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Afghanistan: Taliban leader declares group will never bow to America
The Taliban’s reclusive leader has declared that the group would never bow to America, even if the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Gunfire outside major gathering of Taliban leaders
Gunfire and explosions were heard in the Afghan capital Kabul – as Taliban rulers held their first major gathering since seizing power in August last year.
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Afghanistan: Inside a school for girls – but will Taliban allow it?
Three thousand Islamic scholars and Taliban leaders will gather for policy talks in the Afghan capital Kabul tomorrow – and high on their agenda will be girls’ education and forming a more inclusive government – issues which the international community is putting pressure on the Taliban.
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Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeals for aid as thousands left injured and homeless
The Taliban deputy leader has appealed for international aid as Afghanistan struggles to cope with the thousands left injured and homeless by Wednesday’s earthquake.
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Afghanistan Earthquake: Taliban appeal for more aid as death toll rises
In Afghanistan emergency aid is beginning to reach the remote mountainous area which was hit in the early hours of Wednesday morning by a huge 6.1 magnitude earthquake.
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Taliban condemned as Afghan women forced to wear face-veil in public
Women in Afghanistan have been ordered to wear a face-veil in public, for the first time in decades.
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Girls banned from Afghan schools despite Taliban assurances
After being barred from getting an education since the Taliban took over last August, girls in Afghanistan were looking forward to returning to their classrooms today.
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Afghanistan: Taliban says it will release two foreign journalists
The Taliban says it is releasing two foreign journalists it’s been holding since Monday.
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Taliban crackdown on women’s rights is ‘heartbreaking’, says former Afghan MP
We spoke to Fawzia Koofi, a leading Afghan women’s rights activist and politician.
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‘We owe a duty of care’ to Afghans fleeing Taliban, Conservative MP says
The Foreign Office also says it will continue doing all it can to secure safe passage to help British nationals and eligible Afghans to leave the country.
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Afghan girls’ football team on their escape from the Taliban
Members of the Afghan girls’ football team feared for their lives. But now an international rescue mission has helped them escape to Portugal to start a new life, although some were forced to leave their entire families behind.
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IS-K: Who are the group rising up against the Taliban?
20 years ago today the UK, US and coalition forces began a military offensive to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan. Today the Taliban is back in charge – facing an insurgency very similar to the one they once posed. Islamic State Khorasan Province – otherwise known as IS-K – is the regional affiliate of the…
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Afghanistan: What life is really like under Taliban rule
A senior Taliban official in Afghanistan has warned that extreme punishments like executions will resume in the country, claiming it’s “necessary for security”.
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Afghanistan: Hazara minority fearful of future under Taliban rule
Dozens of female footballers and their families have managed to escape from Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan, including one group who’d been in hiding after their homes were burned down and some relatives were captured by the Taliban. But there are entire communities left behind who are now living in fear, like the Hazara…
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Afghanistan: Women’s fears under Taliban rule
Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear.
