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Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls

Jan. 19, 2025 02:22 AM EST

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a speech on...

Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

Dec. 24, 2024 14:59 PM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan in rare airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan on Tuesday, dismantling a training facility and killing some insurgents, four security officials said. The strikes were carried out in...

Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber

Dec. 12, 2024 11:04 AM EST

GARDA SERAI, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the day before that was claimed by the Islamic State group. The funeral for Khalil Haqqani, the minister for...