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Afghan province bans ‘living things’ images in media to comply with Taliban laws
An Afghan province has banned all media from showing images of living things to ensure compliance with the Taliban’s morality laws.

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.

Thu, 22 Aug, 2024

Taliban celebrate three years in power with parade at former US air base
Taliban celebrate three years in power with parade at former US air base
The speeches were aimed at an international audience, urging the diaspora to return and for the West to interact and co-operate with the country’s rulers

Wed, 14 Aug, 2024

Taliban disavows Afghan missions abroad and says it will not honour passports
Taliban disavows Afghan missions abroad and says it will not honour passports
The Taliban has disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honour passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration.

Tue, 30 Jul, 2024

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees, says UN
Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees, says UN
Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the UN mission in Afghanistan.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2024

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women – UN
Taliban enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women – UN
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or do not have a male guardian, according to a UN report.

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024

Taliban free Afghan activist arrested after campaigning for girls’ education
Taliban free Afghan activist arrested after campaigning for girls’ education
The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of girls, according to a local nonprofit organisation. Matiullah Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group Pen Path.

Thu, 26 Oct, 2023

A drug syringe and a spoon with cooked heroin
HSE prepares for arrival of killer synthetic drugs following Taliban opium crop crackdown 
Nitazenes can be between 30 and 500 times more potent than heroin and pose a serious risk of overdose, even in very small quantities, charity warns

Fri, 01 Sep, 2023

200 ex-Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover – UN
200 ex-Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover – UN
More than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago, according to a UN report published on Tuesday.

Tue, 22 Aug, 2023

Women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public – Taliban official
Women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public – Taliban official
Dr Tim Winter, who is the Shaykh Zayed lecturer in Islamic studies at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University, said there was no scriptural mandate in Islam for face coverings

Thu, 17 Aug, 2023

After two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women and girls pay the price
After two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women and girls pay the price
The Taliban have kept a struggling economy afloat and improved domestic security, but they have also introduced a slew of bans on Afghan girls and women, barring them from parks, gyms, universities, and jobs at non-governmental groups and the United Nations

Mon, 14 Aug, 2023

Taliban restrictions on Afghan women branded ‘crime against humanity’
Taliban restrictions on Afghan women branded ‘crime against humanity’
Two human rights groups have attacked the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity.

Fri, 26 May, 2023

Taliban publishes rare audio message from supreme leader
Taliban publishes rare audio message from supreme leader
The Taliban have published a rare audio message from their supreme leader, who says justice is an instrument for the Afghan government’s survival.

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

Seven dead in Taliban attack on Karachi police headquarters
Seven dead in Taliban attack on Karachi police headquarters
Militants launched a deadly suicide attack on the police headquarters of Pakistan’s largest city on Friday, officials said, as the sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of Karachi for several hours.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2023

Militants launch deadly attack on Pakistan police headquarters
Militants launch deadly attack on Pakistan police headquarters
Militants and suicide bombers have launched a deadly attack on the police headquarters in Pakistan’s largest city as the sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of Karachi.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Duke of Sussex consoles marine
Ex-colonel says Prince Harry has now turned against his 'other family, the military'
Colonel Tim Collins said Prince Harry’s conduct is 'not how we behave in the Army'

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

Prince Harry tour of duty in Afghanistan
Britain's Prince Harry says he killed 25 people during tour of duty in Afghanistan
Describing watching a video of each “kill” when he returned to base, he wrote of Taliban fighters as “baddies” who were being eliminated before they could kill “goodies”

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

Pakistan
Pakistan says it will not allow countries to shelter militants
Pakistan’s political and military leadership have vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighbouring Afghanistan.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

Afghanistan Women
UN human rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women
The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately.

Tue, 27 Dec, 2022

UN official and Taliban minister meet over Afghan women NGO ban
UN official and Taliban minister meet over Afghan women NGO ban
The UN mission in Afghanistan said in a tweet that its acting head, Ramiz Alakbarov, met with Mr Hanif on Monday and called for a reversal of the ban.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan Education
NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban rulers ban women
Foreign aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan, after a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at international and local non-governmental organisations.

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan
US condemns Taliban over NGO jobs ban for women in Afghanistan
The US has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions.

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022

Operation Moshtarak
Taliban use water cannon on women protesting against university ban
Taliban security forces have used a water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against the ban on university education for women, witnesses said, as the decision by the government continued to cause anger in Afghanistan and beyond.

Sat, 24 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan Education
Taliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies
Discussing the matter for the first time in public, Nida Mohammad Nadim said the ban issued earlier this week was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders in universities.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan Protest Education
Turkey and Saudi Arabia condemn Taliban’s university ban for women
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have become the latest Muslim-majority countries to condemn a decision by Taliban authorities to bar women from universities. Meanwhile, about two dozen women staged a protest in the streets of Kabul on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan
Afghan women weep as Taliban fighters enforce university ban
On Tuesday, the country’s Taliban rulers ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities until further notice.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

US Afghanistan Detainees
Taliban release two Americans in ‘goodwill gesture’
The Taliban have released two Americans held in Afghanistan in what appeared to be a “goodwill gesture,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday.

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022

Pakistan
Pakistan raid kills all Taliban hostage-takers, officials say
Pakistan’s special forces raided a police centre in a remote north-western district on Tuesday, killing all Pakistani Taliban militants who had earlier this week overpowered guards at the facility, seized arms and taken hostages, officials said.

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022

Pakistan Taliban Takeover
Pakistan launches operation to free officers held by Taliban
Pakistan’s special forces on Tuesday stormed a counter-terrorism centre in a remote north-western district to free several security officials who were taken hostage earlier this week by a group of detained Pakistani Taliban militants, security ...

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022

Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban detainees seize police centre
Several Pakistani Taliban detainees have managed to overpower their guards at a counter-terrorism centre in north-western Pakistan, snatching police weapons and taking control of the facility, officials have said.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Afghanistan Red Cross
Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter, says Red Cross
More Afghans will struggle for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the coming year, an International Committee of the Red Cross official has said, as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2022

Afghanistan Women
Taliban bans women from gyms and parks in Afghanistan
The Taliban has banned women from using gyms in Afghanistan as they continue to crack down on women’s rights after taking power more than a year ago.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022

Afghanistan Women
Taliban enforces face-cover order for women TV anchors
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a hard-line shift which has drawn condemnation from human rights activists.

Sun, 22 May, 2022

Afghanistan
Female Afghan TV presenters ordered to cover their faces by Taliban
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said.

Thu, 19 May, 2022

Afghan women wearing traditional full body covering called Burqa carry milk pails from a USAID milk processing October 22, 2012
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders order women to wear burka in public
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public, officials said. The move evokes similar restrictions imposed on women during the Taliban’s previous hard-line rule between 1996 and 2001.

Sat, 07 May, 2022

Afghanistan Girls Education
Taliban announcement a clear sign girls will be allowed to return to school
Schools for all students will open this week, Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Education Ministry has announced in the clearest sign yet that girls will be allowed back in school.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2022

Norway Afganistan Taliban
Taliban hold first talks in Europe since Afghan takeover
The Taliban and Western diplomats have begun their first official talks in Europe since the group took over control of Afghanistan in August.

Mon, 24 Jan, 2022

Norway Afghanistan Taliban
Taliban begin talks in Norway as hunger stalks Afghanistan
A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has started three days of talks in Oslo with Western officials and Afghan civil society representatives amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

Sun, 23 Jan, 2022

'It’s not clear when this is going to end': The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan
'It’s not clear when this is going to end': The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan
Hunger is threatening the lives of millions of Afghans after severe droughts and years of conflict, writes Hannah McCarthy

Fri, 24 Dec, 2021

China Afghanistan
'The Taliban say they’ll kill me if they find me' - A female reporter on the run speaks out
This journalist fled as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August. Unable to return home without putting at risk everyone she loves and hounded by threatening calls, she remains in hiding in the country four months on

Wed, 15 Dec, 2021

Afghanistan
Taliban abduct and kill dozens of former officers – rights group
Taliban fighters have summarily killed or forcibly “disappeared” more than 100 former police and intelligence officers since taking power in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch has reported.

Tue, 30 Nov, 2021

Afghanistan Daily Life
Afghan prime minister defends Taliban’s rule amid economic crisis
Afghanistan’s Taliban prime minister defended the group’s rule in a public address on Saturday, saying it was not to blame for a worsening economic crisis and is working to repair the corruption of the ousted government.

Sat, 27 Nov, 2021

Pakistan Afghanistan
Pakistan hosts US, Russia and China for talks on Afghanistan
Pakistan has hosted talks with special envoys from the United States, Russia and China on the path forward for Afghanistan, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has forced many Afghans to migrate to neighbouring countries following the Taliban ...

Fri, 12 Nov, 2021

Ireland viewed as UN Secuity Council's 'conscience'
Ireland viewed as UN Secuity Council's 'conscience'
Ireland has used the seat at the council to speak truth to power since it joined in January

Fri, 29 Oct, 2021

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