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UN says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday on Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban...
As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nearly half a million Afghans who were living in Pakistan without valid documents have returned home in just over two months as part of an ongoing crackdown on foreigners in the country without papers, the caretaker interior minister said Friday. The expulsions are...
Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s “abusive” educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday. The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban's 'gender apartheid' against women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the...
The Taliban's new ambassador arrives in China as Afghanistan's rulers court foreign investment
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban government's new ambassador to China arrived in Beijing on Friday — the first time Afghanistan's rulers have officially sent an ambassador to another country since returning to power more than two years ago. No country recognizes the Taliban...
Pakistan's army says it killed 8 militants during a raid along the border with Afghanistan
Pakistan’s military said its forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the local Taliban near the border with Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that killed eight militants. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber on Monday targeted a vehicle with security forces in...
Suspected militants kill 5, including 2 soldiers, in pair of bombings in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants killed five people on Wednesday, including two soldiers, in a pair of bomb attacks targeting security forces in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border, officials said. The first attack occurred in North Waziristan district,...
Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug. 2021, according to a report released Monday by a U.K.-based rights group. Afghan Witness, an open-source...
Taliban minister attends meeting in Pakistan despite tensions over expulsions of Afghans
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Cabinet minister from Afghanistan's Taliban-led government attended a trade meeting in Pakistan despite tensions over the expulsion of Afghans living in the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. Around 300,000 Afghans have returned home since last month,...
FlyDubai resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured Kabul
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials from Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul's international airport two years after stopping service following the collapse of the Western-backed government. All international airlines halted flights...
