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India hosts SCO-RATS meet; focus on the situation in Afghanistan

India assumed the chairmanship of the Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of SCO (RATS SCO) on October 28 for a period of one year

Taliban restricts Afghan journalists from covering security incidents

According to the Reporters Without Borders, at least 50 media workers were arrested since the Taliban took over the country in August last year until February 2022

Pak-Afghan relations under stress after Islamabad's airstrike: Report

Islamabad claims that its security forces are being targeted from across the border in Afghanistan and it was only taking action against Pakistan Taliban

UNSC holds emergency meeting on Taliban crackdown on women rights

The Norwegian-drafted statement would also call for a reversal of policies that restrict the rights of women and girls

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