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Afghan universities reopen, but women still barred

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 06 02:04 PM

Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break, but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. Read more »

Taliban demand US return $3.5B in Afghan assets after court ruling

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 02:23 AM

The United States took control of the assets soon after the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Read more »

Pakistan Taliban warn of more attacks against police

Ashraf Khan and Sajjad Tarakazi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 06:25 PM

More than 80 officers were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a mosque inside a police compound in the city of Peshawar. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 15, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 11:56 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taliban bans Valentine's Day celebrations

Wakil, Kohsar, AFP
Posted at Feb 15 05:08 PM

Afghan vendors selling roses wait for customers along the flower street on the occasion of Valentine's Day in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on Tuesday 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 »

Pakistan Taliban end ceasefire, order nationwide attacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 10:12 PM

Pakistan's Taliban said on Monday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country. 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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 11, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 11:39 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Residents in Pakistan town rally against rising violence

AFP
Posted at Oct 11 07:35 PM

More than 5,000 people blocked a main road through Mingora as residents take part in a protest a day after an attack on a school bus in Mingora. 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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 16, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 11:50 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. 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 »

Afghanistan has lost 60% of journalists under Taliban: NGO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 01:47 PM

Almost 60 percent of Afghanistan's journalists have lost their jobs or fled the country since the Taliban takeover a year ago. Read more »