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With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, world must focus on preventing collapse of state & cross-border terrorism, Putin warns

The Russian president and the German chancellor were speaking to journalists during the latter’s state visit to Moscow.“The Taliban control…

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Taliban moving ‘door-to-door’ to threaten families into surrendering ‘priority’ targets, UN threat assessment warns

The report, produced by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses and seen by AFP news agency, claims the Taliban is…

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US fears possible terrorist attack by ‘Taliban’s sworn enemy ISIS-K’ amid Afghanistan evacuations, national security advisor says

Asked on Thursday whether the White House fears that US citizens stranded in Afghanistan could become “hostages,” Jake Sullivan demurred, telling…

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Britain’s delusions that it could take on the Taliban alone are ludicrous – what are our empire-nostalgic MPs smoking?

On Wednesday the British parliament reconvened in an emergency session to allow MPs to vent their spleen over the situation…

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Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan is ‘moral victory of Islamism over the West’ – top Merkel ally

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was a “severe defeat of the West” and a “moral victory of Islamism over the…

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Yes, the Taliban’s extreme, but I secretly welcome this defeat of the US ideology of globalism, liberalism and consumerism

As I write, blue- and pink-haired Silicon Valley tech workers are desperately scrambling to determine what is acceptable for us…

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Taliban declares formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, just days after taking over Kabul

In a Twitter post on Thursday, Zabiullah Mujahid, an official spokesman for the Taliban, announced the creation of a new…

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Taliban tells scared locals to stay away from Kabul airport after 12 killed by gunfire or in stampedes – media

A Taliban official was quoted as saying that the deaths were caused either by gunfire or stampedes. He urged people…

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Gunfire, smoke grenades & barbed wire: WATCH Taliban & US troops struggle to ‘protect’ Kabul airport from desperate crowds

With thousands of Afghans still camped around the airfield hoping to catch a flight out of the city, chaotic scenes…

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Taliban fires shots to disperse crowds outside Kabul airport as US scramble to leave Afghanistan continues

The Islamist group has been in control of most of Afghanistan since Sunday, when the US-backed government in Kabul surrendered…

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