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UN urges Taliban to end ‘terrible’ restrictions on women
The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their ... World News -
‘Proud and strong’: Afghan student stages solo protest against university ban
An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taliban taunts and insults at the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban on women attending ... Features -
ISIS claims car bombing that killed local police chief in Afghanistan
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that killed a local police chief in Afghanistan.The ISIS regional affiliate — known as the Islamic ... World News -
Pakistan troops search for attackers after 6 soldiers killed
Pakistani forces on Monday expanded their search for the perpetrators behind multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a ... World News -
Fifth aid group suspends Afghan work after Taliban ban on women staff
Christian Aid on Monday became the fifth foreign aid group to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to ... World News -
Three foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff
Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced Sunday they were suspending their work in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all ... World News -
European Union ‘strongly condemns’ Taliban ban on women working for NGOs
The EU on Saturday condemned the Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan and said it was assessing the impact on its aid in the country ... World News -
Taliban order NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGO) to stop female employees from ... World News -
Afghan teachers, students walk out in support for women after Taliban college ban
More than a dozen male university teachers in Afghanistan have resigned and several male students walked out of their classrooms in support of female ... World News -
Afghan women banned from university ‘for not following dress code’
Afghan universities were declared off limits to women because female students were not following instructions including a proper dress code, the ... World News -
Taliban treatment of Afghan women may be ‘crime against humanity’: G7
The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to “a crime against humanity,” G7 foreign ministers said Thursday, demanding the ... World News -
Turkey urges Taliban to U-turn on university ban for women
Turkey on Thursday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their decision barring women from university education, calling it “neither Islamic ... World News -
UAE, Pakistan, MWL denounce Taliban’s university ban for Afghan women
The United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and the Muslim World League (MWL) have added to the international outcry over Afghanistan’s Taliban-run ... Gulf -
Taliban women university ban ‘grave step backwards’: UK
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banning women from university was a “grave step backwards” and ... World News -
Saudi Arabia urges Taliban to reverse university ban for Afghan women
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday expressed regret at Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government’s decision to suspend university access for ... World News -
Afghanistan’s Taliban threaten women at gunpoint after university ban order
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government barred women from attending universities across the country and enforced the order at gunpoint in some places, ... World News -
Afghan women go against Taliban gym ban with secret fitness
Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women through a clandestine exercise ... Features -
Pakistan ‘disappointed’ over latest ban on women but still wants Taliban engagement
Pakistan’s foreign minister on Tuesday voiced disappointment over the Taliban’s ban on university education for women but said the best approach ... World News -
US, UN condemn Taliban suspension of women from universities
The United States is in touch with allies over the decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher for female students until further notice, the White ... World News -
Taliban free two Americans in ‘goodwill gesture’: US
The Taliban have freed two Americans in detention in Afghanistan, the State Department said Tuesday, on the same day that the militant regime faced ... World News -
US, Britain condemn Taliban suspension of women from universities
The United States and Britain on Tuesday condemned an announcement by Afghanistan’s Taliban administration that it was suspending access to ... World News -
Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls
The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, the ministry of higher education said in a ... World News -
Pakistani forces kill all militants at anti-terrorism center, hostages released
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday killed all militants who had taken over a counter-terrorism center two days after they had held security ... World News -
Chinese investors weigh risks after Kabul hotel attack
In one of the office towers of Kabul’s China Town, entrepreneur Yu Minghui sat gauging the aftershocks of the militant attack that severely wounded ... World News -
Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into UN for now
A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador to New York has been postponed for ... World News -
Gun ambush claimed by Pakistani Taliban kills three police officers in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a gun ambush that killed three police officers in northern Pakistan, the second attack ... World News -
Afghan capital hit by attacks near former PM Hekmatyar's office, Pakistan embassy
One person was killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack near the Kabul office of the Hezb-e-Islami party, former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin ... World News -
At least 16 people killed, 24 injured in North Afghanistan blast
At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local ... World News -
Pakistan suicide blast targeting police kills 3, wounds 28
A suicide bomb blast in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta targeted a police patrol on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 28, police ... World News -
Pakistan Taliban call off ceasefire, order nationwide attacks
Pakistan’s Taliban said on Monday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks ... World News