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Afghan Taliban official says taking pictures 'major sin'
A Taliban official said journalists were committing "a major sin" by taking pictures, Afghan media reported yesterday.
Television and pictures of living things were banned under the previous Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, but a similar edict has so far not been imposed since authorities took back power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Bomb kills five police from Pakistan polio protection team
A bomb targeting a polio protection team in northwestern Pakistan Monday killed at least five police officers, officials said.
"A police truck transporting around 25 policemen for anti-polio campaign duties was targeted by an IED (improvised explosive device)," Anwar ul Haq, a senior government official in Bajaur district, told AFP.
Deportation Surge: 3,000+ Afghans Sent Back from Turkey in 20 Days!
In a concerning trend, more than 3,000 Afghan nationals have been repatriated to Kabul from Turkey over the past 20 days, marking a significant uptick in deportation efforts, as reported by Afghan news agency Khaama Press. The head of the Ministry of Refugees' Legal Support Directorate shared this information, revealing that the deportees included seven families and seven children.
Keri Russell back with ‘The Diplomat’
When the White House calls, you answer - even if you don't want to. That's exactly Kate Wyler's (Keri Russell) sworn duty in "The Diplomat" when she's ordered to hop on the next flight to London instead of Afghanistan. A change of mission wasn't what she had in mind, and the new gig bears tectonic implications for her marriage and political future.
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The Biden administration blamed Trump for the Chaotic Withdrawal from Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden's administration has blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the deadly and chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021, leading to one of the darkest moments of Biden's presidency, the Associated Press reported.
As the Afghan government fell, there were scenes of despair at Kabul airport as huge crowds tried to flee the Taliban, the BBC recalled.
At least 13 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
At least 13 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.
At least 12 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
At least 12 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.
Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar.
The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending classes after they were banned from secondary schools.
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Suspect in 5 Afghans’ murder in Ankara caught
The suspect wanted for the murder of five Afghan nationals in the capital Ankara was caught in Afghanistan by the Turkish police.
A special team was formed by the Ankara police and the Afghan authorities to shed light on the incident.
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The end of NATO, everything is set for a collapse?
As they stated, this will happen after the relations between the Russian Federation and Germany improve.
They believe that the collapse of NATO began in Kabul in August 2021, when the US chaotically and disorderly withdrew its soldiers from Afghanistan. To this day, the process of disintegration of the North Atlantic Alliance continues.
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