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In addition, they say, Taliban commanders have demanded that communities must hand over unmarried women to become "wives" for their fighters a form of sexual violence, human-rights groups say, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Marco Mendicino, Canadian Immigration Minister said Friday the program will welcome 20,000 Afghans, targeting those who belong to groups vulnerable to persecution by the Taliban.

Talks with the Taliban will mean that India has begun to distinguish between good and bad terrorists

The Pentagon's massive task of removing service members and equipment out of Afghanistan is nearly complete and the US military mission is slated to end by August 31.

The Taliban has re-imposed repressive laws and retrograde policies on Afghan women that defined its 1996-2001 rule when they enforced their version of Islamic Sharia law.

Over the last few weeks, the Taliban captured several districts in Afghanistan including Takhar, the country's northeastern province.

The rights violations that are likely to follow in the aftermath of withdrawal will be attributed to the United States

Sporadic fighting started early Friday when dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns and heavy weapons entered from two directions in the south and east of the city

Deeply disturbed by the sad news of the killing of a friend, Danish Seddiqi in Kandahar last night (Thursday). The Indian Journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces

India needs to reposition its priorities and reach out to the moderate sections within the Taliban as its stakes in the country are high

A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials and other staff members including a group of Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, they said.

"Following a series of government forces air-and-ground operations, 111 Taliban fighters have been killed and 79 others wounded in Wardak, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Badghis, Faryab, Nimruz, Helmand

Islamabad must stop misleading the international community with a farce to cover up its sponsorship of terror

Complete exit from Afghanistan without ensuring real “enduring freedom” will mean a US failure

India needs to reposition its priorities and reach out to the moderate sections within the Taliban

The upcoming September 11 is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that drew the United States into war in Afghanistan.

Removing all of the troops and their equipment in the next three weeks — along with coalition partners who can't get out on their own — would be difficult logistically.

Much will depend on how it reorients and dedicates itself to the welfare of the common Afghan

The Taliban's propaganda arm is churning out a steady stream of social media messages and videos, and publishing reports on a slick website depicting themselves as good governors.

"US forces have and will continue to provide support in defense of Afghan national security forces under attack by the Taliban."