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Telecom giant MTN accused of paying bribes to Taliban, al-Qaeda
2019-12-30 20:36:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
South African mobile company MTN responds to allegations it paid bribes to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Narrow escape for SpiceJet flight after Taliban attacks Kabul airport
2017-09-28 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Almost 180 passengers and crew on board a SpiceJet flight that was preparing for a takeoff from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport had a narrow escape when the Taliban launched a rocket attack near the airport.
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Report: Taliban App Pulled From Google Play
2016-04-04 18:05:24| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The app was developed by the Islamic fundamentalist group in an attempt to spread propaganda.
Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand
2016-03-09 15:16:09| Livestock - Topix.net
A downed tree on the tracks reported caused a commuter train to derail in Northern California, sending its lead car plunging into a swollen creek and leaving nine people injured. A mudslide likely caused a commuter train to derail in storm-soaked Northern California, plunging its lead car into a rain-swollen creek and sending passengers scrambling in the dark to get out of the partially submerged car.
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Afghan Taliban want telecom infrastructure 'protection tax'
2016-01-18 09:45:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Taliban are demanding a "protection tax" from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP. At a secret meeting last month near the Pakistani city of Quetta, the Taliban's central leadership formally demanded the tax from representatives of four mobile companies in exchange for not damaging their sites or harming their employees.
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