The Taliban say they have changed. Reports of violence in Afghanistan say otherwise

April 27, 2022

Photo Taliban crackdown on protests and bloody women and children beaten by militants contradict the more moderate image that the militant group is trying to project by seizing power in Afghanistan. Less than 24 hours after As a Taliban official provided security guarantees during a press conference in Kabul, militants attempted to prevent locals from planting the Afghan national flag in the eastern city of Jalalabad. The former police officer…

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Supporters boo Trump for recommending COVID-19 vaccination

April 27, 2022

Former President Donald Trump booed at a rally in Alabama on Saturday after he told his supporters they should get vaccinated. “You know what? I fully believe in your freedoms. Truth. Trump said <…> But I recommend getting vaccinated. I did. The vaccine is working, take it.” After that, there were dissatisfied exclamations from the crowd, in which there were almost no masked people. “No, that's fine. Everything is good….

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Biden plans to stick to deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan

April 27, 2022

US officials told ABC that Biden decided to stick to the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, despite pressure from European allies and calls to extend the evacuation time. Nevertheless, the president said contingency plans would be made unforeseen circumstances that could force troops to delay beyond Aug. 31 to complete the evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies. A Taliban spokesman said earlier that the US should complete…

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Blinken: Another 1,500 Americans need to be evacuated from Afghanistan

April 27, 2022

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Wednesday, that about 1,500 Americans remain in Afghanistan awaiting their evacuation. The Biden administration continues to make efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies through August 31, the deadline set for a full exit from the country. Blinken said the US had evacuated 82,300 people, including 4,500 with US passports, since Aug. 14, the day before the Taliban captured Kabul and completed its takeover…

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Taliban to ban music in public places in Afghanistan

April 27, 2022

In his first Western media interview since As the Taliban took complete control of Afghanistan, one of the group's leaders tried to present it in a new light — insisting that the Taliban had changed since they were last in power. «We want to build a future and forget what happened in the past,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an interview with The New York Times. During the conversation, he…

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Taliban to ban music in public places in Afghanistan

March 6, 2022

In his first Western media interview since then As the Taliban took complete control of Afghanistan, one of the group's leaders tried to present it in a new light — insisting that the Taliban had changed since they were last in power. «We want to build a future and forget what happened in the past,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an interview with The New York Times. During the conversation,…

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