The Taliban are remaking Afghanistan in their image. It should have us all worried
Since returning to power, the Taliban has made spreading its ideology a key priority. From prisons and rehab facilities to ...
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Taliban ‘bars Afghan women from hearing each other’s voices’
The Taliban has banned women from hearing other women's voices, in its latest bid to control and subjugate an entire ...
Taliban police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces
KABUL: The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a ...
After 3 years of Taliban rule, life continues to get worse in Afghanistan
Life in Afghanistan has gotten perpetually worse for Afghans living under Taliban rule for the last three
Taliban Supreme Leader Warns Afghans Against Earning Money or Gaining ‘Worldly Honor’
The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honor at a time when ...
Afghan Taliban’s treatment of women under scrutiny
GENEVA: Afghanistan’s Taliban face criticism over their human rights record at a UN meeting on Monday, with Washington accusing them ...
Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands ...
Taliban enforcing restrictions on single, unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have ...
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence
ISLAMABAD: Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a UN report ...
UN Security Council urged to classify Taliban oppression of women as ‘gender apartheid’
NEW YORK: Experts on Tuesday urged the international community to officially recognize the “gender apartheid” in Afghanistan amid the escalating ...
Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, says Taliban Official
By Siddiqullah Alizai—AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman ...
UN envoy urges ICC to prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education
The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan ...
Afghan women reflect on 2 years of Taliban rule
The Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan on Tuesday, and celebrated what the Islamic ...
Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas
ISLAMABAD: When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Shukria Sediqi knew her days in safety were numbered. As a journalist ...
UN Secretary-General ‘deeply disturbed’ by Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan
A statement issued by Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply disturbed by the reported ...
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