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  Security

  2021-07-12

  Taliban force residents to flee as they loot, torch homes during offensive

  Across Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are going door-to-door searching for government supporters, burning homes, and looting businesses, in what observers are calling 'war crimes'.

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  2021-07-06

  Afghan forces prepare for major counterattack against Taliban

  While Afghan troops ready for action, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 reserve troops to further strengthen the border with Afghanistan.

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  Security

  2021-07-02

  Taliban violence fuels chaos, tragedy in Afghanistan

  In Badghis province, Afghans say the Taliban burned down their homes, killed their family members, and didn't allow the survivors to properly bury their loved ones' remains.

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  Security

  2021-07-01

  Taliban must stop offensive operations or face air strikes, US general warns

  Gen. Scott Miller warned the Taliban against offensive operations on Tuesday, insisting that the US still has the firepower to conduct air strikes against insurgents.

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  Security

  2021-06-29

  Taliban's assassination of religious scholars aims to suppress dissent

  Estimates vary on the number of Afghan religious scholars who have been murdered in the past year, but the pattern is clear: if you speak against the militant group, your days might be numbered.

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  2021-06-28

  Officials confirm Taliban use of children on frontlines in Afghanistan

  Reports also suggest the Taliban are using children to handle explosives and continuing the criminal practice of bacha bazi, the sexual exploitation of boys.

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  Security

  2021-06-23

  Taliban rampage in Afghanistan sees torching of dozens of Korans

  The Taliban's burning of the Koran has sparked outrage among religious scholars across Afghanistan, and undermine's group mantra of 'jihad'.

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  Security

  2021-06-21

  Taliban deprive nearly half-million Afghan children of polio vaccine

  Polio cases are rising in Afghanistan's western region due to the Taliban's 'unforgivable crime' of preventing innocent children from being immunised against the virus, local authorities say.

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  2021-06-16

  Afghan, Pakistani clerics condemn Taliban's continuation of war in Afghanistan

  The meeting is the first time Pakistani scholars have joined their Afghan counterparts in explicitly supporting the peace process.

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  Security

  2021-06-14

  US military vows to pressure al-Qaeda, ISIS after Afghanistan withdrawal

  It will continue to fund and advise Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, and conduct 'over the horizon' air missions, US Central Command commander Gen. Frank McKenzie also said.