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Taliban supreme leader prays for Afghanistan's quake victims

The Taliban's supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan's earthquake victims in during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul

The Independent UK

Taliban's reclusive supreme leader attends Afghan clerics' meeting

Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada showed up Friday at a major gathering of clerics in the Afghan capital called to rubber-stamp the hardline Islamist group's rule over the country.

AFP

Taliban leader hails Afghan victory at gathering to forge national unity

The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban hailed the Islamists' 2021 takeover of Afghanistan during a meeting on Friday called to forge national unity and attended by religious leaders from around the country.

Reuters

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Two gunmen killed as Afghan clerics meet to rubber-stamp Taliban rule

Kabul (AFP) - Two gunmen were shot dead in the Afghan capital Thursday near the site of a gathering by thousands of religious scholars called to endorse the Taliban's hardline Islamist rule.

AFP

11 Afghan Sikhs arrive in India by a special flight

First such operation by Indian government and civil society groups since June 23 reopening of embassy in Kabul

The Hindu

Group of Afghan Sikhs to arrive in India with ashes of man killed in Kabul attack

Two died in a terror attack on Kabul gurdwara recently

The Hindu

Thousands gather at all-male meeting to rubber-stamp Taliban rule

Kabul (AFP) - Obedience to the leadership was the most important principle of Afghanistan's Islamic system, a senior Taliban official said Thursday, as thousands of religious scholars gathered in the capital for a men-only meeting to discuss the group's hardline rule.

AFP

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The Indian challenge in Afghanistan

Intra-Afghan tensions rather than any hostility towards India could impede implementation of projects

The Hindu

Taliban calls for major gathering of scholars which could address Afghan school ban for girls

The meeting will be held in Kabul and could last three days

The Independent UK

Taliban to hold grand council to chart Afghan progress

Kabul (AFP) - Hundreds of religious leaders and "people of influence" from around Afghanistan have been summoned to the capital to attend a three-day grand council in support of the country's Taliban rule.

AFP

Afghan quake relief focus shifts to long term

Kabul (Afghanistan) (AFP) - International and local relief organisations are shifting their focus from the immediate to longer term for areas of Afghanistan hit by last week's killer earthquake, officials said Monday.

AFP

Afghan released from Guantanamo prison arrives home to hero's welcome

Kabul (AFP) - An Afghan freed after 15 years of detention in the United States' notorious Guantanamo Bay prison arrived home Saturday to a hero's welcome.

AFP

Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed

Kabul (AFP) - One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed after 15 years following negotiations with Washington, authorities said on Friday.

AFP

A long night for doctors helping victims of Afghanistan quake

Medics are left overwhelmed and under-equipped in the wake of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in decades.

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Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed, say Taliban

Kabul (AFP) - One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed after 15 years following negotiations with Washington, his family and Taliban authorities said Friday.

The Independent UK

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Hindu

India says ready to provide assistance, support to quake-affected Afghanistan

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul.

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

India sends team to help with deadly Afghanistan earthquake

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Hindu

India reopens Embassy in Kabul

Major move towards engaging Taliban, re-establishing presence in Afghanistan

Bangkok Post

Afghanistan quake kills at least 280

KABUL: At least 280 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a powerful earthquake hit southeastern Afghanistan overnight, according to the country’s state-run news agency.

Bangkok Post

Ancient Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine

MES AYNAK, Afghanistan: An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's largest copper deposits.

AFP

Ancient Afghan Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine

Mes Aynak (Afghanistan) (AFP) - An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's largest copper deposits.

AFP

'No future for us,' say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack

Kabul (AFP) - A dozen Afghan Sikhs gathered Monday in a room behind the charred ruins of their temple in Kabul, hoping to be swiftly evacuated having finally given up on the country of their birth.

The Hindu

Desperate to come to India, over 150 Sikhs in Kabul gurdwara counting days since Taliban takeover

Gurnam Singh, president of Gurdwara Karta-E-Parwan, urged the Indian government to step up evacuation efforts for Hindus and Sikhs.

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