Pakistan has issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the rebel group is in the midst of a US peace process in the neighboring country. The orders, which were made public on Friday, identified dozens of individuals, including Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and several members …
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President Trump on Thursday promised to “hit Russia” as hard as you could spin his head “if it is proven that the Russian government is paying fines for killing American troops in Afghanistan. Trump and his aides often say the accusation, reported in June, was not confirmed by intelligence agencies. …
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A senior Ministry of Education official was killed in a bomb blast near the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, killing at least two people. activists in the country. Abdul Baqi Amin, director of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Education, was killed by an explosive device placed in his …
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Iran is reportedly paying fines to a Taliban faction for killing US and coalition troops in Afghanistan, leading to six attacks last year, including a suicide bombing at the U.S. air base in Bagram. According to CNN, US intelligence estimates that Iran is paying the fines to the Haqqani network, …
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Afghan authorities have begun releasing 400 Taliban prisoners, the latest obstacle in protracted peace talks between the two warring factions, even as President Ashraf Ghani warned they were a “danger to the world”. A group of 80 detainees was released Thursday, National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal said, tweeting that …
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