Page 7 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Taliban has deprived 1.4 mn Afghan girls of schooling through bans: Unesco
The Taliban, who took power in 2021, barred education for girls above sixth grade because they said it didn't comply with their interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law
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Olympic bans: A list of countries that were excluded from past Games
In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Russia and Belarus have been banned from participating in the games due to the Ukraine war. But they are not the first to face such a ban.
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TTP largest terror group in Afghanistan, could turn extra regional: UN
The report said that one member state expressed concern that greater collaboration between TTP and al-Qaeda could transform TTP into an 'extraregional threat'
 "TTP largest terror group in Afghanistan, could turn extra regional: UN")
Hookahs, haircuts, and human rights: UN report details Taliban's crackdown
A UN report revealed that the Taliban's morality police have severely restricted human rights, creating a pervasive 'climate of fear and intimidation', particularly among women and girls
Taliban's morality police intimidating Afghans, instilling fear: UN
The Taliban set up a ministry for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice after seizing power in 2021
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Pak PM raises terrorism concern, urges global engagement with Taliban
Sharif also said the Afghan Taliban must also take concrete measures to ensure its soil is not used for terrorism against any other state
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Pakistan holds 'good' meeting with Afghan Taliban amid strained ties
We had a good meeting with the special representative of Pakistan, Asif Durrani, and the ambassador and consuls of the country in Qatar, Mujahid, Taliban spokesperson wrote on X on Tuesday
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UN meeting with Afghan Taliban not recognition of their govt, says official
The gathering in Qatar was the first time that representatives of the Afghan Taliban administration attended such a UN-sponsored meeting
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Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting with Taliban, says official
This is the third UN meeting with Afghan envoys in Qatar's capital, Doha, but the first that the Taliban are attending. They weren't invited to the first and refused to attend the second
 "Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting with Taliban, says official")
Taliban's delegation to attend UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan
The meeting on June 30 and July 1 is the third UN-sponsored gathering on the Afghan crisis in the Qatari capital of Doha
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Pakistani Taliban announces 3-day cease-fire on Eid al-Adha holiday
Eid al-Adha will be celebrated in Pakistan on Monday amid a surge in violence
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Amnesty Int'l urges Taliban to reopen secondary schools for Afghan girls
A month after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the group reopened schools that were shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Taliban publicly flogs 63 including women accused of crimes; UN condemns it
The UN office condemned corporal punishment and called for respect for international human rights obligations
 "Taliban publicly flogs 63 including women accused of crimes; UN condemns it")
Emirati leader meets Taliban official facing $10 mn US bounty for attacks
The meeting highlights the growing divide internationally on how to deal with the Taliban, who seized control of Afghanistan in 2021
16 people killed in floods in Afghanistan's Baghlan, Badakhshan provinces
According to local officials in these provinces, 500 houses have been completely or partially destroyed in the floods
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Restrictions on Afghan girls will increase child marriages by 25%: UN
According to the two-page brief, the continuation of restrictions by Taliban on women and girls will impact child marriages by an increase of 25 per cent, increase early childbearing by 45 per cent
Flash floods due to heavy rains kill 68 people in western Afghanistan
Dozens others remain missing, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman for Ghor's provincial governor
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Timeline: 21-year-long effort by India to set up port in Chabahar
Monday's agreement is expected to finally realise efforts by India to gain a strategic foothold in the region
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Pak, US discuss regional security threat posed by IS group, local Taliban
The talks occurred amid a surge in militants attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP
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'Attack controlled from Afghanistan': Pak on death of 5 Chinese engineers
An attack on a convoy in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 26 led to the death of five Chinese engineers
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