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Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 25, 2022. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday, May 7, ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Sat,05/07/22-5:06AM , 199 Reads
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community.
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In this photo released by the Press Information Department, newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif addresses during the National Assembly session, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 11, 2022. Pakistan's parliament elected opposition lawmaker Sharif as the new prime minister Monday, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan. (Press Information Department via AP)

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EXPLAINER: What's ahead for politically volatile Pakistan?
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:58PM , 234 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Months of economic discontent in Pakistan were capped by days of tense drama. When the week ended, one of the country's most charismatic prime ministers was ousted, and his replacement was a member of a prominent political dynasty.

And the turmoil may not be over yet, with implications for the whole region.
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In this photo released by Press Information Department, acting President of Pakistan Sadiq Sanjrani, left, administers the oath of office to newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif during a ceremony at Presidential Palace, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 11, 2022. Pakistan's parliament elected opposition lawmaker Sharif as the new prime minister Monday, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan. (Press Information Department via AP)

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Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-3:57AM , 426 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliament on Monday elected opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.

Sharif took the oath of office inside the stately, white marble palace known as the Presidency in a brief ceremony.
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People visit Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, the site of March 4 suicide bombing, to offer prays for bombing victims, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

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Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:07AM , 318 Reads
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Basheer was a young Taliban fighter barely out of his teens when the Islamic State group took over his village in eastern Afghanistan, nearly eight years ago. The militants rounded up villagers identified as Taliban and killed them, often beheading them, forcing their families to watch.
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