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Taliban insurgents have told China that the shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that Beijing has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return. more
Afghanistan: Women demonstrate in Mazar-e-sharif, demand their representation in Taliban govt

Mazar-e-sharif: A group of women on Monday demonstrated in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-sharif city and demanded for their participation at all levels of the incoming government, media repor ...

Afghanistan: Thousands demonstrate in Kabul against Taliban, Pakistan

Kabul: Thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of Kabul on Tuesday against the Taliban rule, weeks after the insurgents captured power in the country by entering the national capi ...

Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents kill pregnant policewoman

Kabul: Taliban insurgents have allegedly shot dead a pregnant policewoman in front of her family in Ghor province of Afghanistan, media reports said.

After closing beauty parlours, Afghan women makeup artists now fear execution by Taliban

Kabul: Posters with female models, mostly those outside salons, were defaced as a gesture to appease the Taliban as the fighter group entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, on August 15.

Afghanistan: Taliban members use tear gas to disperse women rights rally in Kabul

Kabul/UNI/SPUTNIK: The Taliban have shot in the air and fired tear gas at female activists in the Afghan capital to disperse a demonstration in support of women's rights, a Sputnik co ...

UN experts urge Afghanistan’s new rulers to prohibit torture ‘in any circumstances’

New York: Experts serving on a UN human rights treaty body called on Thursday for the new Taliban-led authorities of Afghanistan to uphold “the international obligations of the Stat ...

Afghanistan: Kabul's acting Mayor says corrupt elements will be dealt as per Sharia Law

Kabul: The acting Mayor of Kabul has warned that corrupt entities will be dealt with as per Sharia law.

Security Council urges Taliban to provide safe passage out of Afghanistan

New York: The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that calls for the Taliban to facilitate safe passage for people wanting to leave Afghanistan, allow humanitarians to acces ...

Stay at home: Taliban diktat to working women in Afghanistan

Kabul: Issuing a diktat that is reflective of the real intention of the Taliban, the spokesperson of the group has directed working women to stay at home until proper systems are in place ...