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Afghanistan is in a state of gender apartheid, and we need to act now
The international community must not stop criticising Taliban’s gender policies in pursuit of counter-terrorism objectives on the shared Islamic State challenge
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 05:04 PM IST
Taliban leader vows to publicly stone women to death for adultery
Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, recently said that women in Afghanistan could face public floggings & stoning to death as punishments for adultery.
Published on Mar 30, 2024 05:11 PM IST
Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan show its fraying patience with the Taliban
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has entered a period of resurgence, posing a threat to Pakistan’s internal security and external environs
Published on Mar 22, 2024 10:09 PM IST
Australia scraps Afghanistan T20Is citing worsening women's rights
Australia's cricket governing body said its stance continued a "strong commitment to supporting participation by women and girls in cricket around the world"
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 02:10 PM IST
AFP |
Launched retaliatory attacks on Pak after air strikes in Afghanistan: Taliban
The Taliban defence ministry said its security forces had targeted Pakistani troops at the border in response to the air strikes.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 09:29 PM IST
Reuters |
Pak carried out two air strikes inside Afghanistan, killed 8 people: Taliban
A Taliban spokesman ‘strongly’ condemned the strikes on Afghan soil, calling it a violation of the country's sovereignty.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 12:58 PM IST
Reuters |
Sisters in Afghanistan are defying the Taliban with their music movement
The sisters started a music movement called the Last Torch. One of the songs they sang was written during the first Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 1996.
Published on Mar 13, 2024 07:50 PM IST
Trisha Sengupta
India’s top diplomat for Afghanistan meets Taliban ‘foreign minister’
JP Singh, the joint secretary heading the external affairs ministry’s division for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, met Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 01:06 AM IST
Taliban regime says India wants to expand political cooperation, trade: Report
Taliban-controlled Afghanistan ministry's spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi wrote in a post on X that Singh and Muttaqi discussed Afghanistan-India relations.
Published on Mar 08, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 07:15 AM IST
AP |
The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan
Published on Feb 27, 2024 04:54 AM IST
AP |
Taliban releases 84-year-old Austrian far-right activist held in Afghanistan
Austria's far-right figure Herbert Fritz, arrested by Taliban, freed with Qatar's help.
Published on Feb 26, 2024 01:07 AM IST
Reuters |
Taliban publicly executes 2 convicted murderers in football stadium
Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada signed the death warrants for the public execution of both men who were killed by multiple gunshots to the back
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 09:05 PM IST
AFP |
Valentine’s Day: Haley pens love letters to world’s dictators on behalf of Trump
Valentine’s Day: Nikki Haley took a playful jab at ex-US President Donald Trump by writing a few "love letters" on his behalf to the dictators around the world.
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 08:22 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Taliban detain 10 people for singing, playing musical instruments: Report
The Taliban has also banned women from operating beauty salons across Afghanistan.
Published on Feb 07, 2024 06:28 PM IST
ANI |
Pursue listing of terrorists, de-politicisation of UN sanctions regime: Parl panel
The panel said Islamic State and al-Qaeda are “aligned with regional terror groups like LeT and JeM and trying to exploit the opportunity of communal tensions in India
Published on Feb 05, 2024 03:53 PM IST
India among 10 countries to participate in meeting convened by Taliban in Kabul
The Regional Cooperation Initiative meet was attended by diplomats from Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey & Indonesia.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 04:43 AM IST
Taliban imposing restrictions on single, unaccompanied Afghan women: UN Report
Taliban have shut down beauty parlors and enforced a dress code with arresting women who don't comply with their interpretation of hijab.
Published on Jan 23, 2024 06:28 AM IST
AP |
Hollywood helps the Taliban's transition from militia to military regime
A new documentary by Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash'at shows the making of the Taliban air force from vestiges of US occupation.
Published on Jan 13, 2024 02:35 PM IST
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
Updated on Dec 25, 2023 12:43 PM IST
PTI |
Afghan girls of all ages allowed to study in religious schools: Taliban official
There are around 20,000 madrassas in Afghanistan, of which 13,500 are government-controlled.
Published on Dec 21, 2023 11:09 PM IST
AP |
Taliban jailing Afghan women abuse survivors ‘for their protection’?
Taliban has closed 23 state-sponsored protection centres which offered refuge to victims of gender-based violence.
Published on Dec 19, 2023 10:32 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai to Taliban: ‘You made girlhood illegal but now even boys…’
Malala Yousafzai likened Taliban's treatment of women to apartheid.
Updated on Dec 06, 2023 10:53 PM IST
China's reform message to Afghanistan's Taliban: ‘Implement moderate policies’
China-Afghanistan Relations: The Taliban has not been officially recognised by any country since it seized power after the withdrawal of US troops.
Published on Dec 05, 2023 02:24 PM IST
Taliban take control of Afghan diplomatic missions in India: Report
The Taliban have taken de facto control of diplomatic missions in India, more than two years after the group ousted the US-backed government in Kabul.
Published on Nov 29, 2023 07:30 PM IST
Bloomberg |
52 per cent of visual media outlets ceased operations in Afghanistan since Taliban took control in August 2021
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, press freedom in the country has taken a backseat, with several restrictions put into place for journalists. The Media Support for Afghanistan's Free Media (NAI) announced on Tuesday, coinciding with World Television Day, highlighting that more than half of the visual media outlets in the country have remained inactive.
Updated on Nov 22, 2023 10:26 AM IST
ANI |
Iran deports more than 21,400 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan: Report
Iranian guards detained and deported 21,407 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan who had crossed into Iran illegally.
Published on Nov 14, 2023 05:50 PM IST
ANI |
How Pakistan is using deportation of Afghan refugees as a weapon against Taliban
This is the same Taliban that the Pakistani establishment had propped up to occupy Afghanistan and use it for its own strategic depth against India.
Published on Nov 06, 2023 09:43 PM IST
Taliban 2.0: Stronger or moving towards fragmentation?
This paper is authored by Shivam Shekhawat from ORF.
Published on Nov 02, 2023 06:53 PM IST
ORF
‘Solution to Taliban mindset is Lord Hanuman’s gada’: UP CM Yogi in Rajasthan
Yogi was addressing a gathering in Tijara assembly constituency from where the BJP candidate Baba Balaknath field his nomination for the assembly elections.
Published on Nov 02, 2023 11:28 AM IST