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Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban minister
Read full article: Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban ministerA Taliban government minister says Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women.
Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces
Read full article: Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provincesA Taliban official says official media have stopped showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws.
House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal
Read full article: House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawalHouse Republicans have voted to condemn President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
Read full article: IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this yearThe Taliban say gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan.
Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal
Read full article: Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawalHouse Speaker Mike Johnson has presented Congressโ highest honor โ the Congressional Gold Medal โ to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to US war in Afghanistan
Read full article: House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to US war in AfghanistanHouse Republicans have released a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public
Read full article: Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in publicThe Taliban is rejecting concerns and criticism raised by the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on womenโs voices and bare faces in public.
Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
Read full article: Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoyA top UN official is warning that the Talibanโs new vice and virtue laws provide a distressing vision for Afghanistanโs future.
Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
Read full article: Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCOThe Taliban have deliberately deprived at least 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans.
First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris
Read full article: First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in ParisTaekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years.
At least 40 die after heavy rains pound eastern Afghanistan, destroying houses and cutting power
Read full article: At least 40 die after heavy rains pound eastern Afghanistan, destroying houses and cutting powerTaliban officials say heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others.
The Talibanโs morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says
Read full article: The Talibanโs morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN saysThe Talibanโs morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans.
The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build ties
Read full article: The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build tiesThe Taliban is saying the West should look past their harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls to improve relations.
Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says
Read full article: Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official saysThe U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistanโs Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries says women's rights will be raised at every session.
Afghans celebrate their men's cricket team reaching first Twenty20 World Cup semifinals
Read full article: Afghans celebrate their men's cricket team reaching first Twenty20 World Cup semifinalsThousands of jubilant Afghans are celebrating their countryโs most iconic sporting moment after their men's national cricket team reached the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time.
1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says
Read full article: 1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN saysA thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools.
Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Afghanistan nearly 3 years after the Taliban captured Kabul
Read full article: Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Afghanistan nearly 3 years after the Taliban captured KabulAfghanistan's Taliban have confirmed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Kabulโs international airport.
Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan
Read full article: Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in AfghanistanTaliban officials say flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports.
Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
Read full article: Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN saysThe U.N. food agency says more than 300 Afghans have died in flash floods that also destroyed more than 1,000 houses in the northern province of Baghlan.
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people
Read full article: Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 peopleA Taliban official says that flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people.
The Taliban warn journalists and experts against cooperating with Afghanistan International TV
Read full article: The Taliban warn journalists and experts against cooperating with Afghanistan International TVThe Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV.
Afghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions
Read full article: Afghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensionsExperts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support.
Afghanistan's school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban
Read full article: Afghanistan's school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by TalibanThe school year in Afghanistan has started but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.
Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul
Read full article: Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of KabulThe former top military chief Gen. Mark Milley and former head of U.S. Central Command testified before Congress Tuesday on policy failures by the Biden administration to adequately plan for or direct an evacuation in time to avoid the chaotic final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rights
Read full article: UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rightsThe United Nations chief says legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality has become an uphill struggle against rank discrimination and gross human human rights abuses.
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
Read full article: Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girlsMore than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Councilโs members have demanded that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and womenโs right to work and move freely.
The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan
Read full article: The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern AfghanistanThe Taliban have publicly executed a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium.
Taliban hold public execution for 2 men, who are killed by gunfire in a stadium as thousands watch
Read full article: Taliban hold public execution for 2 men, who are killed by gunfire in a stadium as thousands watchAfghanistanโs ruling Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in the southeast of the country.
Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN
Read full article: Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UNThe U.N. mission in Afghanistan says women are scared to leave the home alone because of Taliban rules on clothing and male guardians.
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
Read full article: Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group saysHuman Rights Watch says Afghanistanโs public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans.
A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 others
Read full article: A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 othersA Taliban official says a minibus has exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistanโs capital of Kabul, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others.
Taliban say security forces killed dozens of Tajiks, Pakistanis involved in attacks in Afghanistan
Read full article: Taliban say security forces killed dozens of Tajiks, Pakistanis involved in attacks in AfghanistanA senior Taliban official says security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores others involved in attacks against religious clerics, the public, and mosques in Afghanistan.
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
Read full article: Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is overAfghan schoolgirls are weeping as they finish sixth grade, knowing their education is over.
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
Read full article: Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN reportA U.N. report says Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence.
War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
Read full article: War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agencyMyanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of worldโs biggest opium producer.
Talibanโs abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says
Read full article: Talibanโs abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group saysA rights group says the Talibanโs education policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan.
Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports
Read full article: Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reportsRights group Afghan Witness says online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active Afghan women significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in August 2021.
FlyDubai resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured Kabul
Read full article: FlyDubai resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured KabulOfficials from Afghanistanโs ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport.
Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation
Read full article: Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivationA report from the U.N. drugs agency says Afghan farmers lost more than $1 billion of cash income from opium sales after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation.
Taliban appeal to Afghan private sector to help those fleeing Pakistanโs mass deportation drive
Read full article: Taliban appeal to Afghan private sector to help those fleeing Pakistanโs mass deportation driveThe Taliban are appealing to Afghanistan's private sector to help those fleeing Pakistan's mass deportation drive.
Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdown
Read full article: Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdownAfghans are piling into trucks and buses and leaving Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation.
Taliban free Afghan activist arrested 7 months ago after campaigning for girlsโ education
Read full article: Taliban free Afghan activist arrested 7 months ago after campaigning for girlsโ educationA nonprofit organization in Afghanistan says the Taliban have freed an activist who campaigned for the education of girls.
Republicans and Democrats agree that the Afghanistan war wasn't worth it, an AP-NORC poll shows
Read full article: Republicans and Democrats agree that the Afghanistan war wasn't worth it, an AP-NORC poll showsAt a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting.
Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000
Read full article: Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000A Taliban government spokesperson says the death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has jumped to more than 2,000.
Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security
Read full article: Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight securityPakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5.
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'
Read full article: As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'The U_N_โs most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistanโs Taliban rulers on women and girls โgender apartheid."
Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside
Read full article: Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outsideIn the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different.
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees
Read full article: UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detaineesThe United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people.
Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds
Read full article: Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report findsA joint report from three U.N. agencies says the mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country.
Taliban hail China's new ambassador with fanfare, say it's a sign for others to establish relations
Read full article: Taliban hail China's new ambassador with fanfare, say it's a sign for others to establish relationsThe Taliban have hailed Chinaโs new ambassador to Afghanistan with fanfare, saying his arrival is a sign for other nations to come forward and establish relations with them.
UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
Read full article: UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfallThe U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall.
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
Read full article: Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in publicA Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public, and that the only way to wear the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf, is if the face is hidden.
Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it
Read full article: Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid itTwo years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cuts time and fuel consumption for East-West travel.
UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education
Read full article: UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls educationThe U.N. special envoy for global education says the International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for crimes against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women.
The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don't plan to lift the ban on female education
Read full article: The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don't plan to lift the ban on female educationThe chief Taliban spokesman says the Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat.
Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says
Read full article: Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official saysAn Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first.
Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas
Read full article: Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visasWhen the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety.
Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protest
Read full article: Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protestThe Taliban says all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict.
Taliban use stun guns, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban
Read full article: Taliban use stun guns, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon banAfghan women protesting a beauty salon ban say the Taliban used stun guns, fire hoses and gun shots into the air to break up their demonstration.
State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds
Read full article: State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report findsA State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan.
Taliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in Afghanistan
Read full article: Taliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in AfghanistanThe supreme leader of the Taliban has released a message claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women's life in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girlsโ education is severely curtailed.
UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'
Read full article: UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan is warning the countryโs Taliban rulers that international recognition as the countryโs legitimate government will remain โnearly impossibleโ unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girlsโ education and employment.
Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan
Read full article: Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in AfghanistanAfghanistanโs Taliban rulers have carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021.
Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people
Read full article: Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 peopleA Taliban official says a bombing in Afghanistanโs northeastern Badakhshan province killed at least 13 people during a memorial service.
Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'
Read full article: Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'Two top rights groups say the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan amount to gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity.
Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar
Read full article: Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in KandaharThe head of a major international aid organization says Taliban officials in Kandahar have agreed to consider allowing women to resume work at the agency in the Afghan province.
Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization
Read full article: Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalizationThe head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations.
UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'
Read full article: UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago.
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions
Read full article: UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executionsA U.N. report has strongly criticized Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for carrying out public executions, lashings, stonings and other types of punishments since taking power almost two years ago.
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
Read full article: UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on womenThe U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on Afghanistanโs Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls.
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girls
Read full article: UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girlsA U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistanโs Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations is set to be voted on Thursday by the Security Council.
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
Read full article: Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airportU.S. officials say the Taliban have killed the Islamic State group militant who spearheaded the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Watchdog warns US money could be flowing to Taliban
Read full article: Watchdog warns US money could be flowing to TalibanThe watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan warned lawmakers that American aid to the country could be diverted to the Taliban as he accused the Biden administration of stonewalling his efforts to investigate.
UN says leaving Afghanistan would be 'heartbreaking'
Read full article: UN says leaving Afghanistan would be 'heartbreaking'The United Nations says it's ready to take the โheartbreakingโ decision to leave Afghanistan if it canโt persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization.
UN: 3,300 Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on women
Read full article: UN: 3,300 Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on womenThe United Nations says the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day to protest the Talibanโs ban on U.N. female staff working in the country, as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed.
UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable
Read full article: UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptableThe United Nations says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an โunparalleledโ violation of womenโs rights.
UN seeks independent ideas on tackling Afghanistan's Taliban
Read full article: UN seeks independent ideas on tackling Afghanistan's TalibanThe United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for independent recommendations on how a united international community should address the enormous challenges confronting Afghanistan.