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Afghan primary school girls make their way to home near the Shuhada lake in Kabul on March 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a U.N. agency said on Thursday (August 15, 2024). Afghanistan is the only country in the world with bans…
There are now nearly 2.5 million girls deprived of their right to education, the UN agency said. Kabul: At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now “in jeopardy”, the United Nations’ cultural agency…
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On August 15, 2021, the Taliban swiftly took over Kabul following the withdrawal of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), marking a significant diplomatic setback for India. The Taliban were believed to have support from the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP) operating around the Durand Line, as well as from moderates in Doha. Amidst the ensuing chaos,…
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Taliban government restrictions on women have slashed their participation in the workforce (file). Kabul, Afghanistan: Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban’s insurgency, Afghanistan’s economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis. A third of Afghanistan’s roughly 40 million people live on bread…
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul on July 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Taliban on July 30 disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honour passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration. It’s the Taliban’s latest attempt to…
The head of the Taliban delegation said that diplomats should avoid confrontation and find other ways. Doha, Qatar: Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha. Rights organisations have strongly…
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Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, center right, and other members of delegations pose for a photo prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Russia hosts talks on Afghanistan involving the representatives of the Taliban, other political forces in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will remove…
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“Kazakhstan has recently taken the decision, which we are also going to take.” Moscow: Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said Monday. Moscow has for years fostered relations with the Taliban, holding multiple rounds…
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File picture of police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, a district in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the…
Climate change plays a key role in the livelihoods of Afghans. (Representational) Kabul: The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental organisations over the impact of climate change in Afghanistan, organisers said Wednesday. After four decades of war, Afghanistan ranks as one of the countries least prepared to…
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