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Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake shakes Afghanistan, region

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing strong shaking in parts of the country, including the capital, Kabul, officials and witnesses said.

Reuters

Taliban says eight ISIL fighters killed in raids in Afghanistan

The raids follow a series of attacks conducted by ISIL, including a deadly bombing near a checkpoint in Kabul.

Al Jazeera

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Afghan Taliban Kill 8 in Raids of ISIS Hideouts in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban killed eight ISIS militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan hospital wards fill with children suffering from pneumonia

In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in a red jumper as he coughed days after being discharged for the third time from a hospital ward for suspected pneumonia.

Reuters

Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister

Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges.

Al Jazeera

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul on Sunday, the group said in a post on Telegram on Monday.

Reuters

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Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

France 24

Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people

The Independent UK

Yearender 2022: Pakistan-Taliban ties in jeopardy over Durand Line crisis

NEW DELHI: The honeymoon period between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is over as Islamabad is facing an emerging security situation in border provinces and an assertive Taliban, which is unwilling to accept any 'one-sided' change in the status quo ante on the Durand Line issue.

The Times of India

Afghanistan: Explosion At Kabul Military Airport, Casualties Likely

An explosion was reported at the Kabul military airport on Sunday. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Several Killed, Wounded in Blast near Kabul Military Airfield

An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on Sunday, an official told AFP. The cause of the blast at the gate of the facility next to Kabul's international airport was unclear, interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor said. "A…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Several dead and wounded in blast outside Kabul military airport

No claim of responsibility for explosion that caused multiple casualties, according to the Taliban.

Al Jazeera

Blast outside Kabul's military airport, multiple casualties feared -interior ministry spokesman

An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.

Reuters

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In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

Daily Mirror

Professor tears up his degrees live on air in brave protest at Taliban curbs on women

Ismail Mashal, who founded the private Mashal University in Kabul and also lectures at the city's university, became visibly distressed with tears welling up and his voice shaking during his appearance on Afghanistan's Tolo News on Monday

The Independent UK

Afghan women determined, frustrated after Taliban NGO ban

After the Taliban’s ban on women working for non-government groups in Afghanistan, some women staffers say they will try to continue their work under the radar

ABC News

These Afghan women are risking their lives to protest against the Taliban's university ban

When the Taliban announced women would no longer be allowed to attend university under their strict interpretation of Sharia law, these students took to the street, defiant and ready for their voices to be heard.

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The Independent UK

UN official, Taliban minister meet on Afghan women NGO ban

The United Nations says its top official in Kabul has met the Taliban government's economy minister in the Afghan capital

Radio France Internationale

EU, US condemn Taliban ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan

The EU on Saturday condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan and said it was assessing the impact on its aid in the country. Meanwhile, officials from the United Nations and dozens of NGOs met in Kabul to discuss the situation.

WEKU

Aid agencies are stopping work in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred women staff

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Hugs, Screams and Cries': Afghan Women Anguished at University Ban

Women university students across Afghanistan were in disbelief on Wednesday, barred by the Taliban from studying and condemned to a life of feeling "like caged birds".

Reuters

Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows

Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation of the Islamic dress code, in a decision that was condemned globally.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Decries Taliban University Ban for Women

Türkiye became the latest Muslim-majority country to condemn a decision by Taliban authorities to bar women from universities, while about two dozen women staged a protest in the streets of Kabul on Thursday. The Saudi foreign ministry on Wednesday had expressed “astonishment and regret” at Afghan women being denied a…

WEKU

Taliban begins to enforce education ban, leaving Afghan women with tears and anger

Teachers report security forces barging into classrooms and shouting at girls to go home, while the international community swiftly condems the Taliban's move.

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