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An ambulance drives past a checkpoint leading to the site where Pakistani Taliban militants attacked police officers in Bannu, Pakistan on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Islamist militants dressed as women kill 4, including 3 policemen, in Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban claimed attack in which militants wearing suicide vests stormed remote police base. Police shot dead all 5 attackers.

Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things

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Republicans accuse Biden team of lying about 2021 Afghanistan pull-out

Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ at US military cemetery

The US Army says a cemetery employee was pushed after asking Trump’s team to stop filming in a burial section where photography is banned.

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump places his hands over his heart after placing a wreath in honour of Sergeant. Nicole Gee at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday. Photo: AP

Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals, the first since 2021 Taliban takeover

Germany does not have diplomatic relations with the Taliban, requiring the government to work through other channels. It is unlikely that Friday’s actions will lead to a wider thawing of relations between Germany and the Taliban.

Trump entourage accused of shoving staff at hallowed US military cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery confirmed there had been an ‘incident’ at the location, after the presidential candidate’s visit on Monday.

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Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and faces in public

The Taliban urge ‘thorough understanding’ of Islamic sharia law after UN criticism about the rights of women and girls.

Burka-clad Afghan women walk on a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: EPA-EFE

Former Afghan president Karzai calls for girls and women to be educated

Karzai emphasised importance of women’s education. Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has banned girls from studying beyond primary school.

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Afghan copper mine holds promise for Taliban, tempered expectations for China

As work begins on a long-delayed, multibillion-dollar project, Chinese officials remain cautious, while economic hopes rise in war-torn country.

Taliban told to ‘include women’ in public life during UN talks in Qatar

The Taliban has imposed a strict interpretation of Islam in Afghanistan, with women subjected to laws characterised by the UN as ‘gender apartheid’.

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The Taliban’s government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. Mujahid is attending UN-convened talks in Doha, Qatar. Photo: EPA-EFE

Afghanistan to take gender-balanced team for first summer Games since Taliban

Taliban government has imposed curbs on women and girls condemned by the United Nations as ‘gender apartheid’ and has not been recognised by any country since its 2021 takeover.

Afghanistan will take an equal number of male and female athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics. Photo: DPA

Afghan Taliban government says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha

A delegation will attend as the talks’ agenda appears ‘beneficial to Afghanistan’, but civil society groups criticise lack of focus on women’s rights.

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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists

Friday’s attack was among the most serious targeting foreign citizens since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021.

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‘I lost everything’: over 300 dead in Afghanistan flash floods, says UN

Authorities and non-governmental groups have deployed rescuers and aid, warning that some areas have been cut off.

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An Afghan boy shovels mud from the courtyard of a house in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province. Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the nation after flash floods on Friday. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan’s ‘only woman diplomat’ resigns after gold smuggling allegations

Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, is accused of trying to bring 25 bricks of gold into India from Dubai.

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Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, announced her resignation on her official account on the social media platform X. Photo: X/ZakiaWardak

‘Empowered generation’: to bypass Taliban work bans, Afghan women turn to YouTube

YouTube channels not only provide income, but also serve as a means for women to communicate their messages, experiences and aspirations, one analyst said.

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Top former US generals blame Biden administration for chaotic Kabul exit

The top two US generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell in 2021 told lawmakers that the Biden administration inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.

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‘Grave threat’: Pakistan justifies air strikes on Taliban rebels in Afghanistan

Monday’s operation targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant faction, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a military outpost that left seven soldiers dead.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari (left), army officers and others attend the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Syed Kashif Ali and Captain Muhammad Ahmed Badar, who were killed in an attack on a military post in North Waziristan district on Saturday. Photo: Handout via Reuters

UN ‘appalled’ by public executions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban government publicly executed three convicted murderers in the past week at sports stadiums as thousands watched.

Taliban release 84-year-old Austrian who liked to visit ‘dangerous’ places

Herbert Fritz travelled to Afghanistan last year and published an article titled ‘Vacations with the Taliban’. He was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of espionage.

Opinion | Taliban has a choice: renounce al-Qaeda or remain in isolation

The world is willing to negotiate with the Taliban and help solve Afghanistan’s problems but, first, the de facto rulers must cut ties with al-Qaeda and address rising terrorism.

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Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund (left) welcomes China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng during the recognition ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 13, 2023. China has told the Taliban it needs to “take stronger measures to counter various terrorist forces within Afghanistan”. Photo: Handout

Why China is wary of opening up Afghanistan’s new road to Xinjiang

Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

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The exact location of Afghanistan’s Little Pamir Road has not been disclosed, but it is understood to reach the Chinese border via the narrow and barely accessible strip of land called the Wakhan Corridor. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan’s Taliban enforcing restrictions on single, unaccompanied women

There are no official laws about male guardianship in Afghanistan, but the Taliban have said women cannot move around or travel a certain distance without a man who is related to her by blood or marriage.

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Afghan women risk life to give birth

Opinion | World is betraying Afghan women by legitimising the Taliban

Engaging with the Taliban in the hope it reverses its position on human rights is naive, particularly when the situation for women is worsening.

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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food from a humanitarian aid group in Kabul on May 23. Photo: AP

In blow to Afghan women’s rights, Taliban make arrests over ‘bad hijab’

The development is the latest blow to Afghan women and girls, who are already reeling from bans on education, employment and access to public spaces.

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Afghan burka-clad women wait in a queue to receive money as a humanitarian aid from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on August 6, 2023. Photo: AFP

Taliban rule ‘made girlhood illegal’ in Afghanistan, Malala says

The Nobel Prize winner says many are facing depression and turning to drugs and called for gender apartheid to be made a crime against humanity.

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Undocumented Afghans go into hiding in Pakistan

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Afghanistan: All stories
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Afghanistan: All stories. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
last updated:
27 August, 2024
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