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Taliban minister killed in Kabul suicide bombing
Khalil Haqqani, Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriates Affairs and a senior Taliban leader, was killed in a ...
Tight security for Taliban minister’s funeral as Islamic State group claim deadly suicide attack
A Taliban government spokesman says tight security is in place for the funeral of a Cabinet member who was killed in a suicide bombing.
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Blinken faces GOP critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’
Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State ...
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UN condemns suicide attack on Afghan minister
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Thursday condemned an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed the ...
Suicide bomb kills Taliban minister in Kabul
Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, the movement's most high profile ...
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An explosion in the Afghan capital kills the Taliban refugee minister
The explosion struck inside the ministry, killing Khalil Haqqani, officials said. His last official photo showed him at a ...
Vulnerable Afghans struggle as Taliban rebuild Kabul roads
Mohammed Naeem knew the Kabul street where he and his brothers built matching apartment buildings was too narrow, but he was ...
Suicide Bomb in Afghanistan Kills Taliban Minister Wanted by the U.S.
The Taliban accuse Islamic State of killing Khalil Haqqani in a suicide bombing.
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Afghan refugees minister killed by suicide blast blamed on Islamic State
The suicide bomb attack in Kabul which killed Afghanistan's refugee minister was blamed on the Islamic State group.
Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal at contentious House hearing
The secretary of state's testimony comes months after Republicans issued a scathing report on the Biden administration's handling of the exit from Afghanistan.
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Putin courts closer ties with the Taliban in pursuit of new allies
reached Kabul carrying the message that Vladimir Putin wants to support the de facto administration – or, in Russia’s parlance, achieve a durable peace in Afghanistan. The former Russian ...
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Blinken finally set to testify on Afghanistan pullout after months of resistance
Kabul ultimately fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, 2021 — roughly two weeks before the last US troops left Afghanistan. Following the Afghan government’s collapse, President Biden ordered a non ...