What restrictions have the Taliban imposed in Afghanistan this year?Afghanistan experienced a nationwide internet and mobile service outage, coinciding with the Taliban's recent concerns about online pornogr...
30 Sep, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
Taliban bans Chess in Afghanistan citing religious concernsThe Taliban has prohibited chess in Afghanistan. The decision is due to religious concerns. The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevent...
12 May, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
How the Taliban restrict women's lives in AfghanistanThe Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have imposed strict Islamic laws on women, severely restricting their education and work opportuniti...
24 Jan, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in AzerbaijanTaliban officials will attend the UN climate conference in Baku. This is the first time they will attend such a conference since taking pow...
10 Nov, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
Meryl Streep stands with Afghan women at UN, says ‘a cat has more freedom than a woman in Kabul’At a UN General Assembly event, actor Meryl Streep called attention to the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women, likening their lack of r...
24 Sep, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
Afghan cyclist sisters defy Taliban to fulfil Olympic dreamYulduz and Fariba Hashimi, Afghan cyclists, faced initial hostility and challenges in their conservative province but persisted in their cy...
25 Jul, 2024, 12.53 AM IST
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 ...
11 Mar, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
Taliban imposes restrictions on Afghanistan's Sikh, Hindu minoritiesUnder the Taliban, Sikhs and Hindus have faced severe restrictions, including on their appearances, and have been banned from marking their...
26 Aug, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
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...
15 Aug, 2023, 10.06 PM IST
Taliban to charge Afghan media outlets operating from abroadBlaming the Afghan media organizations for spreading propaganda, the director of Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that th...
03 Jan, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchorsAfter the order was announced Thursday, only a handful of news outlets complied with the order. But on Sunday, most female anchors were see...
22 May, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone: SourcesThe move comes after the Taliban backtracked on their previous commitment to open high schools to girls, a u-turn that shocked many Afghans...
27 Mar, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Taliban shut down schools for girls just hours after they reopenedThe education ministry offered no coherent explanation even as officials held a ceremony in the capital to mark the start of the new academ...
24 Mar, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
Afghan women outraged by new Taliban restrictions on workA month after gaining control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have started gripping women's rights tight instigating wrath over dramatic loss o...
20 Sep, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
Let the music play: Kabul sees day-time weddings after Taliban takeoverDuring its 1996-2001 rule, Taliban had banned most music, except devotional Islamic songs.
31 Aug, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Foreign members of ISIL-K, al-Qaida entered Afghanistan via Pakistan: UN report"A significant part of the leadership of Al-Qaida resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region, alongside Al-Qaida in the Indian S...
28 Aug, 2021, 11.49 PM IST
Top Pakistani Taliban commander among 13 killed in US drone attackThere was no immediate comment from American officials, who do not typically comment publicly on drone strikes.
26 Nov, 2015, 03.14 PM IST