Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban

Mar 28, 2022, at 01:10 am

Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only  go to parks three days a week while men are given four days in the country.

Taliban will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai

Mar 27, 2022, at 09:31 pm

Kabul: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised the Taliban government of Afghanistan and said the group will try to find excuses to stop girls from learning.

Afghanistan: Women protest against Taliban's decision to ban girls from going to school

Mar 26, 2022, at 10:50 pm

Kabul: A small group of women demonstrated in Kabul city on Saturday against Taliban regime's decision to ban teenage girls from going to schools.

Taliban govt removes Nawruz holiday from Afghanistan's calendar

Mar 24, 2022, at 04:14 am

Kabul: Taliban government in Afghanistan has removed Navroz or Nowruz holiday from the Afghan calendar, media reports said.

Taliban threaten revenge killings in Afghanistan: HRW

Mar 24, 2022, at 04:12 am

Kabul: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.

Afghanistan: Taliban detain 2 journalists, says source

Mar 18, 2022, at 09:47 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) detained two staffers of leading Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews, a source told Sputnik on Friday.

Afghanistan: Taliban govt halts insurance industry

Mar 18, 2022, at 03:55 pm

Kabul: Th Taliban government of Afghanistan has  suspended the operations of the insurance companies in Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Taliban border guards arrest two smugglers who wanted to smuggle weapons to Pakistan

Mar 15, 2022, at 02:34 pm

Kabul: Taliban officials in Afghanistan's southeastern Kandahar province said that border guards have arrested two smugglers who wanted to smuggle weapons to Pakistan.

Afghanistan: Kabul residents complain about rising food prices

Mar 14, 2022, at 03:01 pm

Kabul: Residents of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul are complaining about high price of food materials despite the dollar’s value dropping against Afghan currency.

Afghanistan: Demonstrators protest in Kabul, demand for women's access to education, work

Mar 13, 2022, at 11:24 pm

Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in Afghanistan capital city Kabul  on Saturday where they demanded for women’s access to education and work.

Murder of polio vaccinators in Afghanistan: Four people arrested

Mar 13, 2022, at 04:22 pm

Taliban security officials have arrested four people accused of killing four polio vaccinators and two Taliban affiliates in Kunduz province of Afghanistan.

Over one million Afghan women, children addicted to narcotics: Taliban

Mar 11, 2022, at 10:19 pm

A key Afghanistan Taliban leader has said there are over one million Afghan women, children addicted to narcotics in the country.

Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW

Mar 08, 2022, at 01:33 am

Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.

Afghanistan: Blast near Paktika mosque leaves three dead

Mar 07, 2022, at 06:38 pm

Kabul: At least three people died and 20 others were wounded as a bomb rocked Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan journalist arrested for 'unclear reasons'

Mar 07, 2022, at 06:33 pm

Kabul: An Afghan journalist has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul for 'unclear reasons', media reports said.

Afghanistan university professor, who is known for criticising Taliban, goes missing

Mar 07, 2022, at 05:47 pm

Kabul: A professor of an Afghanistan university, who is known for criticising the Taliban government, has gone missing.

Afghanistan: Taliban govt asks people to handover weapons, govt property

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:39 am

Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has asked people to voluntarily hand over government-related weapons and other property and get them confiscated as they continue operating house-to-house sweeps in Kabul city.

Afghanistan: One killed as Taliban affiliates open fire at checkpost

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:30 am

Kabul: Taliban affiliates in the Shigal district of eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan opened fire at civilians on Thursday, leaving a young man dead and another person injured, media reports said.

To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council

Mar 04, 2022, at 03:22 am

New York: Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action to prevent an irreversible economic collapse, the top UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban ban evacuation of Afghans amid massive security sweep

Mar 02, 2022, at 05:03 am

Kabul: A Taliban spokesperson has said their administration will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left.

UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan

Feb 26, 2022, at 04:28 am

New York: The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November.

Armed clashes between border guards of Pakistan, Afghanistan leave 2 dead

Feb 26, 2022, at 02:02 am

Kabul: At least two people died and 20 others were hurt as armed clashes erupted between Pakistan’s border guards and the Taliban on Thursday in Chaman, Spin Boldak crossing point, media reports said.

Taliban calls for restraint, dialogue to resolve Ukraine situation

Feb 25, 2022, at 11:21 pm

Kabul: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has called for restraint in Ukraine and urged for dialogue and peaceful means to resolve the crisis.

Norway refuses to recognize Taliban Govt

Feb 20, 2022, at 05:28 am

Oslo/Sputnik: Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said Saturday that Oslo is not considering recognizing the Taliban government (under UN sanctions for terrorism) in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan family claims their son, who served as MoD officer, detained by Taliban

Feb 17, 2022, at 04:31 am

Kabul: A family in the Afghan capital of Kabul has claimed that their son, who had earlier served as an officer at the Ministry of Defense, has been detained by Taliban forces, media reports said on Wednesday.

Germany: Protesters shout anti-Taliban slogans near Swiss Consulate in Munich

Feb 16, 2022, at 04:37 am

Munich: A large number of people, which included Afghan residents of Munich city, gathered at the entrance of the Swiss consulate in Munich, Germany on Sunday to protest as the Taliban delegation visited Switzerland recently.

Afghan activists demonstrate in front of Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC

Feb 16, 2022, at 02:23 am

Washington, DC: Afghan activists in the USA demonstrated in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday.

A number of British citizens detained in Afghanistan, says UK officials

Feb 15, 2022, at 12:29 am

Kabul: The UK government has said a "number" of British nationals have been detained in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

86 radio stations stopped operations in Afghanistan ever since Taliban came to power

Feb 15, 2022, at 12:23 am

Kabul: Media watchdog organizations said as many as 86 radio stations in Afghanistan have shut down in the past six months ever since the Taliban came to power in the country in 2021.

British officials discuss humanitarian crisis situation in Afghanistan with Taliban representatives

Feb 13, 2022, at 02:40 am

Kabul: British officials held talks with Taliban representatives in Afghanistan on the current humanitarian crisis situation in the country.