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Topic: taliban

Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 06:50 PM

Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam. Read more »

Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body

Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 07:49 PM

Taliban authorities on Tuesday said they have dissolved Afghanistan's independent human rights commission as it was "not considered necessary". Read more »

Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces

Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 04:45 PM

About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban's new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public. Read more »

Taliban order Afghan women to cover fully in public

Taliban order Afghan women to cover fully in public

Abdullah Hasrat and Qubad Wali, Agence Frabce-Presse
Posted at May 07 08:32 PM

The Taliban on Saturday imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since they seized power, ordering them to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. Read more »

Pakistan rockets killed 6 in Afghanistan: official

Pakistan rockets killed 6 in Afghanistan: official

Abdullah Hasrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 17 12:09 AM

The attack comes as border tensions rise between Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. Read more »

World Bank sees 'alternative' path out of economic disaster for Afghanistan

World Bank sees 'alternative' path out of economic disaster for Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 07:30 AM

Afghanistan can avoid an economic collapse, but only if it receives international assistance and if the Taliban government respects human rights and "sound" management of its finances, the World Bank said Wednesday. Read more »

Taliban ban Afghan women flying alone

Taliban ban Afghan women flying alone

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 04:43 PM

The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from flying unless accompanied by a male relative. Read more »

'Open the schools': Afghan girls protest in Kabul

'Open the schools': Afghan girls protest in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 04:33 PM

About two dozen girls and women chanting "open the schools" protested in the Afghan capital Saturday against the Taliban's decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after re-opening them this week. Read more »

Taliban bars Afghan girls from attending schools

Taliban bars Afghan girls from attending schools

Aysha Safi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 05:15 PM

Days after the Taliban staged a cruel U-turn on allowing Afghan girls back to school, Adeeba Haidari feels as if she is in prison. Read more »

Reports of Taliban detaining journalists raising concern

Reports of Taliban detaining journalists raising concern

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 05:17 AM

Rights groups have condemned a decline in media freedoms and increasing attacks on journalists since the Taliban swept back to power last year. Read more »

397 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

397 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 03:15 AM

The period indicated on the United Nations report runs from August 2021 to the end of February. Read more »

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

Rouba El Husseini, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 12:17 PM

The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed 'one kidney village'. Read more »

US offers $10-M reward to help track IS leader in Afghanistan

US offers $10-M reward to help track IS leader in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 12:54 PM

The US offered a $10-million reward for information leading to the 'identification or location' of the leader of the Afghanistan regional chapter of the Islamic State group. Read more »

UN demands Taliban provide info on 2 more missing women

UN demands Taliban provide info on 2 more missing women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 05:49 PM

The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this week -- bringing to four the number missing in Afghanistan this year. Read more »

Rights groups blame Taliban for missing journalists

Rights groups blame Taliban for missing journalists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 05:32 PM

The Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, rights groups said Tuesday, weeks after two women activists went missing. Read more »

Pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand offered refuge by Taliban

Pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand offered refuge by Taliban

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 31 09:43 AM

A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 24, 2022

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 24, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:14 PM

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

Oslo talks for humanitarian response in Afghanistan

Oslo talks for humanitarian response in Afghanistan

Stian Lysberg Solum, NTB via Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 09:07 PM

A Taliban delegation is visiting Oslo for meetings with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives focusing on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. Read more »

Afghan baby lost in US airlift chaos reunited with family

Afghan baby lost in US airlift chaos reunited with family

Jay Deshmukh and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 08:10 AM

A baby lost during the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport has been reunited with his relatives after five months. Read more »

Taliban put victory over US on display

Taliban put victory over US on display

Elise Blanchard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 04 04:58 PM

In the governor's compound of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a new exhibit is unveiled before a rapt audience of Taliban fighters -- sections of blast walls from a former US military base. Read more »

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