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British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict
The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons.
Taliban leader declares Western laws unnecessary in Afghanistan
Speaking during a sermon for Eid al-Fitr, Hibatullah Akhundzada said that the Taliban "will create our own laws" and dismissed Western legal frameworks.
British couple arrested by Taliban to be freed 'as soon as possible'
Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who run education and training programmes in central Afghanistan, were detained by the Taliban earlier this month.
Iranian foreign minister meets Taliban in first visit in eight years
Abbas Aragchi spoke with Taliban leaders about border tensions, Afghan refugees in Iran and the Helmand River water treaty.
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Afghans who fled Taliban urge Trump to lift refugee scheme suspension
Afghans who fled Taliban rule are pleading with US President Donald Trump to reverse refugee programme suspension, saying it puts them in danger.
Taliban-US prisoner swap: Two Americans exchanged for Afghan national
The Taliban described the exchange as a step toward normalising ties with the US, but broader recognition of the regime in Kabul remains unlikely.
NRC says aid cuts biggest threat to women in Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.
Afghanistan's Taliban government to shut down NGOs employing women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign non-governmental groups in Afghanistan employing women.
Pakistani strikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban say
Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban claim
EU condemns reported Taliban ban on women's medical education
Female trainee midwives and nurses have reportedly been ordered not to attend classes by the Taliban, who have restricted Afghan women's rights.
UN denounces Taliban's ban on women's voices being heard in public
The Taliban’s ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top UN official said Sunday.
Heavy seasonal rain triggers flooding in Afghanistan, at least 68 dead
At least 50 people have been reported dead in the hard-hit western province of Ghor, according to local authorities after unusually heavy seasonal rain.
Floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan, UN says
Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday.
The Taliban is working to attract tourists to Afghanistan
Tour companies are grappling with the country's treatment of women.
Euroviews. How many more years will Afghan girls lose to Taliban oppression?
Afghanistan has dropped off the news agenda, but the violence and oppression continue — and for too many of us Afghan women, no matter how loud we shout, it feels like the world has stopped listening, Meetra Qutb writes.
Euroviews. This Ramadan, Muslim world can end gender apartheid in Afghanistan
The Taliban's authority hinges on their purported adherence to Islamic law. However, that is based on a fundamentally flawed, selective and extreme interpretation of Islamic texts, meaning their policies are against their own stated principles, Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al Issa writes.
More than 1 million girls barred from Afghanistan's new school year
Having stormed back to power in 2021, Afghanistan's fundamentalist regime has restored many of the draconian policies it enforced in the 1990s.
Two dead and four survivors following a plane crash in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced on Monday that two people died and four others were rescued following the crash of a private Russian jet carrying six over the weekend in Afghanistan.
Euroviews. Afghanistan’s art and artists are on the brink of obliteration
We urge both UNHCR and individual governments that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention to acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of Afghan artists and cultural workers at risk under Taliban rule, and as such, accord them prima facie refugee recognition, Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston write.
Pakistan expels 165,000 Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan
Aid agencies have warned that Afghans forcibly deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan are in dire need of assisance.
Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region
A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday, following several tremors in the region since the beginning of the month, including a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people.
Afghanistan after the earthquake: Mounds of rubble and a future of grief in store for citizens
As people in the country’s Herat province continue to dig through damaged buildings for their few possessions following Saturday’s earthquake, material losses seem ever less important.
Race to find survivors after deadly quakes strike Afghanistan
Aid agencies and NGOs have appealed to the international community for help but only a handful of countries have publicly offered support, neighboring China and Pakistan are among them.
Many feared trapped in the rubble after quakes hit western Afghanistan
The powerful quakes killed at least 2,000 people in Herat Province, a Taliban government spokesman said on Sunday,
More than 2,000 killed in earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan
Saturday's earthquakes were some of the deadliest to strike Afghanistan in decades.
Women in Afghanistan say they face increasing restrictions
Two years after the Taliban came to power, Afghan women say they face an uncertain future as the restrictions they are subject to grow daily.