Afghanistan women’s volleyball team fumes at training conditions in Hangzhou
The Afghanistan women’s volleyball team has lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and are concerned they will not be ready for an event where...
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Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power two years on amid erosion of women’s rights
Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said...
Sixty Afghan girls hospitalised after school poisoning – police
Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said on Monday. The poisoning, which targeted a girls’ school in...
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department’s invitation to view a classified cable...
UN Security Council set to condemn Taliban crackdown on Afghan women
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Thursday to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and...
Biden report on Afghanistan blames Trump for degraded US operations
President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday released a summary of after-action reports on the U.S.’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that laid blame on his predecessor Donald Trump, saying “there were...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan, killing at least 3 (Update)
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, killing two in the east of the country and...
Blast in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province kills one, injures five
A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police said, killing one person and wounding five a few days after the...
Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam
The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams next month, underscoring its...
US calls for UN to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women
The United States on Friday pushed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on...
