Morning news brief: Taliban leader says executions will return, US Vice President Kamala Harris meets PM Modi & more
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Over a month after the Taliban took control of Kabul, a top Taliban official Mullah Nooruddin Turabi said that executions and strict punishments would return. Turabi was justice minister of the so-called Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Taliban government of the late 90s.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an in-person meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington. It was their first meeting since the Indian-American Democrat took office earlier this year. In a joint appearance with Prime Minister Modi, the US vice president said India is a vital companion of America.
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