Afghan universities reopen but women still barredThe university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked g...
06 Mar, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
Afghan universities reopen but women still barredThe university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked g...
06 Mar, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Taliban seeks economic self-sufficiency and foreign investment for Afghanistan, minister saysAlready facing a lack of formal recognition and sanctions hampering the country's banking sector, investors are faced with growing security...
02 Jan, 2023, 01.18 PM IST
US slams Taliban for women's NGO jobs ban in AfghanistanThe NGO order came in a letter from Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif. It said any organization found not complying with the order w...
25 Dec, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
Banned from education, 'idle' Afghan girls are married offAfghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are banned from going to secondary school. Together with the economic crisis and d...
11 Nov, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
Afghan families go back to making carpets as economy unravelsUntil August 15, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the Haidari brothers had managed to escape the backbreaking labour of c...
12 Dec, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
Afghan girls, faraway relatives worry over dreams disruptedAs a wary world watches to see the Taliban's policies for women, many older girls in Afghanistan already face disrupted dreams, worried for...
04 Nov, 2021, 09.39 PM IST
Taliban rally outside Kabul as they consolidate ruleThe rally was the first of its kind in the capital since the Islamist group seized control of the country seven weeks ago following a light...
03 Oct, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
Taliban fire shots to disperse protest in KabulThe Islamists have yet to announce a government, but Afghans -- fearful of a repeat of the group's previous brutal reign between 1996 and 2...
07 Sep, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Taliban bans co-education in Afghanistan's Herat province: ReportThis is the first 'fatwa' issued by the Taliban after its swift takeover of Afghanistan last week. Capital Kabul's capture on Sunday signif...
21 Aug, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
In Taliban's seven-day march to power, a stunning string of winsIn just a week, militants won city after city, toppled the government and grabbed the grand prize of Kabul. Even for a country scarred by g...
18 Aug, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Afghan woman in limbo at Kabul airport after Taliban sweepIn one world, the 22-year-old would board a flight to a country she did not know, destined to become a refugee. In another, she would stay ...
18 Aug, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Afghans fear a return to brutal rule despite Taliban vowsBut Afghans who remember the Taliban's brutal rule and those who have lived in areas controlled by the Islamic militants in recent years ha...
16 Aug, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
Many Afghans feel United States is leaving them at mercy of resurgent Taliban"International forces' intervention was like a light in a dark night," Amina, 32, a teacher at a girls school in the northern province of K...
15 Apr, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
Afghanistan can succeed only when terrorism no longer flows across the Durand Line: IndiaIndia’s developmental footprint is, today, spread across every one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan and New Delhi has also prioritised Ka...
21 Nov, 2020, 12.16 AM IST
Gurdaspur attack: India can't afford a tepid responseFrom the moment it became apparent that Narendra Modi would become India's Prime Minister, Pakistan has wondered how India would respond to...
13 Jul, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
Pakistan Army wants to keep Kashmir issue alive: American scholarIn her book, C Christine Fair also writes that Pakistan's conflict with India cannot be reduced simply by resolving the Kashmir dispute.
29 May, 2014, 03.34 PM IST