to have 'constructive relationship': UK
3 years, 3 months ago

Won't recognise Afghanistan Taliban govt, but ready to have 'constructive relationship': UK

India TV News  

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says the UK is not planning to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government, but is prepared to have a constructive relationship with the militant group. Raab said the world has to "face up to the new reality in Afghanistan" following the withdrawal of Western troops and the Taliban takeover. Speaking after talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah …

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources

Deccan Chronicle  

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters in the Panjshir Valley and strived to ward off economic collapse. Baradar, who heads the Taliban's political office, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah …

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