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Socialists and Democrats Group nominates 11 Afghanistan women for 2021 Sakharov Prize

Kabul: The Socialists and Democrats Group has nominated 11 Afghanistan women for the 2021 Sakharov Prize in the European Parliament. more

Taliban insurgents ban Helmand barbers from trimming beard as it 'breaches' interpretation of Islamic law

Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have issued yet another bizarre diktat to hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province by which they are asked not to shave or trim beards as it breach ...

Female investor shuts down driving training centre for women in Kabul as Taliban controls Afghanistan

Kabul: An Afghan female investor has decided to shut down a driving training center for women that was established a year ago in Kabul as a hardline Islamic Taliban rule takes hold in Afg ...

Afghanistan Crisis: US condemns Taliban govt's decision to reinstate executions, amputations

Washington: The US government has condemned the Taliban administration's recent announcement to restore the use of amputations and executions as punishment in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Girls’ education must be a given, urges deputy UN chief

New York: Ensuring all Afghan girls can be educated must be “a zero condition” for the Taliban, before international recognition of their de facto authority, UN Deputy Secreta ...

Taliban warn that execution and cutting off of hands as punishment will restart in Afghanistan

Kabul: The Taliban insurgents, who are known for implementing brutal punishment techniques, have said they will once again resume executions and the amputation of hands for criminals they ...

Taliban abuses cause widespread fear in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch

Kabul: The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat are committing widespread and serious human rights violations against women and girls, Human Rights Watch and the San Jose ...

Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows

New York: Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicte ...

Not paid salaries for months, govt employees in Afghanistan drive taxis, sell goods

Kabul/UNI: Government employees in Afghanistan have been forced to take to new occupations as their salaries have not been paid for months.

Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents continue restrictive policies on women's education, resume secondary school lessons only for male students

Kabul: Since capturing power more than a month ago the Taliban has been imposing restrictive rules for women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.