How Afghan women are fighting a brutal Taliban regime where even looking out of the window is banned
Women in Afghanistan are living in one of the cruellest regimes on earth. But a movement is stirring at a grassroots level, ...
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Advantage Akhundzada in Taliban Factional Fight in Afghanistan?
Since the Taliban captured power in August 2021, Akhundzada has issued dozens of edicts curbing women and girls’ access to ...
He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an ...
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Every Two Hours A Woman Dies During Childbirth In Afghanistan
A woman dies from pregnancy related complications in Afghanistan every two hours due to a lack of access to health care and ...
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Reclusive Taliban leader speaks of importance of modern education in a rare university visit
The Taliban’s reclusive leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution. Hibatullah Akhundzada spoke of the importance of ...
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Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court
The decision follows the ICC chief prosecutor’s announcement last month, seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and a close associate ...
British pensioners detained in Afghanistan are ‘pawns’ in Taliban power struggle
Arrest of Peter and Barbie Reynolds is ‘political move’ in factional rebellion over women’s rights, sources say ...
In their own words: Spend a day with Afghan women living under Taliban rule
The BBC is spending the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban ...
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Men, women experience near daily floggings in Afghanistan
Last week, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended his governance, including the criminal justice system, saying they were rooted in divine commands. “The esteemed ...