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Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan
4 days, 15 hours ago

Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

At least 50 people killed in accidents on the same highway in Ghazni province between Kabul and southern Kandahar city. The accidents took place on the same highway in Ghazni province between the capital, Kabul, and southern Kandahar city late on Wednesday, provincial head of information and culture Hamidullah Nisar said on X on Thursday. Message of Condolences from the …

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Is Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, still alive? What we know so far
3 months, 1 week ago

Is Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, still alive? What we know so far

Firstpost  

New intelligence reports suggest that Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, may still be alive and orchestrating al-Qaeda’s resurgence from Afghanistan. Despite claims of his death in a 2019 US airstrike, sources indicate that Hamza is working closely with the Taliban, running terror training camps and planning future attacks A photograph circulated by the US State Department’s X …

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Book Review | The importance of being an earnestly-radicalised, young Muslim
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review | The importance of being an earnestly-radicalised, young Muslim

Deccan Chronicle  

When you first meet Mahmud, the anti-hero, he is an angry and unpleasant young man who is studying for the IAS. His dream is to be posted in RAW, India’s prime espionage body, as “This would enable him to spy on the spies who spied on Pakistan and China and fuck up their devious plans.” He wants to avenge the …

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Elite Afghan soldiers turn barbers, gym trainers in India to escape Taliban
9 months, 1 week ago

Elite Afghan soldiers turn barbers, gym trainers in India to escape Taliban

Al Jazeera  

Trading guns for hair clippers and dumbbells, they’ve had to desert their dreams, as their government deserted them. Three years ago, Marzai was a soldier in the elite special force of Afghanistan’s army, fighting the Taliban in a war that started with the United States and NATO forces invading the country in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. ‘I cried …

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Afghanistan: Thousands witness Taliban carry out double execution in football stadium
10 months ago

Afghanistan: Thousands witness Taliban carry out double execution in football stadium

India TV News  

Kabul: Thousands witnessed the grizzly execution of two convicted men by the Taliban at a football stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday as the relatives of victims fired the gunshot. The three lower courts and the Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, had ordered the executions in retribution for their purported crimes, according to the court statement. Criticism on public executions …

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The story of stolen gods
1 year, 6 months ago

The story of stolen gods

The Hindu  

In the 19th century, to motivate Indian soldiers to fight in Afghanistan, the British concocted a story. Four centuries before the Cholas, in the 7th century, the Pallava general ransacked the Chalukyan city of Vatapi and brought back an image of Ganesha that was housed at the Uthrapathisvaraswami temple in Tamil Nadu. The Sri Lankan epic Culavamsa narrates that the …

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Maulana Rashidi claims Mahmud Ghazni attacked Somnath only to stop illegal activities, says he learned it from Romila Thapar
1 year, 10 months ago

Maulana Rashidi claims Mahmud Ghazni attacked Somnath only to stop illegal activities, says he learned it from Romila Thapar

Op India  

On Thursday, February 9, Gujarat Police said that an FIR has been lodged against Maulana Sajid Rashidi, the chairman of the All India Imam Association for his remarks that the Islamic tyrant Mahmud of Ghazni did not destroy Somnath Temple due to his hatred towards infidels but to stop the alleged ‘wrongdoings’ that were taking place inside the temple. We …

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As Gujarat Congress says Allah sits in Somnath while Mahadev sits in Ajmer, here is a brief history of Hindu persecution at both these places
2 years ago

As Gujarat Congress says Allah sits in Somnath while Mahadev sits in Ajmer, here is a brief history of Hindu persecution at both these places

Op India  

On Sunday, Indranil Rajguru, the Congress candidate from Rajkot, created a stir ahead of the Gujarat state assembly elections by claiming that Allah and Mahadev are the same. The desecration of the Somnath idol by Mahmud of Ghazni, the “believer” for whom all Hindus were Kafirs One of the defining features of centuries of Islamic invasions in India was the …

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Taliban beat Afghans for carrying the national flag in crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban beat Afghans for carrying the national flag in crackdown

Daily Mail  

The Taliban have been at pains to present a reformed image since marching into Kabul this weekend after US president Joe Biden's abandonment of Afghanistan. It comes after human rights group Amnesty International revealed that Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of the country's Ghazni province last month, with eyewitnesses giving harrowing accounts of the killings. …

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Afghanistan: Mapping the advance of the Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Mapping the advance of the Taliban

Al Jazeera  

An animated map showing how and when the Taliban captured 26 out of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in just 10 days. August 14 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province Taliban fighters captured Mazar-i-Sharif – the country’s fourth-largest city with a strong defence, as it took control of the entire north of the country. Feruz Koh, Ghor province Taliban fighters took control of …

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Taliban say will completely take over Afghanistan in 7 days, set eyes on Kabul as key cities fall
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban say will completely take over Afghanistan in 7 days, set eyes on Kabul as key cities fall

Firstpost  

The Taliban’s statement came close on the heels of the group’s fighters making rapid gains in conflict zones Taliban fighters will complete the takeover of Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul, in less than seven days, the insurgent group told CNN-News18 on Friday, buoyed by their spectacular success in gaining control of city after city in a weekslong military …

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The Hindu Explains | Are the Taliban on the brink of victory?
3 years, 4 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Are the Taliban on the brink of victory?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The speed with which the Taliban have seized Afghanistan’s key cities has triggered fears that Kabul could fall to the Islamist insurgents sooner than many had expected in May, when the remaining U.S.-led international troops started withdrawing. The Taliban now control at least 17 provincial capitals, including Kandahar and Herat, the second and third largest cities …

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Afghanistan: Ghazni Governor arrested for handing over province to Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Ghazni Governor arrested for handing over province to Taliban

India TV News  

Police in Afghanistan's Wardak have arrested Daoud Laghmani, the Governor of Ghazni for handing over the key province to the Taliban. The Ministry of Interior Affairs said that the Governor along with his deputy and chief of staff have been arrested and disarmed in Wardak province, according to media reports. Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed Ghazni province had fallen to …

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Taliban captures Afghan provincial capital Lashkar Gah after rapid gains in Herat, Kandahar
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban captures Afghan provincial capital Lashkar Gah after rapid gains in Herat, Kandahar

Firstpost  

Even as diplomats met in Doha, Qatar on Thursday, the success of the Taliban offensive called into question whether they would ever rejoin long-stalled peace talks with the government in Kabul The Taliban have captured the key southern city of Lashkar Gah, a senior Afghan security source said on Friday, confirming a claim by the insurgents. Afghanistan’s rapidly advancing Taliban …

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Taliban capture Afghanistan's biggest cities Kandahar, Herat; US starts evacuating embassies
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban capture Afghanistan's biggest cities Kandahar, Herat; US starts evacuating embassies

India Today  

The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country's second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission in Afghanistan. The capture of the city of Ghazni, meanwhile, cuts off a crucial highway linking the Afghan capital, Kabul, with the country's southern …

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Taliban capture Lashkar Gah after Kandahar, take control of Herat airport in Afghanistan turmoil
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban capture Lashkar Gah after Kandahar, take control of Herat airport in Afghanistan turmoil

India Today  

The Taliban have claimed to have captured two of Afghanistan’s cities -- Kandahar and Lashkar Gah -- in an advance that has raised fears of the collapse of the government. The capture of Kandahar and Herat - the country's second and third largest cities will represent the Taliban's two most significant victories since they began a broad offensive in May …

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Afghanistan’s third largest city of Herat falls as Taliban closes in on Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan’s third largest city of Herat falls as Taliban closes in on Kabul

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The reported seizure of Herat, the country’s third largest …

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Taliban take Herat as Afghan govt forces retreat; insurgents capture gateway Ghazni
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban take Herat as Afghan govt forces retreat; insurgents capture gateway Ghazni

Firstpost  

A senior security source from Herat told AFP that government forces and administration officials had retreated to an army barracks outside the city The Taliban took over Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, on Thursday and also seized another key district capital just 150 kilometres from Kabul. A senior security source from Herat told AFP that government forces and administration officials had …

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Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz

The Hindu  

The Taliban captured a provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. Fighting meanwhile raged in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan's largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded government forces …

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Taliban seizes key Afghan city of Ghazni, US worried Kabul could fall in 90 days
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban seizes key Afghan city of Ghazni, US worried Kabul could fall in 90 days

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban in Afghanistan have now taken control of the key city of Ghazni, which lies just 150 kilometres away from the country's capital and seat of power Kabul, reported the AFP news agency on Thursday morning, citing a senior lawmaker and the insurgents. This makes Ghazni the tenth provincial capital to fall to the Taliban this week, amid a …

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Afghanistan: Taliban capture Ghazni, city just 150 km away from capital Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban capture Ghazni, city just 150 km away from capital Kabul

India TV News  

The Taliban have reportedly captured the city of Ghazni located just 150 km from Afghanistan's capital Kabul. "The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city- the governor's office, the police headquarters and the prison," AFP reported quoting Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, head of the provincial council. The fall of the strategically important city came just hours after the …

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Taliban take over Herat Police headquarters in western Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban take over Herat Police headquarters in western Afghanistan

India Today  

After the Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul and broke through defensive lines in Afghanistan’s third-largest city on Thursday, it took over Herat Police headquarters in Western Afghanistan. #BREAKING Taliban take over Herat police HQ in western Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/uADL8dEctS — AFP News Agency August 12, 2021 Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city and the capital of a province with the …

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Afghanistan gov’t offers to share power with Taliban: Official
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan gov’t offers to share power with Taliban: Official

Al Jazeera  

Kabul makes a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for halt in escalating violence, top government source tells Al Jazeera. Kabul, Afghanistan – The Afghanistan government has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for a halt in the escalating violence in the country, a top government source has told Al Jazeera. The development, which was also …

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Taliban claims Kandahar as onslaught continues
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban claims Kandahar as onslaught continues

Al Jazeera  

The armed group has been advancing rapidly across Afghanistan seizing at least 11 provincial capitals in a week. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis, reporting from the capital Kabul, said the capture of Herat was a “major scalp” for the Taliban, and a “huge loss” for government forces, as the armed group continued its sweeping military advance across Afghanistan amid pullout of …

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