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Details on the senior Taliban figure with links to NZ…

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WELLINGTON (CU)_Over the past few weeks, reports have emerged regarding a senior Taliban figure who once lived in New Zealand. Accordingly, government officials are currently under pressure to reveal further details on the individual, whose parents and siblings reportedly remain in Hamilton, in New Zealand’s North Island.

Wellington-based news media company Stuff, on Saturday (11 Dec), reported that Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the Kabul-based spokesman for Taliban’s foreign ministry had immigrated to the Pacific island several years ago with his family. Subsequently, he had travelled to…

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