Karzai condemns clashes between Taliban, NRF in Panjshir
Sep 20, 2022, at 12:02 am
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had reacted to the ongoing clashes between Taliban and National Resistance Forces (NRF) in Panjshir and said the continued bloodshed must stop.
Taliban make $200m annually through criminal activities in Pakistan, claims Senator
Sep 19, 2022, at 08:25 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has claimed that a high ranking government official revealed in a meeting of the National Security Committee of the National Assembly that the Afghan Taliban have been generating around USD 200 million annually by performing different kinds of criminal activities, which included extortion, in Pakistan.
UN Mission urges Taliban govt of Afghanistan to allow high school education for girls
Sep 18, 2022, at 11:33 pm
Kabul: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged on Sunday the Taliban-led (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) Afghan government to allow high school education for girls.
Afghanistan: UN accuses Taliban of harassing female staff
Sep 15, 2022, at 09:46 pm
New York/Kabul: The United Nations authorities in Afghanistan have accused the Taliban authorities of intimidating and harassing its female staff working in the country, including detaining three women for questioning on Monday.
Afghanistan: Taliban minister says people do not want their girls students to attend school
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: Taliban Education Minister Noorullah Munir has said people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.
Afghanistan: 3 killed as Taliban attempt to fly chopper left behind by US
Sep 11, 2022, at 05:14 am
Kabul: A helicopter crashed Saturday in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three people, during a Taliban training exercise, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban closes girl school after days of reopening in Paktia
Sep 10, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have shut down a girl's school and sent the tearful students back home in Paktia province in the southeast region of the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt still unable to announce formal cabinet after one year in power
Sep 10, 2022, at 01:05 am
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has not been able to name a formal Cabinet even a year after it came to power in the country.
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: A 40-year-old religious scholar, who is suspected to be a Taliban member, has abducted a minor girl with the intention of marrying her in Bamyan province in central Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Suicide blast inside mosque leaves pro-Taliban cleric dead
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Herat: A suicide blast inside a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province on Friday left a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians dead, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban directs shops not to sell things to women not wearing Hijab
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:37 pm
In yet another bizarre diktat, the Taliban Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice officials have allegedly warned shopkeepers in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, not to sell anything to women who are not wearing hijab.
China supports travel ban exemptions for Taliban leaders of Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:00 am
Kabul: China hopes that the UN Security Council will extend the travel ban exemption for the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Taliban declare Aug 31 holiday to mark one year since US withdrawal
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:41 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have declared Aug 31, the day when US troops withdrew from Afghanistan last year, a public holiday, according to a document at Sputnik's disposal.
Foreign Office negates Afghan Taliban’s claim that Pakistani airspace was used for Zawahiri strike
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office has rejected Afghanistan's Taliban government's claim that neighbouring country's airspace is being used for the US strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Cinema to reopen in Afghanistan, role of women limited amid Taliban rule
Aug 30, 2022, at 12:34 am
After a gap of one-year, cinema halls are going to open in Afghanistan for the first time ever since Taliban forces captured power in the country, media reports said.
Oil-gas import: Taliban seal deal with Russia
Aug 29, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have struck a deal with their counterparts in Moscow over business matters and the import of Russian oil and gas, media reports said.
Roadside explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar leaves one Taliban member dead
Aug 29, 2022, at 12:01 am
Kunar: A roadside mine explosion in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar left one Taliban member dead and six others hurt, media reports said on Sunday.
Taliban forces conduct house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:35 am
Kabul: The Taliban forces have started house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban bars female students from leaving Kabul for studies
Aug 28, 2022, at 04:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, an informed source told Sputnik.
Taliban cops arrest three women for escaping from home
Aug 24, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Local Taliban authorities have said three women, who tried to escape from home, have been arrested by Herat cops in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Large numbers of youth without visas continue to leave country
Aug 22, 2022, at 01:52 am
Kabul: An official of a passenger transport company said his company transfers up to "1,500" youth each day to Nimroz, an area in Afghanistan which borders Iran, highlighting the large number of people trying to escape the nation regularly .
Taliban have not lived up to its commitments: US
Aug 20, 2022, at 01:08 am
Washington: The United States has said it does not believe that the Taliban are capable of implementing the pledges they made in Doha.
Afghanistan: Taliban seizes $7 b US military equipment after seizing power
Aug 20, 2022, at 12:56 am
Kabul: The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government and now they have ended up in the hands of the Taliban, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Taliban adds more compulsory religion classes for university students
Aug 20, 2022, at 12:18 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban regime has said university students will need to attend compulsory Islamic studies classes.
Taliban kill its rebel Hazara Shia commander 'trying to flee to Iran from Afghanistan'
Aug 19, 2022, at 08:37 pm
Herat, Afghanistan: The Taliban’s lone Hazara Shia commander, who reportedly parted ways with the Islamic emirate a couple of months ago, was killed when he attempted to flee to Iran, media reports said on Friday.
First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Aug 19, 2022, at 07:06 pm
Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s youngest entrepreneurs. Her business is still running, but her clients are scarce and her plans for expansion across the country had to be shut down.
UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:05 pm
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.
Aug 12, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Kabul: A prominent Afghanistan cleric, who supported Taliban and favoured girl education, died in a suicide blast at his madressah in Kabul city on Thursday.
Aug 09, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Kabul: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has claimed that the Taliban’s policy to bar Afghan girls from attending school was made on Pakistan’s orders rather than in accordance with Islamic law.
Afghanistan: Taliban members publicly flog two women, a male for committing adultery
Aug 08, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: Two women and a male were flogged and shamed for the crime of adultery in southern Afghanistan following the ruling given by Zabul province’s appellate court, media reports said on Monday.