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Taliban dissolves Afghan human rights body
Since the hardline Islamists seized power in August they have closed several bodies that protected the freedoms of Afghans, including the electoral commission...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
