Taliban
- Afghanistan
Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipment
Kabul: The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government, according to sources, much of it ended up in the hands of the Islamic…
- Hollywood
Angelina Jolie draws attention to atrocities on Afghan women after Taliban takeover
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is known for her humanitarian work, wants the world to take cognizance of what’s happening with women in the theocratic state under Taliban ruled Afghanistan.…
- World
US halts talks with Taliban on freeing Afghan assets
Kabul: The US government has decided against unblocking the Afghan central bank’s foreign reserves of around $7 billion, a leading American newspaper said. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday the US…
- World
Afghan resistance group claims arrest of Taliban forces
Kabul: An Afghan armed resistance group claimed to have arrested dozens of Taliban forces, as the Islamists celebrated their first year in power and others called it a “dark day”. Five “Taliban occupiers”…
- World
Taliban deprive women of livelihoods, equality: UN official
New Delhi: In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, the world has seen daily and continuous deterioration in the situation of women and girls in the war-torn nation…
- Afghanistan
Taliban announces public holiday to mark anniversary of conquest
Kabul: The Taliban has declared Monday a public holiday in Afghanistan to mark one year since the Islamist militant group conquered Kabul during the chaotic withdrawal of US-led NATO forces. “August 15…
- Afghanistan
Taliban disperses women’s rally in Kabul with warning shots, violence
Kabul: A peaceful protest by dozens of women who were marching in the streets of Kabul on Saturday chanting “food, work, and freedom” was attacked and stopped by Taliban forces. Social media…
- World
World should not recognise Taliban: Ex-Afghan politician
Kabul: One year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, a former Afghan politician has warned the international community against recognising the current regime in the war-torn nation. One year after the Taliban…
- World
Security concerns bring China closer to Taliban
Islamabad: The severe isolation of Afghanistan since the Taliban captured the country’s capital a year ago has provided China an opportunity to become a major player in the country, the media reported.…
- Afghanistan
Afghan women raise concern over Taliban’s new rule to limit entry in “ladies park”
Kabul: Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a…
- World
Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in suicide attack
Kabul: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, a prominent Taliban figure, was killed in a suicide attack on a seminary in Kabul on Thursday when the attacker blew explosives placed in a prosthetic leg, according…
- World
Taliban’s catastrophic year of rule
New York: The Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women’s rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, Human Rights Watch said. After capturing Kabul on August 15,…
- Opinions
Women’s rights issue: The litmus test for Taliban government of Afghanistan
Its performance in women’s rights may become the key litmus test for the Taliban government, the de-facto authority in Afghanistan, to procure financial and infrastructural aid from the international community. How the…
- Pakistan
Pakistani journalist goes missing in Kabul
A Pakistani journalist on Thursday reportedly went missing while on an assignment in Kabul. He has not been traced yet. The missing journalist has been identified as Anas Mallick. The Pakistan embassy…
- World
Unaware of Zawahiri’s ‘arrival & stay’ in Kabul: Taliban
Kabul: The caretaker Taliban administration in Afghanistan has said that the group was uninformed of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s “arrival and stay” in Kabul, although it is uncertain whether the Taliban have explicitly acknowledged or…
