Afghan Taliban

KABUL: Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of…

ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN): The top military brass of Pakistan has said that the sanctuaries of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in Afghanistan are majorly impacting the security of the country, Geo News reported.The Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR)…

Published By: Niranjana VBLast Updated: July 17, 2023, 20:45 ISTThe U.N. said it has recorded instances in which the Taliban have enforced previously announced limitations on women's freedom of movement and employment. (Representative…

KABUL: Afghanistan's Talibanauthorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, the vice ministry confirmed Tuesday, the latest curb to further squeeze women out of public life.Since seizing power in August…

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to underscore their claim that there was no al-Qaida threatin the country.Biden was leaving a press conference on Friday on the…

Last Updated: June 12, 2023, 03:27 ISTThe Afghan Taliban dismissed the UN report and called it “full of prejudice”. (Representative image: AFP)The fourteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the UN Security…

KABUL (AFGHANISTAN): Families in Afghanistan called on the Taliban yet again to open schools for girlsin grades 7 to 12 as they are worried about the future of their daughters in the country under the regime of the organisation, TOLOnews…

ISLAMABAD: A leading international rights group appealed on Monday for the UN Human Rights Council to address the ongoing, “relentless abuses” by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, including severe restrictions on women and freedom of speech…

PESHAWAR: Pakistan's Peshawar was once known as 'the city of flowers', surrounded by orchards of pear, quince and pomegranate trees. It was a trading city, situated at the gates of a key mountain valley connecting South and Central Asia.But…

India on Thursday said it is concerned over reports that the Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, and renewed its call for setting up of an inclusive government in Kabul that ensures the equal rights of women and…