Page 13 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Amid Afghanistan-Iran water dispute, Taliban prepares suicide bombers
After two decades fighting the US, Taliban leaders now find themselves sparring with neighbors as the realities of global warming hit home
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Amid humanitarian crisis, UN to cut aid to 21 million in Afghanistan
The 3.2 billion US dollar plea to aid almost half of the Afghan population has received less than 25 per cent of its funding more than halfway through the year
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UN official criticizes ban on women's education in Afghanistan by Taliban
Garnier in a press conference said the UN and the international community's pressure on Taliban is "critical" owing to the country's restrictions on girls' education
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Taliban-run Afghanistan calls for removal of sanctions in meeting with US
Taliban-appointed acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Muttaqi on Saturday left Kabul for Qatar to meet with US special envoy for Afghanistan
Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite UN concern, protests
The Taliban announced Tuesday that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict
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Beauty salons banned for neglect of guidelines: Afghanistan's ministry
Following ban on women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue said they were banned because they neglected to bring into effect the guidelines provided by the ministry
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Afghan Taliban asks Pakistan govt to pursue peace talks with TTP: Report
Pakistan's latest efforts aimed at seeking action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by Kabul could not make headway, The Express Tribune newspaper reported
Taliban uses tasers to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban
In a rare sign of public opposition to Taliban orders, dozens of beauticians and makeup artists gathered in the capital of Kabul to protest the ban
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Banned salons because they offered forbidden services: Afghan Taliban
The ruling is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment
Taliban bans women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, gives 1 month to wind up
It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment
Since Taliban takeover, over 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks: UN
According to the UN report, three-quarters of the attacks since the Taliban seized power were with improvised explosive devices in populated areas, including places of worship, schools and markets
Since Taliban's takeover, more than 1,000 civilians were killed, says UN
According to a new report by the UN mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, since the takeover in mid-August 2021 and until the end of May, there were 3,774 civilian casualties
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Taliban leader claims women provided with comfortable, prosperous life
The statement from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday, which will be celebrated later this week in Afghanistan and other Islamic countries
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Women's public presence in Afghanistan totally erased by Taliban: UN
Irene Khan said in a report that women's rights groups play an important role in the struggle for gender equality and in promoting the agency of women
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On terror firma
Shahbaz Taseer's book is a gripping account of his abduction by Islamic militants in Lahore and years of captivity under the Taliban in Afghanistan-a nightmare from which he miraculously emerged alive
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Taliban's treatment of Afghan women may amount to gender apartheid: UN
An United Nations expert on Monday said the Taliban's treatment of Afghanistan's women and girls may amount to gender apartheid
Pak-Afghan rift widens after Taliban minister trashes Durand line as border
New Delhi, June 19: The Taliban administration's Defence Minister Maulvi Muhammad Yaqub Mujahid has said that the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, called the Durand Line, is merely a 'line'
Hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process
Almost two years since he fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban takeover, Firooz Mashoof is still haunted by the memory of his last day in Kabul the bus that took him to the airport
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Taliban seeks further aid from UN for Afghan people in different fields
Hanif while describing the humanitarian aid as vital but not enough, said that the United Nations should launch development projects in Afghanistan
UN in talks with Taliban over handover of education programmes, classes
As per UNICEF, it had received assurances from the Taliban's Education Ministry that its community-based classes, which educate 500,000 students, would continue while they discussed the matter
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