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Taliban violently break up women’s protest in western Afghan city
Authorities dispersed a women’s rally in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Sunday, with protesters claiming they were beaten by Taliban forces ... World News -
Afghanistan’s Taliban fire shots into air to disperse women’s rally backing protests
Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody ... World News -
World ‘running out’ of patience with Taliban: UN envoy
The world is losing patience with the Taliban, a UN envoy told the Security Council Tuesday, as the extremist regime shows no sign of allowing girls’ ... World News -
China wooed Afghanistan’s Taliban with investment promises that have not panned out
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war opened up an opportunity for China to expand its influence and lock down access to the ... Features -
Mass grave containing remains of 12 people uncovered in Afghanistan: Taliban
A mass grave containing the remains of 12 people has been uncovered in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said on Monday. The grave was found by villagers ... World News -
Seven killed in blast near Kabul mosque: Ministry
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital, killing at least seven people minutes after ... World News -
Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan
Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of extremist groups in Afghanistan and said the Taliban were not ... World News -
Afghanistan: Taliban appoint new education minister
The Taliban supreme leader has installed a loyalist cleric as Afghanistan’s education minister, with the group doubling down on their ban on secondary ... World News -
Taliban shoot dead two Afghan women in search operation: Officials
Taliban forces shot dead two Afghan women during a search of their house in the southern province of Helmand over the weekend, a cleric and an ... World News -
Biden says ‘difficult decisions’ made in prisoner exchange with Taliban
A senior Biden administration official told reporters on Monday that the US president decided in June to grant clemency to Noorzai if that meant Frerichs would be freed. World News -
The US confirms prisoner swap with Taliban
The US on Monday confirmed the release of American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for senior Taliban figure Haji Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden ... World News -
UN condemns Taliban’s ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education
The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago ... World News -
Afghan insurgent leader calls for new anti-Taliban ‘political’ front
Afghan insurgent group leader Ahmad Massoud on Friday urged the diaspora to unite to find a “political” solution to end Taliban rule, describing his ... World News -
Taliban, Pakistan forces exchange fire along border, casualties reported
Taliban and Pakistani security forces exchanged fire along the border after Pakistani soldiers tried to erect a military structure on the ... World News -
Taliban is ‘looking into’ video showing alleged executions of resistance fighters
The Taliban are “looking into” a video circulating on social media that appears to show its fighters executing captured members of an Afghan insurgent ... World News -
US to move $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets to Swiss-based trust
The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will ... World News -
Roadside bomb claimed by Pakistan Taliban kills eight in northwest
A bomb killed the former head of a pro-government group and seven others in northwestern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, in an attack claimed by ... World News -
Rebel force members killed in northern Panjshir: Taliban
The Taliban said on Tuesday they had killed 40 rebel force members, including four commanders, in the northern Afghan province of Panjshir.The Taliban ... World News -
UN says three Afghan female staff temporarily detained by Taliban
The United Nations' Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday said three of its female Afghan employees had been temporarily detained by Taliban ... World News -
UN human rights expert decries ‘descent towards authoritarianism’ in Afghanistan
A UN expert on Monday said that human rights had deteriorated under the Taliban, describing a “descent towards authoritarianism” and calling for ... World News -
Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Kabul during Taliban training exercise, kills three
A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing three, the group’s defense ministry said on ... World News -
Afghan girls protest secondary school closure in eastern city
Dozens of girls protested in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed ... World News -
Five girls’ schools reopen in eastern Afghanistan after student demands
Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed classes in eastern Afghanistan after hundreds of students demanded they reopen, a provincial ... World News -
Pakistan soldiers killed in Taliban clash
Pakistan’s Taliban accused the military Tuesday of breaking a fragile ceasefire, after the army said five soldiers and at least four militants died in ... World News -
Saudi foreign ministry condemns ISIS attack on Russian embassy in Kabul
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday condemned an attack on the Russian embassy in Kabul that was claimed by ISIS.Monday’s attack on the ... Gulf -
Afghanistan mosque blast kills at least 18 including pro-Taliban cleric
A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 18 people including a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric ... World News -
Afghan Taliban, a year after US pullout, seek world’s approval
Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led forces on Wednesday by calling on the international community to ... World News -
Amnesty accuses Iran, Turkey of illegal Afghan migrant pushbacks
Iran and Turkey are preventing entry of Afghan refugees or forcibly returning them to face life-threatening risks under the Taliban regime, in ... World News -
Taliban set off fireworks to celebrate anniversary of US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Celebratory fireworks lit up the Kabul sky on Tuesday night on the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, which the ... World News -
Taliban officials nearing contract for purchase of gasoline from Russia
The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and benzene ... World News