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British couple held for months in Afghanistan arrive back in UKPeter and Barbie Reynolds, a British couple, reached the U.K. after the Taliban released them. They had been detained in Afghanistan for ov...
With little aid, Afghanistan's quakes spell 'inter-generational' crisisDevastating earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan have destroyed homes and livestock, leaving thousands homeless and exacerbating an already d...
WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakesThe World Health Organization urges the Taliban to allow female aid workers to assist earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Restrictions preve...
Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annuallyUS special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, highlighted that the Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan cost the nation over $1 ...
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise the Afghan health system, group saysHuman Rights Watch has reported that Afghanistan's public health system has been severely impacted by a sharp reduction in foreign assistan...
In another regressive move, Taliban bans women from Band-e-Amir National Park in AfghanistanThe Taliban has banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Afghanistan's Bamyan province. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban'...
Taliban rule of Afghanistan is open-ended, their chief spokesman says as they begin year 3 in powerThe Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief...
Taliban's new diktat: Close women beauty salons in Afghanistan in a monthThe morality ministry has asked beauty salons to close within a month amid growing restrictions on women since Taliban returned to power in...
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girlsThe resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, is scheduled to be voted on by the 15-member council on Thursday afternoon. ...
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...
Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa"They should wear a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it is traditional and respectful," said a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that wa...
Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administrationAfghanistan's acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the cou...
US announces USD 308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis growsWhite House national security council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement that the new aid from the US Agency for International De...
View: How aid to Afghanistan is a dilemma for the westInstead of allaying global apprehensions about the grossly insensitive nature of their bizarre decrees, the Taliban keep on perpetuating th...
Victorious Taliban focus on governing after US withdrawalTaliban , america, afghanistan, Having humbled the world's most powerful military, the Taliban now face the challenge of governing a nation...
A farce at Doha, force in AfghanistanAs the head of the UN Security Council, India must initiate diplomatic action to prevent a humanitarian crisis that spawns migrants, a rela...
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With Islamabad lobbying hard for predator drones and other military aid from Washington, India has reiterated its objection to indiscrimina...