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Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public

Aug. 26, 2024 23:12 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Monday rejected concerns and criticism raised by the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws that ban women in Afghanistan from baring their faces and speaking in public places. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the country, UNAMA,...

Taliban and US envoys have discussed the release of 2 American prisoners at third Doha meeting

Jul. 03, 2024 07:44 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban's delegation to the third United Nations-led Doha meeting on increasing engagement with Afghanistan met with U.S. envoys on the sidelines and discussed the two Americans imprisoned in the central Asian country. Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters in Kabul...

The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build ties

Jun. 30, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Sunday told the West to look past the measures they have imposed on Afghan women and girls for the sake of improving foreign relations. Their chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban uphold certain religious and cultural values and public...

The Taliban confirm they will attend a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan

Jun. 25, 2024 14:46 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday confirmed their delegation will attend an upcoming U.N.-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after the organizers said last week that women would be excluded from the gathering. The meeting on June 30 and July 1 is the third U.N.-sponsored...