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A Taliban security guard stands guard with with a whip in front of Afghan men waiting outside a bank to withdraw money. Photo: dpa

Taliban seeks international aid for Afghanistan’s reconstruction

Emphasising destruction caused by decades of conflict, Taliban called for technical help and economic development initiatives.

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Islamist militants dressed as women kill 4, including 3 policemen, in Pakistan

Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things

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Republicans accuse Biden team of lying about 2021 Afghanistan pull-out

House Republican report cites US Vice-President Kamala Harris as she seeks the presidency against Donald Trump.

US Marines at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. File photo: US Marine Corps via Reuters

Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ at US military cemetery

The US Army says a cemetery employee was pushed after asking Trump’s team to stop filming in a burial section where photography is banned.

Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals, the first since 2021 Taliban takeover

Germany does not have diplomatic relations with the Taliban, requiring the government to work through other channels. It is unlikely that Friday’s actions will lead to a wider thawing of relations between Germany and the Taliban.

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Trump entourage accused of shoving staff at hallowed US military cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery confirmed there had been an ‘incident’ at the location, after the presidential candidate’s visit on Monday.

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Former US president Donald Trump at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP

Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and faces in public

The Taliban urge ‘thorough understanding’ of Islamic sharia law after UN criticism about the rights of women and girls.

Former Afghan president Karzai calls for girls and women to be educated

Karzai emphasised importance of women’s education. Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has banned girls from studying beyond primary school.

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Afghan copper mine holds promise for Taliban, tempered expectations for China

As work begins on a long-delayed, multibillion-dollar project, Chinese officials remain cautious, while economic hopes rise in war-torn country.

Taliban security personnel surround an excavator during the inauguration ceremony. Photo: AFP

Taliban told to ‘include women’ in public life during UN talks in Qatar

The Taliban has imposed a strict interpretation of Islam in Afghanistan, with women subjected to laws characterised by the UN as ‘gender apartheid’.

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The Taliban’s government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. Mujahid is attending UN-convened talks in Doha, Qatar. Photo: EPA-EFE

Afghanistan to take gender-balanced team for first summer Games since Taliban

Taliban government has imposed curbs on women and girls condemned by the United Nations as ‘gender apartheid’ and has not been recognised by any country since its 2021 takeover.

Afghan Taliban government says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha

A delegation will attend as the talks’ agenda appears ‘beneficial to Afghanistan’, but civil society groups criticise lack of focus on women’s rights.

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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists

Friday’s attack was among the most serious targeting foreign citizens since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021.

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The entrance to a road leading to the ruins of a Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Three Spanish tourists were killed in an attack in Bamiyan on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

‘I lost everything’: over 300 dead in Afghanistan flash floods, says UN

Authorities and non-governmental groups have deployed rescuers and aid, warning that some areas have been cut off.

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An Afghan boy shovels mud from the courtyard of a house in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province. Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the nation after flash floods on Friday. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan’s ‘only woman diplomat’ resigns after gold smuggling allegations

Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, is accused of trying to bring 25 bricks of gold into India from Dubai.

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‘Empowered generation’: to bypass Taliban work bans, Afghan women turn to YouTube

YouTube channels not only provide income, but also serve as a means for women to communicate their messages, experiences and aspirations, one analyst said.

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Top former US generals blame Biden administration for chaotic Kabul exit

The top two US generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell in 2021 told lawmakers that the Biden administration inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.

The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021 was General Chris Donahue. File photo: TNS

‘Grave threat’: Pakistan justifies air strikes on Taliban rebels in Afghanistan

Monday’s operation targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant faction, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a military outpost that left seven soldiers dead.

UN ‘appalled’ by public executions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban government publicly executed three convicted murderers in the past week at sports stadiums as thousands watched.

Taliban release 84-year-old Austrian who liked to visit ‘dangerous’ places

Herbert Fritz travelled to Afghanistan last year and published an article titled ‘Vacations with the Taliban’. He was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of espionage.

Austrian far-right activist Herbert Fitz after arriving in Doha, Qatar. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Taliban has a choice: renounce al-Qaeda or remain in isolation

The world is willing to negotiate with the Taliban and help solve Afghanistan’s problems but, first, the de facto rulers must cut ties with al-Qaeda and address rising terrorism.

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Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund (left) welcomes China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng during the recognition ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 13, 2023. China has told the Taliban it needs to “take stronger measures to counter various terrorist forces within Afghanistan”. Photo: Handout

Why China is wary of opening up Afghanistan’s new road to Xinjiang

Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

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Afghanistan’s Taliban enforcing restrictions on single, unaccompanied women

There are no official laws about male guardianship in Afghanistan, but the Taliban have said women cannot move around or travel a certain distance without a man who is related to her by blood or marriage.

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Afghan women risk life to give birth

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Opinion | World is betraying Afghan women by legitimising the Taliban

Engaging with the Taliban in the hope it reverses its position on human rights is naive, particularly when the situation for women is worsening.

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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food from a humanitarian aid group in Kabul on May 23. Photo: AP

In blow to Afghan women’s rights, Taliban make arrests over ‘bad hijab’

The development is the latest blow to Afghan women and girls, who are already reeling from bans on education, employment and access to public spaces.

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Taliban rule ‘made girlhood illegal’ in Afghanistan, Malala says

The Nobel Prize winner says many are facing depression and turning to drugs and called for gender apartheid to be made a crime against humanity.

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last updated:
27 August, 2024
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