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Taliban deploys 'quick reaction' forces to border province
In its report on Thursday, TOLO News said that members of the quick reaction forces, an armed military unit capable of rapidly responding to developing situations, were equipped with modern light and heavy weapons. The forces had been "trained for two months and are ready to provide security along the borders and beside local residents", TOLO News quoted local Badakhshan officials as saying.
Taliban welcomes Turkey's proposal for visits by FMs to Afghanistan
Calling the proposal "important", Zabihullah Mujahid, the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, said a summit comprising the Foreign Ministers in Kabul "will pave the ground for resolving the current political challenges", TOLO News reported. "In total it is a better step, and we praise it and we will welcome them (diplomats)... And this can kind of resolve the political problems that we have with foreign countries."
Strong Islamic narrative back with return of Taliban in South Asia
Bangladesh has always been associated with the developments in Afghanistan, as radical groups in Bangladesh have over the years fought alongside the Mujahideen during the period of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and along the Taliban against the US and western forces.
Poverty leading to child marriages in Afghanistan in exchange for weapons
Some shocking stories have come to light where families have sold their one-year-old daughters for money, livestock and weapons, the report said.The buying and selling rate of an underage girl is usually between 100,000 and 250,000 Afghanis in the province. According to sources, if the buyer does not have cash, he will give the girl's family weapons or livestock in return.
Talks with US to continue if necessary: Taliban
"The Two-day dialogue between the delegations of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the US went well. Political issues were discussed in detail during the meeting and full implementation of the Doha agreement was considered by the Islamic Emirate as the best way for resolving problems," the Ministry said in a statement.
'Taliban ready to set up inclusive but not selective govt'
In response to the western pressures for an inclusive government in Afghanistan, Shaheen said that they have included ethnic minorities in their caretaker government and will soon add women in. The Taliban's interim cabinet is not only criticized by the international community but also by the people in Afghanistan as it does not include women and non-Taliban figures.
Taliban hardliners takeover Doha talks - Baradar, Khalilzad missing from new phase of negotiations
But the US special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, an icon of the Doha round of talks, is not part of the US delegation. Instead, his deputy Tom West and the chief of USAID, Sarah Charles will be leading the US delegation. Zalmay Khalilzad is said to be the one who has for years spearheaded US talks with the Taliban in Doha. The dialogue did not go according to plan, and the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan ahead of schedule, through unilateral military action.
Taliban, US kick off first talks after military withdrawal
The in-person meetings that began in Doha on Saturday are the first since the US forces withdrew from Afghanistan in August, ending a 20-year military presence, and the Taliban's rise to power. Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi said the focus of the Afghan delegation was humanitarian aid, as well as the implementation of the agreement the Taliban had signed with Washington last year.
Isolation of Afghanistan did not serve any purpose: Taliban
Shaheen made the statements in his meeting with ambassadors and representatives of EU, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Canada, UK, and the US in the Qatari capital Doha. Shaheen said that he was accompanied by members of the political office in Doha and all reiterated their commitments to support humanitarian aids to Afghanistan.
Taliban Culture Ministry calls IS 'headache', not 'threat'
Adding the group would soon be "suppressed", Zabihullah Mujahid, the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, said: "We don't call Daesh (IS) a threat, but we call it a headache... It creates headaches in some places but is immediately taken out in every incident; (they) have been chased out and their sanctuaries found."
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