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At least 10 Taliban fighters killed in Kabul ministry attack as tensions with Pakistan escalate

Attack comes just days after Taliban minister Khalil Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul

The Independent UK

Taliban’s Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed: Why it matters

The most high-profile assassination in Afghanistan since 2021 has sparked questions over divisions within the Taliban.

Al Jazeera

Thousands Attend Funeral Of Afghan Minister

Thousands of Afghans on Thursday attended the funeral of the refugees minister, AFP journalists saw, after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

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Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Taliban government minister killed in an Islamic State suicide bombing the previous day

The Independent UK

Taliban Minister Killed In Kabul Suicide Bombing Funeral

Funeral of Khalil Haqqani, Afghan minister killed in ISIS bombing, mourned by officials in Garda Serai.

Top News

India’s invitation to Taliban envoy in UAE is ‘routine’, there is no change in stance, say officials

The invitation from the Indian Embassy in the UAE to the acting Afghan Ambassador and Taliban envoy Badruddin Haqqani, for the Republic Day reception is “routine”, official sources said

The Hindu

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban

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Bangkok Post

No justification for engaging with Taliban

In the year since the United States' disgraceful abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the country has gone down precisely the path any logical observer would have predicted: a medieval, jihadist, terrorist-sheltering emirate has been established. The US will incur costs for betraying its Afghan allies for a long time…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: After a year under Taliban rule, Afghans feel the price of peace.

Afghanistan today under Taliban rule virtually mirrors what the country was like before the American invasion in October 2001. Girls cannot attend secondary school. Once again, women no longer work as lawyers, judges or police officers. Men must wear beards and traditional Afghan garb.

The Conversation

One year into Taliban control, Afghans face poverty and repression. Australia cannot turn a blind eye

One year after the fall of Kabul, life is difficult and precarious for almost everyone in Afghanistan. More than half of the 40 million people of this troubled country are facing severe malnutrition and grinding poverty, and 90% struggle with food insecurity. In a land of widows and orphans, disaster…

Daily Mirror

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

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France 24

Taliban claim 'no knowledge' of slain Al Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital.

The Independent UK

Taliban claim they unaware of al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban say they are investigating what they they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Claim They Unaware of Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban broke its silence Thursday, days after a US drone strike killing al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan’s capital, acknowledging his slaying and pledging to launch an investigation. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the…

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Al-Zawahri killing gives Afghanistan an opening with US

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent the country from once again becoming a terrorist haven have been exposed as lies: The al-Qaida leader was living in the Afghan capital, reportedly in a…

ABC News

Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood. Now other terror leaders are fleeing

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed via a drone strike on the balcony of his four-storey safehouse. Now terrorist leaders are fleeing Kabul while the world takes stock of what this means for the future of Afghanistan.

The Hindu

Teaching the Taliban the wrong lessons

The world appears to have highlighted that short-sighted tactics, and not strategic vision, will decide the future

The Guardian - UK

‘Tricky situation’: Taliban unsure how to respond to Zawahiri’s death

Senior commanders caught between hopes for international recognition and pressure from their own ranks

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