The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it will permit certain groups to conduct business with the Taliban and a U.S.-designated terrorist organization in order to get humanitarian assistance to Afghans …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON – The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $6 million for protection in Afghanistan to Taliban-run Interior Ministry personnel, whose chief is under U.N. and …
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The Taliban banned forced marriages in a Friday decree, saying that women are free persons and not property. “Both (women and men) should be equal,” the decree said, according to …
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ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights which said women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage but failed to mention …
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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates has held talks with the Taliban to run Kabul airport, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a diplomatic tussle for …
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KABUL – The Taliban administration has released a set of restrictions on Afghan media, including banning television dramas that included female actors and ordering women news presenters to wear “Islamic …
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Taliban officials asked Congress to end U.S. sanctions and to free up Afghan assets, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Afghan citizens are being deprived of civil services in the health …
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban on Sunday held a massive military parade in Kabul, showing off the gains the organization made after the withdrawal of U.S. forces this past summer. …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL – Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their …
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By James Mackenzie ISLAMABAD – Last month, the family of Mawlavi Ezzatullah, a member of Afghanistan’s Hizb-e Islami party, received a WhatsApp message from his phone: “We have slaughtered your …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL – The United Nations children’s agency said it was planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan teachers, after the international community placed …
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Kabul – The Taliban announced a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a move sure to cause further disruption to an economy pushed to …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban government said it would announce good news soon on older girls being allowed to go back to school, but urged the international …
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KABUL – The Taliban called on the United States and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued …
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The Taliban is struggling to combat an ISIS-K insurgency in Afghanistan merely two months after the group took over the country, the Financial Times reported. ISIS-K launched a series of suicide …
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A Taliban commander in charge of suicide bombers in Kabul, Afghanistan, was selected as police chief for one of the country’s capital districts, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. …
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Afghan citizens are at risk of starvation and falling under the poverty line as the country’s economy continues to decline under Taliban leadership, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Donors …
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The Taliban in Pakistan was encouraged by the group’s takeover of Afghanistan and are suspected of reemerging along the country’s border, the Associated Press reported on Monday. A Taliban movement …
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict last Friday against DELOWAR MOHAMMED HOSSAIN on both counts …
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The U.S. will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but won’t recognize the Taliban as the country’s leaders, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. U.S. and Taliban officials met for the …
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A federal grand jury in New York unsealed a superseding indictment today charging an Afghanistan national with federal terrorism-related offenses spanning approximately 2007 to 2009 and stemming from his role …
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J. Lesko, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of …
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged questioning on Wednesday as to whether the U.S. should have done more to keep control of Bagram Air Base after reports the Taliban …
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WASHINGTON — Thousands of pro-abortion protesters descended on Washington, D.C. Saturday to demonstrate against Texas’ new abortion law and an upcoming Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. …
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Public hangings are back in Afghanistan as the Taliban invoke Sharia law across the nation. Despite assurances that the new “kinder and gentler” Taliban would respect the rights of women …