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Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam: Taliban
The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams ... World News -
Death toll in Afghanistan cold snap rises to 166, official says
At least 166 people have died in a wave of bitterly cold weather sweeping Afghanistan, an official said Saturday, as extreme conditions heaped misery ... World News -
Afghanistan’s cold weather claims lives of more than 160 people
More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as ... World News -
Top UN official urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century
The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations said Wednesday she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to ... World News -
Charge dropped against Afghan soldier seeking asylum in US
Federal prosecutors have dropped an immigration charge against an Afghan soldier seeking asylum in the US who was arrested months ago trying to cross ... World News -
Hundreds protest in Afghan city of Khost against Quran burning in Sweden
Hundreds of Afghan men staged a protest in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday to express anger at the burning of the Quran in the Swedish capital ... World News -
Afghan soldier seeks asylum after arrest at US-Mexico border
An Afghan soldier seeking asylum in the US has been jailed at an immigrant detention center in Texas since he was arrested trying to cross the Mexico ... World News -
Top diplomats, former UN officials seek to fix ‘Wild West’ of peacemaking
There are more than 50 active conflicts in the world, from Democratic Republic of Congo to Ukraine, affecting some 2 billion people – a record for the post-World War Two period. World News -
Taliban official pushes back as deputy UN chief has talks in Kabul on women’s rights
The United Nations deputy secretary-general discussed women’s rights with Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Wednesday after the Taliban ... World News -
At least 70 killed in wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan: Official
At least 70 people have died in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, as extreme weather compounds a ... World News -
UN deputy secretary-general in Kabul for talks on women’s education, work
The UN deputy secretary-general met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Wednesday to discuss women’s education and work after Taliban authorities ... World News -
Several aid groups restore some Afghan operations with female workers
Several aid organizations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban-run authorities that women could ... World News -
Power list: World’s weakest passports for 2023 revealed
Afghanistan has been ranked as the world’s weakest passport for 2023, according to the Henley Passport Index’s latest power list.Afghanistan placed ... World News -
Mannequins in Kabul dress shops hooded and masked under harsh Taliban rules
The lines of mannequins with their heads cloaked in sacks in Kabul dress stores can be haunting World News -
Former Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul, police say
A former female member of Afghanistan’s parliament has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul, police said.Mursal Nabizada and her guard ... World News -
US Republicans probe chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
Republicans have launched an investigation into the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan that sparked a lightning takeover of the war-ravaged ... World News -
US calls for UN to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women
The United States on Friday pushed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans ... World News -
Death toll of bombing in Kabul increases to 10: UN
The death toll of a suicide bombing near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital this week has risen to 10, the United Nations mission said on ... World News -
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack that left five dead
ISIS claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital the ... World News -
Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats
Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. Beatings from her mother and jeers from her ... Features -
Suicide blast near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry kills at least five
A suicide bomber killed at least five people outside the Afghan foreign ministry on Wednesday, police said, and a nearby hospital said over 40 people ... World News -
Prince Harry’s new memoir draws anger and protests in Afghanistan
Protesters in southern Afghanistan have gathered following Prince Harry’s claim in his new memoir that he killed 25 people while serving in the country World News -
UN envoy meets with Afghan higher-ed chief over ban on women
A top UN envoy met with the Taliban-led Afghan government’s higher education minister Saturday to discuss the ban on women attending universities. ... World News -
Taliban criticizes UK’s Prince Harry over Afghan killings comment
The Taliban administration has criticized Prince Harry after the British royal said in his memoir that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when ... World News -
Afghanistan’s Taliban to ink oil extraction deal with Chinese company
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country’s north, ... World News -
Afghanistan’s hospital wards fill with children suffering from pneumonia
In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in a red jumper as he coughed days after ... World News -
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack
ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul.The militant group said on Telegram that the attack on Sunday had ... World News -
Taliban wants international trade, investment in Afghanistan: Acting minister
The Taliban administration will encourage self-sufficiency and wants international trade and investment, the acting commerce minister said, as ... World News -
Several killed, wounded in blast near Kabul military airfield: Official
An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on Sunday, an official told AFP.The cause ... World News -
Private Afghan universities under risk of closure after ban on women: Official
A quarter of Afghanistan’s private universities risks closure because of the ban on female students imposed by the Taliban government, a spokesman for ... World News