Afghan women wait to receive wheat during quarantine in Kabul, Afghanistan April 21, 2020. — Reuters Taliban issues clarification regarding women’s communications. “A woman can talk to another woman,” says PVPV spox. Khaybar denies the reports, describing them as “mindless” and “illogical.” The Taliban government’s Ministry of Ethics said that women in Afghanistan are not … Read more
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban government said on Wednesday that it hopes to open a “new chapter” in relations with the United States after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a post on the X website that the government hopes that the future Trump administration will take … Read more
Kabul: Beijing’s envoy to Kabul said Thursday that China will offer the Afghan Taliban access to its huge construction, energy and consumer sectors without tariffs, as the resource-rich and diplomatically isolated regime seeks to build its markets. Beijing has sought to develop its relations with the Taliban since it took control of Afghanistan in 2021, … Read more
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) meeting Afghanistan’s Taliban Leaders. — Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs/File Moscow convinced for “pragmatic dialogue” with Afghan govt: FM Decision needs various legal procedures to make it reality: envoy. Russia added Afghan Taliban to its terror list in 2003. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove … Read more
Every morning after breakfast, Afghan teenager Prina Muradi turns on the television – not to watch films or cartoons, but to study maths, science and literature. Muradi, 16, has not been to school since 2021 when the Taliban seized the country and barred girls from secondary education. But now she is racing to catch up, … Read more
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Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles has revoked distinguished service medals from several Australian Defence Force (ADF) officers in response to findings from the Brereton Report, which uncovered alleged war crimes in Afghanistan under their command. The exact number of officers affected remains undisclosed but is fewer than ten. This decision is part of the government’s … Read more
Afghan taekwondo athlete in the women’s -57kg category and an IOC Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holder Marzieh Hamidi, takes part in a training session at INSEP (National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance) a Olympic and Paralympic training centre in Paris on June 29, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) Paris prosecutors said Monday they were … Read more