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World - Region
1/23/2025 5:33:21 PM
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity.

World - International
12/29/2024 5:47:05 PM
The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked.

World - Region
12/25/2024 12:03:19 PM
Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as the defence ministry vowed retaliation.

World - Region
12/23/2024 10:36:55 AM
The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to resume its diplomatic operations in Kabul, more than three years after Riyadh withdrew its staff during the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

World - International
12/17/2024 2:42:55 PM
Russia's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that could pave the way for Moscow to lift its designation of the Taliban as a banned "terrorist" organisation.

World - International
12/12/2024 6:15:31 PM
Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the day before that was claimed by the Islamic State group.

World - International
12/11/2024 1:57:21 PM
The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP.

World - International
11/10/2024 11:26:25 AM
An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power.

World - International
9/12/2024 11:50:09 AM
More than 100 Pakistan police who provide security for polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week.

World - International
9/2/2024 7:49:20 PM
Police in the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an attack Monday, killing at least six people and injuring 13 others.

World - International
8/31/2024 4:44:48 PM
The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a UN spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the UN mission after it criticized them.

World - Region
8/23/2024 1:15:06 PM
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan's Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so.

World - International
8/21/2024 1:15:08 PM
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan has been barred from entering the country, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday.

World - International
8/14/2024 11:01:12 AM
Taliban authorities kicked off celebrations of the third anniversary of their rule over Afghanistan on Wednesday at the former US Bagram air base.

World - International
8/12/2024 2:19:20 PM
Three years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law.

World - International
7/30/2024 11:46:44 AM
The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honour passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan's former Western-backed administration.

World - International
7/16/2024 6:34:00 PM
The death toll from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan climbed to 47 on Tuesday, as victims recounted how the tempest demolished entire homes and buried families alive.

World - International
7/9/2024 11:24:10 AM
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday. Edicts and some of the methods used to enforce them violated human rights and fundamental freedoms, the report said.

World - International
7/1/2024 11:11:34 PM
Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.

World - International
6/30/2024 6:25:13 PM
A Taliban delegation on Sunday attended a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers said women would be excluded from the gathering.

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