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British envoy meets senior Taliban officials in Kabul

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British envoy meets senior Taliban officials in Kabul

According to Taliban officials the meeting contained detailed discussion on solving terrorism and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Treatment of minorities and women under the Taliban rule were also topics of discussion UK envoy shaking hands with Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi On Tuesday October 5, A high ranked British envoy went onto meet senior Taliban officials in Kabul. This was the first time since Taliban capture of the country that a British officer was there. These talks were just another one of Taliban's effort to gain international legitimacy and better relations. The British envoy was UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's high representative for Afghanistan. Taliban which already has a tarnished reputation is now looking forward to friendly relations w...

4 Taliban arrested for removing Pakistani flag from trucks

"This incident must have hurt the sentiments of our neighboring country for which we apologize", said Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid Taliban men removing a Pakistani flag from an aid truck sent in from Pakistan AFGHANISTAN - On Sunday September 19th, several Taliban men patrolling near the Torkham border removed a Pakistani flag from a truck. The men after removing the flag, celebrated by hoisting a gun in the air and then allowed for the truck coming from Pakistan to pass. The truck was one of 17 aid trucks that Pakistani government sent to Afghanistan. https://twitter.com/HizbkKhan/status/1440247665241985032 A video of the men removing the flag soon started surfacing on Twitter. It soon met an enraged reaction on the Pakistani social media and people criticized ...

Taliban after taking over Kabul, declared the end of war

Following Taliban successful attacks on governments last resort 'Kabul', President Ghani fled the country on Sunday. Taliban after entering Presidential Palace with no resistance declared the official end to the Taliban Afghanistan war. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Before the sunrise of August 15, Taliban militants circled around the city of Kabul and started moving their way inside the city. Unlike other cities, militants faced no resistance from the Afghan government and they easily continued closing into Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani left the presidential palace soon after the attack and fled the country. This meant the end of the Ghani government in Afghanistan and the beginning of Taliban rule in the country. Taliban forces then continued to move in and within a few hours capture...