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Key aid group says Taliban signals exemption for women in southern heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan hopes to have an interim arrangement within days to allow its Afghan female staff to return to work in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to the supreme spiritual leader.

Reuters

Movie review: Gerard Butler expands his set of skills in spy thriller 'Kandahar'

Our macho action movie auteurs are starting to reckon with the tragic situation in Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban after the withdrawal of the United States in 2021. On the heels of “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” comes Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” starring Gerard Butler, a brutal actioner set…

Tribune News Service

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations

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Reclusive Taliban Leader Releases End-of-Ramadan Message

The reclusive top leader of the Taliban released a message Tuesday lauding the changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover and the measures they imposed after seizing the country following two decades of war. The statement from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday later this…

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Elnaaz Norouzi reveals she was 'very intimidated' when she first met Gerard Butler on the Kandahar set: 'I had a major crush on him'

After impressing viewers with her acting chops in ‘Sacred Games’, Elnaaz Norouzi is all set to prove her mettle in the West with her upcoming Hollywood film, ‘Kandahar’. ETimes caught up with the actress for an exclusive chat where she opened up about working with Gerard Butler, being a part…

The Times of India

Taliban top spokesman Mujahid asked to work from Kandahar

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Afghanistan's Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar

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NIA attaches property of IC-814 hijacking accomplice Mushtaq 'Latram'

The National Investigation Agency has attached Srinagar property of Mushtaq Zargar alias Latram, who was released along with Masood Azhar in exchange of passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight 814 (IC 814) at Kandahar in 1999. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker.

Reuters

Deputy U.N. chief pushes women's rights during visit to Taliban heartland

U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed expressed alarm to Taliban officials in Kandahar over violations of women's rights in Afghanistan, the United Nations said on Friday after she made a rare visit to the Taliban's southern heartland.

Reuters

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Pakistan Says Afghan Forces Kill 6 Civilians in Cross-Border Fire

Heavy gunfire and artillery shelling by Afghan border forces killed six civilians across the border in Pakistan on Sunday and wounded another 17, the Pakistan army said. Pakistani troops retaliated at the Chaman border crossing in southwestern Balochistan province, the army said in a statement, without giving details of any…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban failures speed up Afghan brain drain, battering an already crippled economy (Part I)

The mass exodus sparked by the August 2021 Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not…

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Mystery Surrounds Fate of Zawahiri’s Body

Mystery surrounds the fate of the body of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul last week. While the Taliban has denied finding the body, a former senior official stated that the movement actually secretly buried it in Kandahar.

The Hindu

The Taliban has achieved political stability, says Suhail Shaheen

Kandahar faction handles leadership; military power decentralised among Haqqanis and commanders

The Guardian - UK

‘I am sure they will change’: Taliban swap guns for pens to learn about human rights

Young men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliban transitions from fighting to governing

Zenger

Taliban Allow Girl Kept Chained Up In Cage For Years In Kandahar To Be Freed For Treatment Abroad

Bibi Asiyeh, 18, has reportedly been kept in a cage for years by her father in Kandahar.

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NIA chargesheets 16 in 3,000-kg heroin seizure case in Mundra port

The drugs were smuggled in on pretext of consignment of semi-processed talc imported from Kandahar-based firm

The Hindu

India signs MoU to hand over wheat to WFP in Kandahar

First aid convoy through Pakistan expected this month.

The Guardian - UK

‘We have never given up’: how Afghan women are demanding their education under the Taliban

Since recapturing Afghanistan, the Taliban have largely if inconsistently closed down girls’ schooling – but have found a new generation ready to fight for the right to study

The Guardian - UK

Afghan universities reopen with strict rules for female students

Women required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they restart classes for first time since Taliban takeover

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