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		<title>Pakistan, mediator in US-Iran war, is now launching strikes in Afghanistan. Here&#8217;s why</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aryan Mudgal | Hindustan Times]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Fighting along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has intensified over the past month after a short Eid ceasefire in March ended and mediation efforts failed. Pakistan, a key mediator behind the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the United States and Iran to end the war in West Asia, has killed at least 29 militants in...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 class="jsx-a8766bed30382615 artIntro">Fighting along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has intensified over the past month after a short Eid ceasefire in March ended and mediation efforts failed.</h4>
<p>Pakistan, a key mediator behind the <a class="backlink" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pakistan-now-realizes-the-perils-of-dealing-with-mercurial-president-trump-101781851849453.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-page-type="story" data-vars-link-type="Manual" data-vars-anchor-text="Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding">Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding</a> (MoU) signed between the United States and Iran to end the <a class="backlink" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/us-iran-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-page-type="story" data-vars-link-type="Manual" data-vars-anchor-text="war in West Asia">war in West Asia</a>, has killed at least 29 militants in <a class="backlink" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/teams/afghanistan-1188" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-page-type="story" data-vars-link-type="Manual" data-vars-anchor-text="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, according to Islamabad, while the Taliban said overnight ground operations and airstrikes left at least 38 of its civilians dead and more than 160 injured.</p>
<p>Pakistan&#8217;s security forces launched a ground operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Sunday before carrying out strikes on militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, information minister Attaullah Tarar said.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-us-iran-war-mediator-is-now-launching-strikes-in-afghanistan-heres-why-101782735311319.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawSvxuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeUC823ZXgiX-RPMyrIRDEtveFED77Pjawfrsr1ieVW4hIqdLPurYNCHW-wHc_aem_amuZeCP6PrsjCHAUzHEGjw">HERE</a></p>
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		<title>Pakistani air strikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, Taliban says</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Yunus Yawar | Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>KABUL, June 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Pakistani air strikes on three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children, on Wednesday, the Afghan ​Taliban government said, in a renewal of a conflict that has claimed hundreds ‌of lives this year. At least 14 others &#8211; all of them children and women &#8211; were injured...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF" data-testid="paragraph-0">KABUL, June 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Pakistani air strikes on three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children, on Wednesday, the Afghan ​Taliban government said, in a renewal of a conflict that has claimed hundreds ‌of lives this year.</div>
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<div class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF" data-testid="paragraph-1">At least 14 others &#8211; all of them children and women &#8211; were injured in strikes that violated Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost and Paktika, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah ​Mujahid said.</div>
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<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-airstrikes-kill-least-13-afghanistan-taliban-says-2026-06-10/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSZRv5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeKRR7YzTbPW1Rmfoc3FB-CDW5uU673GEiRadp-8QZliWGiynSYOZ4-ie1Qy4_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw">HERE</a></p>
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		<title>Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict highlights: Afghan Government seeks &#8216;dialogue&#8217; to resolve conflict</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[THE HINDU BUREAU ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pakistan&#8217;s military ‌spokesperson says air strikes hit 22 Afghan military targets, killed 274 Taliban officials and militants Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday (February 27, 2026), with Islamabad’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declaring the neighbours at “open war” following months of tit-for-tat clashes. Also Read &#124; India condemns Pakistan’s...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 class="sub-title">Pakistan&#8217;s military ‌spokesperson says air strikes hit 22 Afghan military targets, killed 274 Taliban officials and militants</h4>
<p>Pakistan bombed major cities <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-bombs-kabul-in-open-war-on-afghanistans-taliban-govt/article70682511.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul</a> on Friday (February 27, 2026), with Islamabad’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declaring the neighbours at “open war” following months of tit-for-tat clashes.</p>
<p><b>Also Read | <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-condemns-pakistans-airstrikes-on-afghan-territory/article70664576.ece" target="_self">India condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory</a></b></p>
<p>Afghanistan’s Government said Friday it wanted “dialogue” to resolve its conflict with neighbouring Pakistan following deadly fighting on Thursday overnight (February 26, 2026).</p>
<p>“Pakistani air ‌strikes hit 22 Afghan ⁠military targets. At least 12 Pakistani ‌soldiers were killed and 274 ⁠Taliban officials and militants ‌were killed since Thursday night,” military spokesperson ‌Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/afghanistan-pakistan-clash-tension-border-the-hindu-live-updates/article70681565.ece?fbclid=IwY2xjawQVk7tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEetbIOFFBluodCquVZ_zU1gCrSlXwwcedE_Vt3P4YKpKJ3rYtB6PQFtpQ3J4M_aem_YrNLCR-0U1u5-at-dFmk3w">HERE</a></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kieran Guilbert | Euronews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The man had been convicted of killing 13 members of a family, including children, and was executed by one of their relatives, according to police. Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban authorities carried out the public execution of a man on Tuesday convicted of killing 13 members of a family, including several children, earlier this year. Tens of thousands...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 class="c-article-summary">The man had been convicted of killing 13 members of a family, including children, and was executed by one of their relatives, according to police.</h4>
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<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban authorities carried out the public execution of a man on Tuesday convicted of killing 13 members of a family, including several children, earlier this year.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of people attended the execution at a sports stadium in the eastern city of Khost, which the Supreme Court said was the eleventh since the Taliban seized power in 2021 in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of US and NATO forces.</p>
<p>The execution was ordered after a death sentence was passed down by a court, an appeals court and the Supreme Court itself, before being approved by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/02/afghanistans-taliban-rulers-carry-out-public-execution-in-sports-stadium">HERE</a></p>
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		<title>Powerful earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds more, officials say</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Mukhtar | CBS News]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday local time, according to the USGS and local authorities, sparking fears of mass casualties as the country&#8217;s Taliban government said at least 20 people died. Afghan Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman said in a statement that more than 20 people were confirmed dead and at least...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/afghanistan-the-way-forward/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Afghanistan</a> </span>early Monday local time, according to the USGS and local authorities, sparking fears of mass casualties as the country&#8217;s Taliban government said at least 20 people died.</p>
<p>Afghan Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman said in a statement that more than 20 people were confirmed dead and at least 534 others were injured. He warned that the figures were still subject to change, and that all hospitals in the affected region had been put on standby to deal with the emergency.</p>
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		<title>At least 800 killed as 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Afghanistan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mushtaq Yusufzai and Mithil Aggarwal | NBC News]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Officials said more than 1,300 people were injured in the quake, which struck outside the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 800 people have been killed and more than 1,300 others injured in Afghanistan after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the country, Taliban officials said Monday. The earthquake...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Officials said more than 1,300 people were injured in the quake, which struck outside the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan.</strong></p>
<p id="anchor-73792c" class="body-graf">PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 800 people have been killed and more than 1,300 others injured in <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/bus-crash-afghanistan-deported-iran-rcna225999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afghanistan</a> after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the country, Taliban officials said Monday.</p>
<p id="anchor-22369c" class="body-graf">The earthquake struck 17 miles from the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, at around midnight local time (3:30 p.m. ET Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/least-250-killed-6-magnitude-earthquake-afghanistan-rcna228346">HERE</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are &#8220;sufficient&#8221; for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule. Since Taliban authorities seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed an austere interpretation of Islam and progressively driven women out...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are &#8220;sufficient&#8221; for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule.</p>
<p>Since Taliban authorities seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed an austere interpretation of Islam and progressively driven women out of public spaces.</p>
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<p>Women have borne the brunt of restrictions that the United Nations has labelled &#8220;gender apartheid&#8221;.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/afghan-women-can-seek-refugee-status-based-on-nationality-gender-eu-top-court-ace06c8f">HERE</a></p>
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		<title>Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>KABUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The Taliban&#8217;s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for &#8220;immoral acts&#8221; in the past year, officials said on Tuesday. The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-0">KABUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The Taliban&#8217;s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for &#8220;immoral acts&#8221; in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.</p>
<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-1">The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its annual operations update that around half of those detained had been let go after 24 hours. It did not break down the type of the alleged offences or gender of the detainees.</p>
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<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-2">Mohibullah Mokhlis, Director of Planning and Legislation at the ministry, told a press conference officials had destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling &#8220;immoral and unethical&#8221; films in markets.</p>
<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-3">It had identified 281 security force members for not having a beard and they had been dismissed, he said, in line with their interpretation of Islamic law.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3">Continue reading <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-morality-police-dismiss-over-280-men-without-beards-security-forces-2024-08-20/">HERE</a></p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3">Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-morality-police-dismiss-over-280-men-without-beards-security-forces-2024-08-20/</p>
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		<title>Russia considers removing Taliban from list of terror groups ahead of upcoming cultural forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Putin aide says Moscow is engaging Taliban in conversation as they are Afghanistan’s ‘de factor authority Russia is considering removing the Taliban from its list of designated terrorist organisations, officials in Moscow said on Tuesday as Vladimir Putin eyes support from the hardline Islamist group in central Asia. The Russian president’s close aide and Kremlin...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Putin aide says Moscow is engaging Taliban in conversation as they are Afghanistan’s ‘de factor authority</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/russia">Russia</a> is considering removing the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/taliban">Taliban</a> from its list of designated terrorist organisations, officials in <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/moscow">Moscow</a> said on Tuesday as <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/russia-ambassador-afghanistan-taliban-ghani-b1903843.html"> eyes support from the hardline Islamist group</a> in central Asia.</p>
<p>The Russian president’s close aide and Kremlin spokesperson <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/dmitry-peskov">Dmitry Peskov</a> said Russia was working on removing <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>’s Taliban from its <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/control-risks-taliban-world-terrorism-b1958707.html">list of banned terrorist organisations</a>.</p>
<p>Responding to a reporter’s question, Mr Peskov defended Russia’s engagement with the Taliban “because it is the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/afghanistan-taliban-islamic-state-islamic-joe-biden-b1909458.html">de facto authority in Afghanistan</a>”.</p>
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<div id="google_ads_iframe_/71347885/_partner_independent/in_asia/in_south-asia/video/thirdparty01_0__container__">His comments came a day after the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was considering “terminating the Taliban movement’s status of a terrorist organisation”.</div>
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		<title>Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activists The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said. Safia Arefi, a lawyer and head of the...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activists</strong></p>
<p class="dcr-4cudl2">The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said.</p>
<p class="dcr-4cudl2">Safia Arefi, a lawyer and head of the Afghan human rights organisation Women’s Window of Hope, said the announcement had condemned Afghan women to return to the darkest days of Taliban rule in the 1990s.</p>
<p class="dcr-4cudl2">“With this announcement by the Taliban leader, a new chapter of private punishments has begun and Afghan women are experiencing the depths of loneliness,” Arefi said.</p>
<p class="dcr-4cudl2">“Now, no one is standing beside them to save them from Taliban punishments. The international community has chosen to remain silent in the face of these violations of women’s rights.”</p>
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<p>Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/28/taliban-edict-to-resume-stoning-women-to-death-met-with-horror</p>
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