Anti-Taliban resistance front commander among at least 20 killed in Baghlan
An NRF spokesman said the Taliban attacked resistance force members from the ground and air in at least three villages in Andarab valley
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban police chief killed in Badakhshan explosion
The police chief and two others were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in was targeted, officials said, adding four suspects have been arrested
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Male students beaten up in Kandahar for refusing to write exams
Students said they refused to sit the exam in a show of support for their fellow female students who have been banned from attending university
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia calls on Taliban to reverse the ban on women attending university
The Taliban’s move has been denounced by a number of Islamic countries and organizations, including the OIC, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Karzai pitching national dialogue to exiled politicians
The former president has met with key figures in UAE, Germany and Turkey and called for them to support a move for national dialogue
South Asia
Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center
Officials say at least 30 TTP fighters are involved in the hostage situation, some of whom have been imprisoned for many years
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s ex-president Karzai in Turkey for talks with exiled politicians
Hamid Karzai is meeting with exiled politicians including former jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf and ex-vice president Karim Khalili
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Eight wounded in explosion in southeast Turkey
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past.
Afghanistan
Another 12 flogged in public, this time in Ghor
Since the Taliban leader imposed the decree a month ago, about 100 people, both men and women, have been lashed in public