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Kabul: Taliban takes over Norwegian embassy, promises to return after smashing wine bottles and burning all books

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"Guns apparently less dangerous,” remarked Norwegian ambassador to Iran while Tweeting Taliban's takeover of their embassy.
Cricket

Cricket Australia says will not host Afghanistan men’s cricket team for upcoming Test match till women’s team is not supported

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Rashid Khan and his teammates can't play against Australia if Roya Samim and her teammates are denied the opportunity, Australian Cricketers' Association said endorsing Cricket Australia
World

‘To embarrass America’ China wants to take over ex-American military airbase near Kabul in Afghanistan, says report

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As per reports, China is currently conducting feasibility study on sending workers for economic development program Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Bagram.
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Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti bat for Taliban, say they hope Taliban will run govt as per Islamic sharia laws

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Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti 'hoped' that the Taliban would be able to 'change the perspective of the world' towards them.
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The Secret War: How a 2012 documentary revealed Pakistan was supporting Taliban and American soldiers knew it

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A documentary released by the Frontline in 2012 laid bare the complicity of Pakistan in nurturing and harbouring Talibani terrorists against the US forces, while taking money from the US and pretending to be an ally.
World

Afghanistan: Taliban flogs, assaults two journalists who were covering women’s protests

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The captured journalists were released after four hours of captivity. Other journalists were also captured by Taliban and eventually released.
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New York Times glorifies the Taliban, refers to wanted terrorists in new govt of Afghanistan as ‘stalwarts’: Details

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NYT had earlier published an op-ed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, the new Afghan Interior Minister who features in the FBI's most wanted list.
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Pakistan madarsa educated Hasan Akhund, who sanctioned the destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, is new Afghan PM: A Profile

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Since allied forces took control of the country in 2001, Akhund was head of the Rehbari Shura or the leadership council that was responsible for all the decisions of the radical group.
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‘PhD, Master’s degrees not valuable, mullahs are greatest of all without any degree’: Claims the new Taliban Education Minister in Afghanistan

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Minister for Higher Education Sheikh Molvi Noorullah Munir has rejected the relevance of higher education in Afghanistan
World

After Joe Biden, US State Dept shows signs of declining mental health, expresses disappointment over lack of women in Taliban govt

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The Taliban does not quite hold women in high regards especially because of stricter implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
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