Farooq Azam: I Was Imprisoned by the Taliban for Defending Women’s Education and Rights

Farooq Azam, a senior preacher and advisor to the Taliban’s Ministry of Water and Power, stated in a letter to his son that he was arrested and imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan for advocating women’s education, highlighting the importance of modern sciences, and pointing out weaknesses in the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention…

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TTP Says It Does Not Rely on Foreign Support for Its Fight

The spokesperson for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mohammad Khorasani, stated that the group does not rely on assistance from neighboring countries, but rather has deep roots among the people of Pakistan.According to him, the TTP pursues its objectives with the support of the Pakistani public.Khorasani also rejected the statements made by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,…

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Three WHO Workers Abducted by Unknown Gunmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan’s police department reports that on Monday, unknown armed individuals abducted three workers of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.According to police, the WHO workers had gone to the village of Mullazai in Tank district to monitor a polio vaccination campaign when they were kidnapped and taken to…

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