![]() | Pakistan court sentences two TTP members to 34 years in prisonThe TTP, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, is believed to have close links to the Al-Qaeda terror group. |
![]() | 'Significant lapse in judgment': UN apologises for photo of its personnel in front of Taliban flagDuring the visit, the delegation met Taliban leaders in Kabul and Kandahar and conveyed their alarm over the recent restrictions on education and work of women and girls across the country. |
![]() | Kabul's mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rulesThe hooded mannequins are one symbol of the Taliban’s puritanical rule over Afghanistan. But in a way, they are also a small show of resistance and creativity by Kabul’s dress merchants. |
![]() | TTP Militants attack police station in Pakistan, 3 cops dead in cross-firingThe TTP claimed killing four policemen, including a DSP rank police officer, and injuring three in the attack, along with seizing two Kalashnikovs, two magazines and Rs 47,000. |
![]() | US Republicans probe 'chaotic' Afghanistan withdrawal leading to Taliban takeoverWhile Trump sealed the withdrawal with the Taliban, his Republican Party has roundly criticized Biden's handling of the operation and vowed hearings as part of a series of probes into his administrati |
![]() | Australia pulls out of Afghan cricket series as Taliban bars women athletesThe men's team were due to face their Afghan counterparts in three games, which form part of the ICC Super League, in March following a tour to India. |
![]() | Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threatsThe ban on sports is part of the Taliban's escalating campaign of restrictions that have shut down life for girls and women. |
![]() | Who are the 'Taliban 20' Kevin McCarthy's bid to become US House SpeakerThey share geography too as they are dominated by southerners, mainly from Texas, Florida or Arizona. |
![]() | Afghan Taliban kill eight in raids of IS hideouts in AfghanistanZabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban govt, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz province targeted IS militants who organised recent attacks on Kabul’s Longan Hotel. |
![]() | 'Obey or leave': NGOs torn over Taliban ban on women staffThe ban was one of two crushing orders released in rapid succession last month: just days earlier, Taliban authorities banned women from university education. |
![]() | US, Pakistan have shared interest in ensuring Taliban acts against terrorist groups: Biden AdministrationMilitants and terrorist groups operating in the border regions, operating inside Afghanistan have claimed far too many Pakistani lives. |
![]() | The Taliban blowback – singes India as much as it does PakistanThrough it all, it must be said Bajwa did come close to pulling off a backroom deal with India on the one issue that has bedevilled relations. |
![]() | The Great Game is afoot in Afghanistan again: Can the Taliban be trusted?Inside, factions that form the Taliban are bickering and squabbling for power. Outside, they face attacks from hardcore fundamentalists, like the Islamic State or Daesh. |
![]() | 'Can't halt aid to dying person': UN to help Afghanistan despite Taliban ban on women in NGOsAid is never conditional. You cannot condition providing food or health assistance to a starving person, or a dying person, said an UN official. |
![]() | UN official, Taliban minister meet on Afghan women NGO banThe ban has already prompted four major international aid agencies to suspend operations in Afghanistan, raising the possibility that millions of people will be left without food, education etc. |
![]() | Germany seeks 'clear global reaction' to Taliban curbs on womenThe latest restriction comes less than a week after the hardline Islamists banned women from attending universities, prompting global outrage and protests in some Afghan cities. |
![]() | Three NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar womenThe NGO ban was introduced a day earlier, allegedly because women weren't wearing the Islamic headscarf correctly. |
![]() | Taliban order NGOs to stop women employees from working over 'hijab'Taliban had promised a softer form of rule when they returned to power in August last year. They have instead imposed harsh restrictions on women, effectively squeezing them out of public life. |
![]() | Taliban use water cannon on women protesting university banThe development came after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately. |
![]() | Taliban's reasons for banning women from universitiesThe ban announced earlier this week is the latest restriction on women's rights in Afghanistan ordered by the Taliban since their return to power in August last year. |
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