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'Pakistan, ISI behind Taliban capturing Afghan districts'
He tells IANS that "I live in Afghanistan, I am a British citizen and I am with my family in Turkey for another two weeks, and then I will return to Kabul". America has left Afghanistan in a big mess, just as their other allies have done in the past. They have left Afghanistan at the mercy of God and there is a lot of uncertainty moving forward.
In rare criticism, Grand Ayatollah warns Iran not to trust the Taliban
Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, one of Iran's most senior clerics, lashed out at the Islamic Republic's "softened policy" at a moment of rapid Taliban advances and widespread atrocities in Afghanistan. Such an approach, he warned, "is a grave and irreparable mistake". He cautioned the Iranian government not to trust a "terrorist" group "whose evil and murderous nature is no secret, Al Monitor reported.
'Shameless policy makers, Pak Army don't want Afghans fighting enemy inside their home'
Officials in the Presidential Palace say that Pakistan has warned the Afghan Air Force against any strike on the Taliban fighters in the Spin Boldak border district. The editorial proved clearly that "Pakistan is Taliban's godfather and fully supports the terrorist group against the internationally recognised government and the people in their neighbourhood".
53 Taliban militants dead in Afghanistan in 24 hrs
In Kapisa province, 18 militants were killed and 24 wounded after Afghan Air Force (AAF) conducted airstrikes in support of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in the Tagab and Nijrab districts, Xinhua news agency reported citing a Ministry statement as saying. Among the killed militants were three Taliban's divisional commanders, said the statement.
India has long history of engagement with Taliban which irks Pak: Hamid Mir
Indian officials made their first direct contact with the Taliban in 2013, when they issued a visa to senior Taliban leader Abdul Salam Zaeef for a conference. Zaeef was the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, but after 9/11 the Pakistani government arrested him and handed him over to the United States.
'Taliban practicing what Pak Army, intelligence telling them'
The Taliban are involved in the killing and destruction in the name of jihad and sparing no efforts to implement Pakistani orders in the country. Recently, videos on social media showed that Taliban were taking bodies of slain militants to Pakistan and holding the funerals there. The UN, US and NATO member states should do more to persuade Pakistan to give up support of terror groups.
Videos show Afghan civilians being tortured, murdered by Taliban
The Embassy said it has collected the recordings from several parts of Afghanistan, which have recently fallen back under Taliban control as Western forces withdraw from the conflict-hit nation. The deeply distressing videos show civilians being beaten, tortured and murdered.
Taliban fired mortars on Salma Dam, symbol of Afghan-India friendship
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had jointly inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam) with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at Chist-e-Sharif in Herat province in Western Afghanistan in June 2016. "Salma Dam will be destroyed if the militants continue to fire rockets," it said, adding that some of the rockets had landed near the dam, Afghanistan Times reported.
Taliban active in Pakistan too, retain links with Al Qaeda
Locals and eyewitnesses on the ground with knowledge of Taliban activities in Pakistan have confirmed to VOA that the militants enjoy sanctuaries in Pashtun areas of Balochistan province. The resident, who did not want to be named because he fears retaliation by the militants, said some residents of the town of Kuchlak are in the ranks of the Taliban.
4 Afghan security personnel, 63 Taliban militants dead in recent violence
In Samangan province, four security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on the Rabatak security checkpoint on Thursday night, Reduction in Violence, a local independent monitoring group, said on social media. Also on Thursday night, the Afghan Air Force (AAF) targeted a Taliban gathering on the outskirts of Sari Pul city, capital of northern Sari Pul province,
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