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Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s north east has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official...

Pakistan says it will not allow countries to shelter militants

Pakistan’s political and military leadership have vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an...

UN human rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. Taliban...

Taliban release two Americans in ‘goodwill gesture’

The Taliban have released two Americans held in Afghanistan in what appeared to be a “goodwill gesture,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on...

Female Afghan TV presenters ordered to cover their faces by Taliban

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said. The order...

Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders order women to wear burka in public

Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public, officials said. The move evokes similar restrictions imposed on women...

Photographer’s family take Taliban chiefs to International Criminal Court

The family of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer who was killed in Afghanistan last year have filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal...

Taliban dissolves ‘unnecessary’ election commissions

The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs. Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s...

Seven killed and 16 wounded in IS attack on Kabul hospital

Militants from so-called Islamic State (IS) set off an explosion at the entrance to a military hospital in the Afghan capital, killing at least...

IS claims responsibility after 47 killed in Afghan mosque attack

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people...

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