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Other options if peace efforts don’t work: Taliban Minister Muttaqi warns Pakistan

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance

Mains Examination: General Studies-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations; Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting

India’s interests

What’s the ongoing story: Hours after Taliban-led Afghan fighters clashed with Pakistani security forces and captured several border posts while killing 58 Pakistani soldiers, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister and Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi said Sunda

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