Page 11 - Latest Updates on Taliban
More than 50% of Afghan journalists lost jobs since Taliban takeover: Rpt
Several journalists expressed concerns regarding the lack of information access and economic difficulties on National Journalists' Day, according to TOLOnews
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Denied education, over 3 million Afghan girls face bleak future: Report
Over three million girls, once enrolled in schools have been denied their right to education since the Taliban takeover, and their future in Afghanistan seems bleak according to a report
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Taliban's policies on women affecting Afghanistan's relations: Ex-minister
Taliban's policy on women's education and work will impact negatively Afghanistan's relations with the international community, former Minister of Finance, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said
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No change in India's position on not recognising Taliban, says MEA
A letter issued by the Institute of Diplomacy to informing officials about the ITEC programme also referred to a note verbale from the Indian embassy in Kabul on the course
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India offers Taliban 'crash course' in economics, leadership, culture
The four-day virtual course that starts Tuesday is called "Immersing with Indian Thoughts," and will be taught by the Indian Institute of Management in the southern city of Kozhikode
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Taliban reaches out to India, embassy to train Afghan diplomats in Kabul
India plans to hold a four-day training programme for Afghan Foreign Ministry officials in Kabul beginning Tuesday
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US envoy to UN raises concern over ban on female education in Afghanistan
"We worked hard and learned a lot; we have goals and ambitions, and it is vital that our schools be opened in order to accomplish our educational dreams," said Husna, a student in the eleventh grade
Bomb kills 3, including provincial governor, in Afghanistan: Taliban
A bomb killed a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others in Afghanistan's Mazar-e- Sharif on Thursday, a Taliban police spokesman said
Taliban govt annuls divorces, forces women to return to abusive husbands
The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed severe restrictions on women's lives that the United Nations (UN) called "gender-based apartheid"
Afghanistan's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan: Report
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers reopened a key border crossing with Pakistan on Thursday, allowing thousands of trucks carrying desperately needed food and other items to creep forward for the first time in days, officials said.
Ahmad Shah Massoud, guerilla extraordinaire
Mr Gall paints a vivid picture of Massoud as a guerilla leader - someone who is precise and methodical in his approach and whose decision making is clinical and rarely driven by impulse or sentiment
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Taliban asks int'l community to recognise 'Islamic Emirate' of Afghanistan
Taliban has called on the international community to recognise the "Islamic Emirate" of Afghanistan, claiming that if recognised, concerns and complaints of the world will be addressed in a better way
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Afghanistan's Taliban govt shuts down main border point with Pakistan
The Afghan Taliban commissioner for Torkham said the border point had been closed down for travel and transit trade
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Pakistani Taliban refutes former Pak PM Imran Khan's assassination claims
The outlawed Pakistani Taliban has refuted former prime minister Imran Khan's claim that the outfit's militants from South Waziristan province were hatching a plot to assassinate him
Mike Pompeo slams Ashraf Ghani in his book, calls him a total fraud'
"As negotiations accelerated, Ghani was always a problem. I met scores of world leaders, and he was my least favourite," Pompeo
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Aid will be affected: UN on ban on female employees at NGOs by Taliban
Griffiths reported that the UN had made the largest-ever worldwide plea for Afghanistan in 2023, asking for USD 4.6 billion
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Taliban to set new rules on Afghan women's aid work: UN officials
A top UN official said that the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan are planning to set up new rules to allow women to work in some humanitarian operations
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Top UN woman urges Muslim nations to move Taliban back to 21st century
She said the officials sought to stress things that they say they have done and not gotten recognition for and what they called their effort to create an environment that protects women
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Freezing weather in decade's 'coldest winter' kills 124 in Afghanistan
Akhund said the forecast for the next 10 days indicated temperatures would warm. But he was still worried about a rising death toll of Afghans, and their livestock
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Reviewing engagement with Taliban, says US on rights violations in Afghan
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, in a press briefing, underlined that the US continues to be the world's leading humanitarian provider to the people of Afghanistan
