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FILE: The Taliban previously promised a softer rule than their first regime from 1996 to 2001, but have steadily eroded the freedoms of many Afghans. Picture: Pixabay.com

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Taliban dissolves Afghan human rights body

By AFP

Since the hardline Islamists seized power in August they have closed several bodies that protected the freedoms of Afghans, including the electoral commission...

  • Women wait to receive a food donation from the Afterlife foundation during Islam's Holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kandahar on 27 April 2022.

    Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa

    The Taliban has imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since seizing power, ordering them to wear the all-covering burqa in public.

    15 days ago
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    Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

    The Taliban's supreme leader has ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the hardline Islamist government would crack down on farmers.

    49 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 19 October 2021 Afghans carry sacks of grains distributed as aid by the World Food Programme in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Picture: Javed Tanveer / AFP.

    UN urges world to halt worsening Afghanistan crisis

    The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on 15 August amid the hasty withdrawal of US-led foreign forces, and the country's humanitarian crisis has rapidly worsened since.

    52 days ago
  • Members of the Taliban delegation Shahabuddin Delawar (L), Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Khairullah Khairkhwa (R) meet with foreign diplomats in Qatar's capital Doha, on 12 October 2021. Picture: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP

    Taliban warn will 'reconsider' policy towards US if assets not freed

    US President Joe Biden last week seized $7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government, aiming to split the funds between compensation for victims of the 11 September 2001, attacks on the United States and desperately needed aid for post-war Afghanistan.

    97 days ago
  • Women hold placards during a protest in Kabul on October 26, 2021, calling for the international community to speak out in support of Afghans living under Taliban rule.

    How the Taliban's return has changed Afghan women's lives

    Here are some areas of women's lives impacted by the Taliban's return.

    103 days ago
  • Zabihullah Mujahid, Chief spokesperso for the Taliban, speaks during a press conference with the members of the media in Kabul on September 21, 2021.

    Taliban PM calls for Muslim nations to recognise Afghan government

    No country has yet recognised the Taliban, with most watching to see how the hardline Islamists – notorious for human rights abuses during their first stint in power – restrict freedoms.

    123 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 6 January 2021, supporters of former US President Donald Trump protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP

    Events that marked a tumultuous 2021 around the world

    From the COVID pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key events of 2021.

    142 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 19 October 2021 Afghans carry sacks of grains distributed as aid by the World Food Programme in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Picture: Javed Tanveer / AFP.

    UN Security Council adopts resolution to ease Afghan aid

    The resolution is a first step by the UN after months of wrangling over how to avert a humanitarian catastrophe amid economic meltdown in Afghanistan since the Taliban swept back to power in mid-August.

    151 days ago
  • Members of the Taliban delegation Shahabuddin Delawar (L), Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Khairullah Khairkhwa (R) meet with foreign diplomats in Qatar's capital Doha, on 12 October 2021. Picture: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP

    Taliban prepare new Afghan budget without foreign aid

    The country is mired in economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe the UN has called an "avalanche of hunger".

    156 days ago
  • FILE: Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul on 16 August 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP

    EU member states agree to take in 40,000 Afghans

    Germany will accept the bulk of the new arrivals, with 25,000, with the Netherlands accepting 3,159, Spain and France 2,500, and other countries lower numbers, according to a document seen by AFP.

    164 days ago
  • An Afghan woman wearing the burqa. Picture: AFP

    Taliban leader says Afghan women’s rights must be enforced, quiet on education

    The decree centres on marriage and widows' rights, stating "no one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure".

    170 days ago
  • Members of the Taliban delegation Shahabuddin Delawar (L), Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Khairullah Khairkhwa (R) meet with foreign diplomats in Qatar's capital Doha, on 12 October 2021. Picture: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP

    US says it will resume talks with Taliban next week

    A first session between the two sides was held 9-10 October in the Qatari capital Doha, where US diplomats overseeing relations with Afghanistan transferred after the Taliban takeover.

    180 days ago
  • Zabihullah Mujahid, Chief spokesperso for the Taliban, speaks during a press conference with the members of the media in Kabul on September 21, 2021.

    Taliban begin paying salaries to govt employees

    Most government employees have yet to return to work and many had not been paid for months even before the Taliban captured power, especially rural workers.

    183 days ago
  • Members of the Taliban delegation Shahabuddin Delawar (L), Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Khairullah Khairkhwa (R) meet with foreign diplomats in Qatar's capital Doha, on 12 October 2021. Picture: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP

    Taliban launch operation against IS in southern Afghanistan

    The operation against Islamic State-Khorasan -- the local chapter of the jihadist group -- started around midnight in at least four districts of Kandahar province and continued through Monday morning, Taliban provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi told AFP.

    188 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on July 09, 2018 Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai attends an event about the importance of education and women empowerment in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Picture: Miguel Schincariol / AFP.

    Nobel winner Malala fears Taliban will keep girls out of school

    After seizing power in August, the hardline Islamist Taliban in September excluded girls from returning to secondary school while ordering boys back to class.

    189 days ago
  • Children bask in the sun next to a wall along a street in Nad Ali district, Helmand province on 10 November 2021. Picture: AFP

    Heaping upon misery, Afghanistan now faces raging measles outbreak

    The WHO says the outbreak is particularly concerning since Afghanistan faces surging food insecurity and malnutrition.

    191 days ago
  • Members of Syria's top jihadist group the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) alliance, led by al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate, parade with their flags and those of the Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" through the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on August 20, 2021. The armed group that formally broke ties with al-Qaeda years ago is considered to be the most prominent jihadist group in Syria after a decade of war. HTS controls nearly half of the Idlib region -- the last remaining opposition bastion in Syria -- alongside other less influential groups.
OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

    Afghanistan 'at brink of economic collapse', warns Pakistan

    Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called "troika plus" meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US special envoy for Afghanistan. The delegates also met later Thursday with Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

    192 days ago
  • Australia's Pat Cummins (L) celebrates with teammates after dismissing India's captain Virat Kohli as India is all out for only 36 runs on the third day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India played in Adelaide on 19 December 2020. Picture: AFP

    Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan cricket Test

    After the Taliban ousted Afghanistan's elected government in August, senior leaders said Afghan women would no longer play cricket, or any other sport. Senior Australian cricketers had indicated they would like to see the Test cancelled if the de facto ban on women's cricket remained in place.

    198 days ago
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