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...
Taliban
UN urges Taliban to reverse ban on female foreign aid workers
A senior UN official has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to reverse a ban on female humanitarian workers that charities fear will worsen winter hardships. The...
Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban
Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education. The...
Taliban ban women from parks, morality ministry says
Afghan women will no longer be allowed in parks, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s morality ministry said, in part because they had not been meeting...
Taliban now investigating US claim of killing al Qaeda leader Zawahiri
The Taliban are investigating a U.S. “claim” that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official...
US calls for help to rehome Afghans who fled chaos of Taliban takeover
The United States still needs other nations to take Afghans who fled their homeland last year, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday,...
Afghanistan: The Taliban and the starving Afghans
Because the Taliban have been designated as ‘terrorists’, it is possible for the United States not only to embargo American aid and trade to Afghanistan,...
Afghanistan’s Taliban told they can’t take their guns to the funfair
Taliban fighters will no longer be allowed to carry their weapons in amusement parks in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman said on Wednesday, in what appeared...
UAE holds talks with Taliban to run Kabul airport
The United Arab Emirates has held talks with the Taliban to run Kabul airport, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a diplomatic tussle for influence with Afghanistan’s new rulers, according to...
Taliban to purge ‘people of bad character’ from ranks
The Taliban have formed a commission to purge “people of bad character” from their ranks to protect Afghanistan’s reputation, the group said on Tuesday, in...
