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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 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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Pakistan Taliban end ceasefire with the government and threaten new attacks
The armed group calls off a truce agreed with the government in June and orders fighters to ‘carry out attacks in the entire country’.
The...
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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...
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Taliban leader orders Sharia law punishments in Afghanistan
Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has directed Afghan judges to impose punishments for specific crimes, including public amputations and stoning.According to his spokesman, crimes such...
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from Kabul parks
The Taliban have prohibited women from entering all parks in Kabul, further excluding them from public life in Afghanistan.According to a spokesman for the Vice...
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Taliban official: Women barred from using Afghanistan’s gyms
According to a Kabul official, the Taliban have banned women from using gyms in Afghanistan as part of their latest religious edict which restricts...
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