Pakistani Taliban attack kills 10 police in northwest
Ten police were shot dead at a check post near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban.
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Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced...
6 soldiers, as many TTP attackers killed in Pakistan
Six Pakistan soldiers were martyred and as many Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists killed in North Waziristan as security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation...
Afghan media says abuses rising
Afghan journalists have reported hundreds of cases of abuses by government officials, including torture and arbitrary detention, as well as tightening censorship since the Taliban authorities returned to power...
Afghanistan wants to join BRICS, says Taliban govt
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on Tuesday ahead of the group鈥檚 summit in Russia...
Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women鈥檚 rights and enshrining an austere vision of...
Taliban, UN say committed to engagement
A Taliban government spokesman has said the Afghan authorities were committed to engagement with the international community after a new morality law sparked tense exchanges over women鈥檚 rights.
Taliban refuse to cooperate with UN Afghan mission
The Taliban government鈥檚 morality ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it 鈥榓n opposing side鈥�.
Germany deports first Afghan nationals since Taliban govt took control
Germany said it carried out Friday the first deportation of Afghans back to their home country since Taliban authorities took power in August 2021, as Berlin faces pressure to crack down...
Afghanistan's Taliban government bans 'violent' mixed martial arts
Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts, believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday.
Taliban govt says morality law will be 鈥榞ently鈥� enforced
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities said on Monday a recently ratified morality law would be enforced 鈥榞ently鈥�, after the international community and Afghans voiced concern over...
UAE accepts Taliban govt ambassador
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after...
Taliban govt enacts 鈥榲ice and virtue鈥� law
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities have announced the codification of laws detailing rules of behaviour and lifestyle based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces...
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces.
Taliban say three civilians killed in Pakistan border clash
Taliban authorities accused Pakistani forces on Tuesday of killing three civilians 鈥� a woman and two children 鈥� in clashes along their northern border.
Malala Yousafzai urges Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans and said she was especially concerned about the 鈥榙ark future鈥� awaiting women and girls sent back....
Taliban slash salaries of women working from home
Afghan authorities have slashed the salaries of women government workers who have been forced to stay at home since the Taliban seized power, the finance ministry...
Taliban praises 鈥榮pirit of cooperation鈥� of UN talks
The Taliban government praised on Wednesday the 鈥榮pirit of cooperation鈥� towards Afghanistan in UN-led talks that excluded women from the country.
Taliban discussed prisoner exchange with US
Two American prisoners were being held in custody in Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Wednesday, and an 鈥榚xchange鈥� for Afghans held in Guantanamo Bay had been discussed with the United States....
Russian envoy to UN hints Moscow could drop sanctions on Taliban
Russian envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya suggested on Monday that Moscow was considering dropping sanctions against the Taliban as the Afghan authorities met with representatives of the international community in Doha...
Women鈥檚 rights an internal issue: Taliban
Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women鈥檚 rights were 鈥楢fghanistan鈥檚 issues鈥� to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of...
Outrage as Afghan women excluded from UN-led talks with Taliban
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities will meet international envoys on Sunday in Qatar for talks presented by the United Nations as a key step in an engagement process, but...
Nicaragua names ambassador to Afghanistan
Nicaragua has appointed an ambassador to Afghanistan, local media reported, in a rare move increasing ties with the diplomatically isolated Taliban regime...
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban govt says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha
Taliban authorities will attend the third round of United Nations-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, a government spokesman said on Sunday, after snubbing an invitation to the previous round....
Putin calls for Russia to 鈥榖uild up鈥� ties with Taliban govt
Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for Moscow to 鈥榖uild up鈥� relations with the Taliban government, as a delegation visited...
Russia to remove Taliban from 鈥榯error鈥� list
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 on Monday....
Afghans and Tajiks mix in rare but vital border market
For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and pick up food and household goods...
Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules
Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings...
Taliban pull two TV channels for 鈥榲iolating Islamic values鈥�
Two Afghan television channels have been taken off the airwaves for 鈥榲iolations against Islamic and national values鈥�, a Taliban government spokesman said on...