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Islamabad hands over top Pakistani Taliban commanders to Afghan mediators

Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan were recently transferred from a military detention facility to the custody of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, said sources

Afghanistan central bank to inject $12 mn to stabilise local currency

Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the US has frozen more than $9 billion of assets of the central bank, thus undermining the banking system of the war-torn country

Slain journalist Danish Siddiqui among 4 Indians to get Pulitzer Prize

The award-winning journalist was killed in July last while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city

900,000 Afghans lost jobs since Taliban takeover in Afghanistan: US

According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), at least 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August.

Malala slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action

Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.

Canada condemns Taliban's decision to oblige Afghan women to wear burqa

Taliban on Saturday issued a decree ordering the Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public places, adding that if violated a male member of the family will be imprisoned for three days

Taliban hijab decree may hobble engagement with int'l community, warns UN

The Taliban on Saturday ruled women must cover their faces in public

Taliban orders women to wear all-covering burqa in public, minister defends

Afghanistan's Taliban leadership ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, the ministry of vice and virtue said Saturday.

Aid delivery to Afghan people has not been efficient under Taliban: Report

The report informs that international humanitarian aid to the tune of USD 1.88 billion pledged since mid-2021 has not been distributed efficiently and more than half of all Afghans go hungry

Taliban stops issuing driving licence to women in Kabul: Reports

The ban comes at a time when the country suffers from a devastating humanitarian crisis, with an acute shortage of food and other essential supplies.

Afghan refugees left in limbo as Taliban-Iran border tensions rise

Following the Taliban takeover of Kabul last year, the 960-kilometre long border with Iran became a lifeline for Afghans who piled into smugglers' pickups in desperate search of money and work: Report

UNSC condemns continued attacks targeting civilians in Afghanistan

The council issued a press statement to condemn the terrorist attacks, including the attack against the Mawlawi Sekander mosque in Kunduz on April 22 which killed more than 25 people

International recognition for Taliban regime in Afghanistan remains elusive

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, its spokespersons have commuted to several neighbouring nations, but failed to establish effective diplomatic ties.

US special envoy calls on Muslim world to champion Afghan women's rights

The US special envoy said, "Taliban policies denying girls and women education and jobs aren't seen in any other Muslim-majority country"

International community should stop meddling in Afghan affairs: Taliban

Afghanistan has now highest number of people in emergency food insecurity in world, with over 23 million in need of assistance, and approximately 95% of population having insufficient food consumption

Afghanistan gets over $760 mn in cash aid to fight poverty, food shortage

The aim of the international aid has been to prevent widespread poverty and food shortages in the country hit by a devastating humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover in August last year

Ex-Afghan army general Sami Sadat prepares for new war against Taliban

Speaking for the first time about the plans, Lt Gen Sami Sadat told the BBC that eight months of Taliban rule has convinced many Afghans that military action is the only way forward

Former Afghan president Karzai urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls

Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai has raised concerns over the closure of schools for girls, above grade 6, stating that the people of Afghanistan want their girls to return to schools.

Afghan delegation to visit Iran to talk border tension, refugee challenges

Afghan students and refugees residing in Iran said that they have always faced visa issues as well as residence and employment problems across Iran

UNICEF expresses concern over violence on children in Afghanistan

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the series of attacks that led to the deaths of over 50 boys and girls, calling it a "grave rights violations" in Afghanistan.