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Pakistan's prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is 'absolutely absurd'

Sep. 23, 2023 18:38 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win...

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside

Sep. 22, 2023 13:08 PM EDT

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are now banned by the Taliban from participating in...

From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges

Sep. 22, 2023 11:14 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles little more than a large black box on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wooden camera and darkroom in one. As a small crowd gathers around the box camera,...

Through a different lens: How AP used a wooden box camera to document Afghan life up close

Sep. 22, 2023 00:15 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd, a main attraction of working with a traditional Afghan box camera is the intimacy it provides with his subjects, and the slow pace that allows for a unique window into daily life. In the years after the 2001...

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees

Sep. 20, 2023 03:17 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities in Afghanistan during arrests and detentions of people, and urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. ...

Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds

Sep. 19, 2023 10:17 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country, according to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday. Nearly 70% reported that...

2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans

Sep. 18, 2023 02:40 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York. ...

Afghan NGO says it's working with the UN for the quick release of 18 staff detained by the Taliban

Sep. 16, 2023 04:26 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghanistan-based nonprofit said Saturday it is working with the United Nations and others for the swift release of 18 staffers, including a foreigner, detained by the Taliban. The International Assistance Mission said the 18 people were detained on two separate...

The Taliban have detained 18 staff, including a foreigner, from an Afghanistan-based NGO, it says

Sep. 15, 2023 22:42 PM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have detained 18 staffers, including a foreigner, from a nongovernmental organization based in Afghanistan, the nonprofit group said Friday. NGOs have come under greater scrutiny since the Taliban seized control of the country two years ago....

Afghan soldier who was arrested at US-Mexico border after fleeing Taliban is granted asylum

Sep. 13, 2023 22:13 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan soldier who fled the Taliban and traveled through nearly a dozen countries before being arrested at the Texas-Mexico border and detained for months has been granted asylum, allowing him to remain in the United States, his brother said Wednesday. Abdul Wasi...