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Taliban leader breaks silence over Harry’s Afghanistan revelations

The duke faces an intense backlash after writing about his time in Afghanistan in his controversial memoir, Spare

The Independent UK

Taliban taunts ‘big mouth loser’ Prince Harry after he claims to have killed 25 in Afghanistan

The Duke of Sussex labels the killings ‘chess pieces removed from the board’ in his forthcoming memoir ‘Spare’

The Independent UK

Taliban criticises Prince Harry over Afghan killings comment

The Taliban administration has criticised Prince Harry after the British royal said in his memoir that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when serving as a military helicopter pilot, describing them as "chess pieces removed from the board".

Reuters

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Retired colonel and Taliban leader join criticism over Harry killing revelations

The duke faces an intense backlash after writing about his time in Afghanistan in his controversial memoir, Spare.

The Independent UK

Four military codes 'naively stupid' Prince Harry has broken, according to expert

Major General Chip Chapman says that Prince Harry has 'opened himself up to every jihadist and nutcase out there' by discussing how many Taliban fighters he killed in new book Spare

Daily Mirror

Afghan women banned from university: The women resisting the Taliban's decision

There has been global outrage over the Taliban's announcement to ban women from universities. In our first edition for 2023, we meet the Afghan women who are bravely protesting against the decree. Also as the World Economic Forum prepares to meet in Davos, Annette Young talks to Dr Anino Emuwa,…

France 24

Taliban accuses Prince Harry of war crimes after he admits killing 25 in Afghanistan

Responding to revelations in Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters, senior leader Anas Haqqani said the soldiers he killed "were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return"

Daily Mirror

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Chinese firm signs deal with Taliban to produce oil in Afghanistan

KABUL: The Taliban-led administration in Afghanistan signed its first international contract Thursday to extract oil from the northern Amu Darya basin as the beleaguered group seeks to increase revenue.

The Times of India

Harry 'painted a target on his back' with comments about killing 25 Taliban, ex-Army colonel says

His revelations about his time in Afghanistan have been described as a 'betrayal'

Wales Online

Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry says he ‘thought of Taliban fighters as chess pieces, not people’

Duke of Sussex thought of Taliban fighters not as people but as chess pieces, he says in his memoir

The Independent UK

Colonel Richard Kemp slams Prince Harry's '25 kills' claim as security threat

Colonel Richard Kemp, a former British Army commander in Afghanistan, has said Prince Harry's claim of killing 25 Taliban fighters is a security threat and "undermines" the "good work" he did in the Armed forces

Daily Mirror

‘How stupid can you be?’ Harry accused of putting family in danger after claiming 25 kills in Afghanistan

Memoir revelation ‘an absolute nightmare for his security teams’ it is claimed

The Independent UK

Harry: I killed 25 people during tour of duty in Afghanistan - OLD

The Duke of Sussex revealed the number in his memoir Spare, saying he flew six deadly missions during his second stint on the front line.

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Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan during second tour of duty

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, was an Apache helicopter pilot in 2012 and in the upcoming book, Spare, he said he flew on six missions in war-torn Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan during tour of duty

Duke of Sussex thought of Taliban fighters not as people but as chess pieces, he says in his memoir

France 24

Taliban's ban on female aid workers: 'This is a red line for us,' NGO head says

Aid groups are warning of a dire situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban's banning of female NGO workers. Many major international aid groups have suspended their operations, including the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). We spoke to the NRC's Afghanistan director, Neil Turner, who said that organisations like his need female…

Al Jazeera

Taliban says eight ISIL fighters killed in raids in Afghanistan

The raids follow a series of attacks conducted by ISIL, including a deadly bombing near a checkpoint in Kabul.

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Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company

Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan Taliban Kill 8 in Raids of ISIS Hideouts in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban killed eight ISIS militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz…

The Independent UK

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban have killed eight Islamic State group fighters and arrested nine others in raids against the militants' hideouts in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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Afghanistan raids on Islamic State hideouts leave eight dead -Taliban

Eight people were killed and seven arrested following raids on hideouts of the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesperson said on Thursday.

Reuters

Pakistani militants claim killing of two intelligence officials

Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban on Wednesday claimed the killing of a senior official of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency and another officer, the latest in a resurgence of jihadist violence shaking the country.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

Latest TTP statement explicitly names Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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