Taliban
- Middle East
Arab nations call on Taliban to reverse decision on women education
Arab countries called on the government run by the Taliban to reverse its decision to impose a ban on higher education for women in Afghanistan. The call came a day after the…
- India
India concerned over Taliban’s decision to ban women from university education
New Delhi: India on Thursday joined several other leading countries in criticising the Taliban’s decision to ban university education for women in Afghanistan and renewed its call for setting up of an…
- World
Let Her Learn: Afghans raises voice against university ban for women
After the Taliban banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, Afghans launched a campaign on the social media platform Twitter with the hashtag letherlearn, to raise the voice for Afghan women, standing…
- Pakistan
Banned TTP is Pakistan’s redline, Bilawal Bhutto tells Taliban
Washington: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto said the Afghan Taliban have been told that the banned TTP is Pakistans redline and Islamabads relationship with Kabul will be affected if the terrorist outfit…
- Pakistan
Pak urges Afghanistan to reconsider suspension of girls’ education at universities
Islamabad: Pakistan has urged the Afghan authorities to revisit the decision to suspend university and higher education for girls in Afghanistan, a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said…
- World
Taliban’s ban on university education for women receives USA’s ire
United States of America’s Secretary of state Antony Blinken condemned the Taliban after the latter imposed a statewide ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan on Tuesday. “Until the Taliban respect the…
- World
UNSC extends mandate of team monitoring sanctions against Taliban-linked entities
United Nations: The UN Security Council has decided to extend the mandate of the team monitoring sanctions against Taliban-linked entities in Afghanistan. Unanimously adopting Resolution 2665, the council decided to extend for…
- Pakistan
Pak PM condemns ‘unprovoked’ firing by Afghan Taliban forces in border town Chaman
Karachi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday condemned the “unprovoked” firing by Afghan Taliban forces in the border area of Chaman in the restive Balochistan province that killed seven people and said…
- Middle East
Taliban, UAE leaders’ meet sparks diplomatic recognition buzz
A delegation of the Taliban on December 4 met United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayad Al Nahyan in UAE, seeking recognition of the government. The Taliban delegation was headed…
- World
Afghans marrying off young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban
Kabul: Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls — a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to…
- Telangana
Telangana: Sharmila compares TRS with Taliban
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila on Thursday compared Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with Taliban. She said that those working in TRS are like Taliban. She was talking to reporters…
- World
India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan: Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in several provinces across the war-torn country. In June, India re-established its diplomatic…
- World
Border tensions between Afghanistan, Pakistan intensify
Vienna: Pakistan is facing an emerging security situation in its border provinces and an assertive Afghan Taliban, which is unwilling to accept any ‘one-sided’ change in the status quo ante on the…
- World
Taliban condemn UN official’s ‘disrespectful’ statement about Islamic penal code
Kabul: The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Zabihullah Mujahid took to Twitter on Saturday to condemn a statement by a UN official as “disrespectful” to Islam, local media reported. A…
- World
Taliban leader orders Sharia law punishments
Kabul: Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has ordered judges across Afghanistan to order punishments for offences such as robbery, kidnapping and sedition in line with the group’s interpretation of Islamic Sharia law.…
