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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from working for NGOs
An order by the Taliban banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has been condemned by the United Nations, which said the move...
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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from universities amid condemnation
The Taliban has banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country.The higher education minister made...
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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from attending universities
A letter from the higher education minister has noted that , the Taliban have announced that women's universities in Afghanistan will close.The change, according...
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TTP seizes hostages at Pakistan counterterrorism center
The facility in northwest Bannu town is the scene of a standoff after Pakistani Taliban men overpower security guards, steal weapons, and take hostages.Pakistani...
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Taliban carry out their first public execution since seizing power
Taliban has carried out their very first public execution since assuming power in Afghanistan last year.According to a Taliban government spokesperson, a man was killed after...
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Afghanistan bombing: At least 10 children killed after huge explosion hits school
At a religious school in northern Afghanistan, Taliban militants are seen walking through dead bodies scattered across prayer mats and smashed glass in a...
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Bomb blast at an Afghan school kills students
Afghanistan's Taliban regime has announced that at least ten people were killed when a bomb exploded near a religious school in northern Afghanistan.The blast...
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Afghanistan: ‘I drug my hungry children to help them sleep’
Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter...
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Afghanistan: ‘I drug my hungry children to help them sleep’
Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter...
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TTP assassinates six police officers in an ambush in northwest Pakistan
In one of the deadliest attacks in months, Pakistan Taliban attackers ambush a police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.In one of the deadliest attacks...