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5 killed by suicide blast near Afghan foreign ministry

Estelle Emonet and Aysha Safi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 12 01:03 AM

At least five people were killed and several wounded by a suicide bomber near the Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul Wednesday, where a Chinese delegation had been due to meet, officials and witnesses said. Read more »

Prince Harry says he killed 25 in Afghanistan: media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 01:09 AM

In the book "Spare", due out next week, he said he undertook six missions as a pilot that led to him "taking human lives", the Daily Telegraph reported. Read more »

Women's rights under 'systematic' attack: UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 12:08 AM

The UN rights chief said he was appalled at "systematic" efforts to strip women of their rights, but believed they would ultimately fail. Read more »

UN urges Taliban to end 'terrible' restrictions on women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 06:44 AM

The Taliban must immediately revoke policies targeting women in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted, condemning their 'terrible' consequences. Read more »

Taliban order NGOs to stop women staff from working over 'hijab'

Jay Deshmukh and Abdullah Hasrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 07:42 AM

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the economy ministry said on Saturday. Read more »

Afghan women banned from university 'for not following dress code'

Abdullah Hasrat and Qubad Wali, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 06:56 AM

Afghan universities were declared off limits to women because female students were not following instructions including a proper dress code, the Taliban's minister for higher education said Thursday. Read more »

Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban

Aysha Safi and Estelle Emonet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 22 07:11 AM

Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights. Read more »

The crackdown on Afghan women's education, rights

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 06:55 PM

The Taliban have returned to their hardline position against the education of women and their freedoms since their return to power in Afghanistan. Read more »

Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls

Abdullah Hasrat and Jay Deshmukh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 07:30 AM

The Taliban have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives, ignoring international outrage. Read more »

Islamic State claims attack on Pakistani envoy in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 07:43 AM

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an "assassination attempt." Read more »

'Forgotten' Afghan stories highlighted in two new films from Netflix, Nat Geo

Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 04:45 PM

The world's focus has shifted to the war in Ukraine, but two major new documentaries aim to throw the spotlight back on Afghanistan, and the people left behind by the United States' rapid withdrawal last year. Read more »

Taliban bans women from amusement parks

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 10 07:00 AM

Afghanistan's "morality police" on Wednesday ordered that all amusement parks in the country must now refuse entry to women. Read more »

Kabul classroom bombing death toll rises to 35

Jay Deshmukh and Estelle Emonet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 06:15 PM

The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday. Read more »

US admits killing 12 civilians worldwide in 2021

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 12:01 PM

The US military killed 12 civilians in 2021, all in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday. Read more »

Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul suicide attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 08:37 PM

A suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, the foreign ministry in Moscow said. Read more »

Death toll in Kabul mosque blast rises to 21: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 05:22 PM

A blast which ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others. Read more »

At least 3 killed in Afghanistan mosque blast: hospital

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 02:13 PM

A blast ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in Kabul Wednesday night, killing at least 3 people and wounding 2 dozen others. Read more »

Taliban celebration

Wakil Kohsar, AFP
Posted at Aug 16 06:53 PM

Taliban fighters mark the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following the pull-out of foreign troops led by the United States. Read more »

Taliban mark turbulent first year in power

Jay Deshmukh and Abdullah Hasrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 11:38 AM

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Read more »

Taliban violently disperse women's protest in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 04:58 PM

Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital. Read more »