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Qatar Foreign Minister says he urged Taliban to respect women's rights

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani was speaking in a joint press conference with French foreign minister HE Jean-Yves Le Drian in Doha. Le Drian said dozens of French nationals are still..
First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in Kabul

AFP An international commercial flight touched down in the Afghan capital on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month. Kabul airport was left trashed after foreign forces completed their chaotic withdrawal on August 30, evacu..
Afghan pilots start leaving Uzbekistan for UAE, despite Taliban pressure-source

REUTERS U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month began leaving the country on Sunday, one of the pilots told Reuters, under a U.S. deal that came despite Taliban demands for the return of the Afghans a..
The Taliban are lying, France's foreign minister says

REUTERS The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late on Saturday before heading for talks in Qatar on Sunday to discuss future evacuations from Afgh..
Who to blame for Taliban takeover? Former Afghan envoy points finger at Kabul

REUTERS Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover of her country. But she is not surprised. In an interview, Rahmani accused the former U..
Pakistan suggests inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to regional forum

REUTERS Pakistan on Wednesday suggested inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to a regional forum of six countries to help avert a humanitarian and economic crisis in the country. The Taliban on Tuesday announced a new government and named Mullah Ha..
Haibatullah Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban supreme leader whose son was suicide bomber

REUTERS In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera - an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey beard. As the Islamist movement unveiled its n..
Biden says he is sure China will try to work out arrangement with Taliban

REUTERS U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15. Asked if he was worried that China would fund the g..
Afghan protests persist, posing a problem for new Taliban government

REUTERS A group of Afghan women crouched on the side of a Kabul street and took cover after armed members of the Taliban fired shots into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters. One of them spoke rapidly at the camera filming them. "..

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