UN condemns latest ban on women workers in Afghanistan
UN chief says if measure not reversed, it will inevitably undermine UN ability to deliver life-saving aid to people who need it The United Nations strongly condemned the latest […]
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Three UK citizens held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan
The Taliban last year freed a veteran television cameraman and four other British nationals it had held for six months. [File: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP] Non-profit group says charity medic, […]
ISIS could hit Western interests in Europe and Asia from Afghanistan within SIX MONTHS as they creep back to prominence under the Taliban, US Army general warns
General Michael Kurilla, head of US Central Command, told Congress that ISIS-K will be able to target US citizen’s in Europe and Asia within six months ISIS-K could launch attacks […]
A third of the Afghan women footballers evacuated to Britain because they claimed to be deemed ‘un-Islamic’ by the Taliban ‘had never played the sport’
Afghan female football players from Afghan team celebrate with the trophy after their women’s football tournament final match in December 2013 The investigation identified 13 individuals who were not […]
BIDEN EFFECT: US Marine Sniper Testifies to Congress That He Was Denied Permission to Shoot and Kill Kabul Airport Suicide Bomber Who Killed 13 US Service Members
Marine sniper Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews and Kabul suicide bomber Abdul Rehman al-logri Impeachable Offense In July 2021, Joe Biden abandoned Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield in the middle of the night after […]
Taliban using fingerprints, gun records to track down Afghans who assisted US, inspector general finds
A Taliban security member stands guard along the Pakistan border in Nangarhar province, on Feb. 23. A new report said the Taliban are using fingerprint and gun records to […]
Pentagon Inspector General: Joe Biden is Hiding Classified Documents Detailing Side Deals He Made with Taliban and Against US Troops
Taliban fighters with US weapons in 2021. A report from Fox News back in 2021 highlighted the scope of the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan as the Taliban took control […]
Afghanistan: Several killed as Taliban raids Islamic State hideout in Kabul
Taliban forces have reportedly killed three Islamic State (ISKP) group militants and arrested one in an overnight operation in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Image Courtesy AP The affiliate of the […]
Afghanistan Remians Primary Source Of Terrorist Threat For Central And South Asia: UN
The report said that Afghanistan remains the primary source of terrorist threat for Central and South Asia. ( Image Source : Representational Image/AFP ) United Nations: Afghanistan remains the primary […]
‘Nothing to lose’ – Afghanistan’s undercover teachers
Women in Afghanistan are secretly teaching girls in their homes. Photo: Wave of Hope. Female teachers running undercover schools in Afghanistan say they aren’t afraid of the Taliban because […]
The Collapse Of The Legal System In Afghanistan
A woman walks past a mural calling for women and children’s rights in Afghanistan on August 12, … [+] GETTY IMAGES In January 2023, United Nations reported on the dire situation of […]
Taliban ‘beat and detained’ protesting Afghan academic
TO RULE WITH AN IRON FIST Taliban security personnel leave after the conclusion of an inauguration ceremony of a 5000-bed rehabilitation camp for drug addicts at the interior ministry […]
Afghanistan intelligence official brags about ordering attacks that killed hundreds of civilians
Taj Mir Jawad, the former leader of the Al Qaeda and Taliban syndicate known as the Kabul Attack Network, appears on TOLONews to brag about his role in killing […]
Over 6,000 journalists unemployed as Taliban stifles Afghan media
The strict rules imposed by the Taliban regime have made reporting extremely difficult for journalists and media outlets in Afghanistan Image Courtesy AP Since the Taliban started to rule […]
Taliban claims war is over in Afghanistan
People demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington, January 1, 2023, against the Afghan Taliban regime’s ban on higher education for women. From Lafayette Park in front […]
UN’s top woman in Afghanistan for talks on Taliban crackdown
FILE – Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, arrives at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 20, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in […]
The world is ignoring ethnic cleansing in Afghanistan — again
The family of 20-year-old Vahida Heydari, who was a victim of a suicide bombing on a Hazara education center, goes to her grave for a mourning ceremony, in Kabul, […]
The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it’s still being rocked by constant terror attacks
Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban has been unable to curb terror attacks across Kabul and the rest of Afghanistan.(Reuters: Ali Khara) “Bringing peace to Afghanistan” — […]
Suicide bomber attacks Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing at least 13
A member of the Taliban security forces stands guard on a blocked road after a suicide blast near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry, at the Zanbaq Square in Kabul, January 11, […]
Afghan women fleeing to Pakistan trade precarious life for another
An unregistered Afghan refugee near the Torkham border crossing in Pakistan: Women have compelling reasons to flee a regime that is stripping away their rights but face an uncertain […]
Taliban allow girls from Classes 1 to 6 to pursue education in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s ministry of education issued a letter asking officials to open schools and educational centres for girls below sixth grade. The Taliban’s ministry of education issued a letter […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy
In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government in August 2021, alarming reports indicated that the insurgents had potentially accessed biometric data […]
l Taliban, committed, safety, Chinese, Afghanistan, after, Isis attack, Kabul Hotel
Taliban spokesman says regime has ‘obligation’ to protect foreigners, welcomes investment and expertise from China The comments come three weeks after Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility for terror attack […]
China’s oil deal with Taliban signals its move into Afghanistan, the ‘Graveyard of Empires’
Afghanistan is known as the “Graveyard of Empires” for a reason. Britain, Russia and recently, the US, have all come to rue their involvement there. Now, China’s interest in […]
Taliban says eight ISIL fighters killed in raids in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday that the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz province the previous day targeted ISIL members who organised recent attacks on […]
Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government […]
Woman protests Taliban’s education ban with single word of God
Adela held her protest in front of the gate of Kabul University but it was stopped within 15 minutes “I did not feel any fear because I believed that […]
G7 tells Taliban to ‘urgently reverse’ ban on women aid workers
A woman receives money at a distribution site for the World Food Programme cash-assistance programme in the Qulala Pushta district of Kabul, Afghanistan, on 28 November 2022. LONDON: G7 foreign […]
Women In Afghanistan Are ‘Paying The Price’ Of The West’s Withdrawal, Says Senior Tory MP
Afghan women protest against a new Taliban ban on women accessing University education on December 22, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women in Afghanistan are “paying the price” of the West’s chaotic […]
Foreign aid groups halt work after Taliban ban on female staff
Five top non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have halted work in Afghanistan after women were banned from working for them by the Taliban government. Care International, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) […]
3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. Save […]
The Taliban pledged to honor women’s rights in Afghanistan. Here’s how it eroded them instead
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 in a lightning takeover following the withdrawal of US troops, the radical Islamist group appeared keen to distance itself from […]
‘Hugs, screams and cries’: Afghan women anguished at university ban
Women university students across Afghanistan were in disbelief on Wednesday, barred by the Taliban from studying and condemned to a life of feeling “like caged birds.” In Kabul, home to the […]
Taliban urged to halt public floggings and executions
The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday in an appeal to the ruling […]
Return of Afghan floggings as Taliban takes a hardline path
Taliban denounces criticism of public floggings and execution, bringing back memories of its harsh rule in 1990s. In early November, Sadaf*, a 22-year-old university student, was found guilty of […]
Taliban carry out first public execution since taking over Afghanistan
A spokesman says the Taliban authorities have executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man in the first public execution since the former insurgents took over the country last […]
Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise
Those who risked their lives helping British government face a ‘toxic combination of incompetence and indifference’ Afghan nationals who were promised resettlement to the UK nearly a year ago […]
The secret mission to save LGBT Afghans
“They said they were going to look for LGBT+ people. They had names, they had addresses, they were searching homes, stopping people on the street.” Ali* has spent his […]
Afghanistan sees return of brutal punishments under Taliban
When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, many expected the fundamentalist group to rule differently this time around. More than a year later, the Taliban have proven […]
Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change
Female activists are secretly building support networks for marginalised women in Taliban-governed Afghanistan. For months, Shamail Naseri has been moving house-to-house to evade arrest by Taliban authorities. Her crime: […]
Afghan women protest on eve of UN day against violence
Women hold placards during a protest calling for their rights to be recognized, near the Shah-e-Do Shamshira mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO […]
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 since the Taliban took over […]
Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan
The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, including potential public executions, amputations and flogging, a move experts fear will lead to […]
The Taliban In Afghanistan Is Still Preventing Girls From Getting Above A Sixth-Grade Education, So This Kabul Resident Is Running A Secret School
“It is in their interest to impose restrictions on women because they can’t do it on males.” She was only able to put them off for so long until there […]
Afghan Taliban deputy calls for reopening girls’ schools
Young girls attend class at a school in the city of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO Tuesday, a top Taliban official urged Afghanistan’s new […]
UN Report Details Taliban Abuses in Afghanistan
The first report by Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, was made public this week. It is a list of atrocities committed by the […]
ISIS in Afghanistan Targets Religious Minorities
Taliban Need to Protect, Assist Hazara, Other At-Risk Communities Hazaras and other religious minorities have frequently been attacked at their mosques, schools, and places of employment by the Islamic […]
Afghan earthquake: At least 1,000 people killed and 1,500 injured
A Taliban official estimates that in the past two months, earthquakes and floods have caused at least 1,570 fatalities and nearly 6,000 injuries throughout Afghanistan. According to Suhail Shaheen, […]
Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world for Christians one year after fall to Taliban
This article is part of a Fox News Digital series examining the consequences of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago this week. FIRST ON FOX: A […]
Religious freedom in Afghanistan ‘drastically deteriorated’ after Taliban took over, US commission says
The Taliban now rules Afghanistan ‘in a similar manner to the way it ruled the country from 1996 to 2001,’ the commission found After a year in power, the […]
The terrorists are indeed back in Afghanistan
Taliban acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during a graduation ceremony at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 5, 2022. Haqqani, a designated terrorist by the U.S., […]
US-trained Elite Afghan Troops Forced To Flee To Iran After Taliban’s Takeover: Report
Many Afghan military personnel, including a number of elite commandos trained by the US, were forced to flee to Iran after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August […]
Trump calls Afghanistan Taliban takeover most ‘humiliating event in the history of the United States’
Former President Trump on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is now calling the power grab “the most embarrassing, incompetent, and humiliating event in the history of […]
‘Intelligence failure of the highest order’ — How Afghanistan fell to the Taliban so quickly
Taliban members are seen near Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands of Afghans rush to flee the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021./ Haroon Sabawoon | […]
Death of Ayman Al Zawahiri and the end of Al Qaeda ‘legacy’
With the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the primary question that looms over Al Qaeda is who will replace him as the next chief. United States (US) President Joe Biden […]
Working to Gain the Freedom of Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
Image: “Am I Going to End Up Dying Here?” – Pregnant American Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Says Taliban Hunting Americans Left Behind by Biden Related: The Taliban’s Goal in […]
The Mainstream Media Is Lying About Afghanistan
Image: Lithium: How the Taliban will fight climate change? Related: Biden wrong on fires and Ida Ida’s extremes answer a question of balance Of course Biden is wrong on […]
State Dept Sent Out Blank US Visas & It’s Being Used By ANYONE In Afghanistan
Image: Media Turns On Biden: “Why Do You Continue To Trust The Taliban Mr. President?” Related: Pentagon Does Not Deny that U.S. Military Is Buying Fuel From the Taliban […]
Revenge IS a Strategy
Image: The media’s favorite pawns are invoked again Related: STUNNING: Woke General Milley Claims Taliban Is Not Interfering at Kabul Airport as White House Lashes Out at Taliban for […]