Taliban detins articles
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Salman Rushdie: ‘Free Palestine Is a Taliban-Like State’
(JNS) – Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie warned on Sunday that a Palestinian state would be a Taliban state, speaking in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper. “[I]f there were a Palestinian state now, it would be run by Hamas and we would have a Taliban-like state. A satellite state of Iran. Is this what […]
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Pakistan to Taliban: Stop irresponsible claims, act against TTP
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan deemed the Taliban’s claims regarding ISIS activities in Pakistan as “irresponsible” on Thursday. The ministry’s spokesperson stressed that the Taliban should focus on taking effective actions against terrorist groups based in Afghanistan instead of making such statements. Recently, Pakistan and the Taliban have been exchanging mutual accusations of […]
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Taliban supreme leader makes rare visit to Afghan capital
The shadowy supreme leader of the Taliban authorities made a rare visit to Afghanistan’s capital, a government website said Friday, leaving his reclusive compound in Kandahar to meet with the country’s senior officials. It comes after a string of small-scale clashes between farmers and Taliban anti-narcotic units tasked with destroying poppy fields, and flash floods […]