#CANADA: Women and Gender Equality Minister Calls Taliban "Our Brothers"

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While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made the point of calling the Taliban in Afghanistan a terrorist group, his minister for women and gender equality is calling the Taliban “our brothers.”

Maryam Monsef made the comments while speaking on a call with other ministers regarding the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan.

She later clarified that it was a "cultural reference."

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#PAKISTAN: Parliament Creates Military Courts to Try Taliban School Massacre Defendants

[world politics news]

Over the objection of Islamist parties, Pakistan's National Assembly has amended the constitution to allow the creation of military courts to bring Taliban insurgents who killed 134 schoolchildren last month to justice, as well as to try others who wage war in the name of religion.

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