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Afghanistan death toll in ‘Pakistan strikes’ rises to at least 47

18 Apr 2022

The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to at least 47, officials said Sunday, as Islamabad urged...

Pakistan calls for ‘stern action’ against militants on Afghan soil

17 Apr 2022

Pakistan on Sunday called on the Taliban government in Kabul to take "stern actions" against militants launching attacks against the country from inside Afghanistan, a day after alleged rocket...

Taliban warn Pakistan after rocket attacks kill 5 Afghan children

17 Apr 2022

The Taliban authorities warned Pakistan on Saturday after five children and a woman were killed in Afghanistan in alleged rocket attacks by the Pakistani military in a pre-dawn assault...

US State Dept says two detainees released from Afghanistan

02 Apr 2022

An American and a US resident have been freed from detention in Afghanistan, the State Department said on Friday, and one of the pair identified themselves as brothers who...

Taliban hardliners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

29 Mar 2022

Taliban hardliners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark to their harsh rule from the late 1990s....

UNSC asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school

28 Mar 2022

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group...

Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment

27 Mar 2022

The ancient buddha statues sit in serene meditation in the caves carved into the russet cliffs of rural Afghanistan. Hundreds of meters below lies what is believed to be...

The Taliban stance on girls’ education

27 Mar 2022

The decision of the Taliban government in Afghanistan closing the middle schools for girls in a sudden turnaround after opening them on Wednesday has sent a confusing signal in...

Afghan girls’ education ban won’t last, Malala tells Taliban

26 Mar 2022

The Taliban's ban on girls' education won't last forever, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Saturday, emphasising that Afghan women now know what it is to be "empowered." The...

Female foreign ministers press Taliban on girls’ education

26 Mar 2022

Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world said on Friday they are "deeply disappointed” that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on...

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