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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.

Reuters

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

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

Al Jazeera

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Top officials are seeking alternative ways to assist homegrown chipmakers, such as lowering the cost of semiconductor materials, the people said, asking not to be identified revealing sensitive negotiations.

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Islamic State claims Afghanistan airport checkpoint bombing

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan capital’s military airport that killed and wounded several people

The Independent UK

Is 2023 set to be a tipping point?

It's that time of year to gaze into the crystal snow globe and try to see the stories on the horizon which will affect the New Year. Our world remains an increasingly tumultuous place, and the tragedy of expanding conflicts is only surpassed by the waves of refugees fleeing those…

Bangkok Post

Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister

Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges.

Al Jazeera

Monster makes fun of creator: Taliban leader shames Pakistan, shares 1971 surrender picture

NEW DELHI: Pakistan tasted their own medicine when an Afghan Taliban member shamed them for surrendering to India in the 1971 war that led to the creation of a new nation, Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan.

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Pakistan says it won't allow countries to shelter militants

Pakistan’s political and military leadership says no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Boy, 12, who survived Channel migrant boat tragedy had family wiped out by Taliban

The boy was one of more than 30 people rescued from a sinking dinghy in the British Channel last month. Four migrants died when a flimsy dinghy capsized in freezing waters on its way from France to England

Daily Mirror

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul on Sunday, the group said in a post on Telegram on Monday.

Reuters

Taliban seeks economic self-sufficiency and foreign investment for Afghanistan -minister

(Adds full name of acting minister in paragraph 2)

Reuters

Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

France 24

A U.N. official met with a Taliban leader over a ban on women working for NGOs

Major international aid agencies suspended operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned women from working for nongovernmental organizations in a series of measures rolling back women's rights.

WEKU

UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women NGO ban

The U.N. says one of its top officials in Afghanistan has met the Taliban's deputy prime minister to discuss a ban on women working at nongovernmental groups

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Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people

The Times of India

Yearender 2022: Pakistan-Taliban ties in jeopardy over Durand Line crisis

NEW DELHI: The honeymoon period between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is over as Islamabad is facing an emerging security situation in border provinces and an assertive Taliban, which is unwilling to accept any 'one-sided' change in the status quo ante on the Durand Line issue.

Dynamite News

Afghanistan: Explosion At Kabul Military Airport, Casualties Likely

An explosion was reported at the Kabul military airport on Sunday. Read on for details:

Asharq Al-Awsat

Several Killed, Wounded in Blast near Kabul Military Airfield

An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on Sunday, an official told AFP. The cause of the blast at the gate of the facility next to Kabul's international airport was unclear, interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor said. "A…

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Al Jazeera

Several dead and wounded in blast outside Kabul military airport

No claim of responsibility for explosion that caused multiple casualties, according to the Taliban.

Reuters

Blast outside Kabul's military airport, multiple casualties feared -interior ministry spokesman

An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.

WEKU

In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

The Times of India

Taliban divisions inflamed by sweeping restrictions on women

The Taliban’s sweeping orders to restrict women’s rights have exacerbated divisions in the militant group to the point where rival factions are surrounding themselves with loyal troops, according to people familiar with the matter.

ABC News

'I won't give up': Australian charity leaders fear for Afghan staff after Taliban ban on female aid workers

With their employees fearing retribution and without work, charities leaders say the latest Taliban oppression has far-reaching consequences for millions of Afghan families.

ABC News

Many women's rights were taken away in 2022, but global feminist solidarity is on the rise

Looking back on 2022, women's rights regressed in many areas, but experts and advocates remain hopeful as a wave of feminist solidarity sweeps the globe and young people risk their lives to say, "Enough is enough."

Daily Mirror

Professor tears up his degrees live on air in brave protest at Taliban curbs on women

Ismail Mashal, who founded the private Mashal University in Kabul and also lectures at the city's university, became visibly distressed with tears welling up and his voice shaking during his appearance on Afghanistan's Tolo News on Monday

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