Afghan Taliban order women’s beauty parlours to shut
KABUL, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a…
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Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House
Washington, United States (AFP) -- The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at…
3 years ago
Obey or leave: NGOs torn over Taliban ban on women staff
by Estelle Emonet and Jay Deshmukh Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Aid groups say they have been "pushed against…
3 years ago
Afghan Taliban carry out first public execution since takeover
by David FOX and Estelle EMONET Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed…
4 years ago
Banned from education, ‘idle’ Afghan girls are married off
by Jay Deshmukh and Aysha Safi Agence France Presse Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Thirteen-year-old Zainab should have been shopping for…
4 years ago
‘We are erased’: Afghan women demand action at UN
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Afghan women made an impassioned plea at the UN Monday for…
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Black Hawk helicopter crashes during Taliban training, 3 killed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A Black Hawk helicopter commandeered by the Taliban after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan crashed…
4 years ago
Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school
by By Emmanuel Peuchot and Abdullah Hasrat Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his…
4 years ago
‘We thought Taliban had changed’: Afghan girls banned from school
by Aysha Safi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Days after the Taliban staged a cruel U-turn on…
4 years ago
Afghan girls head back to school as Taliban end ban
by Jay DESHMUKH and Aysha SAFI Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - Groups of girls headed back to class in…
4 years ago
Afghan diplomats under pressure from Taliban regime
by Cyril Belaud with AFP bureaus around the world Agence France-Presse ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - Afghan embassies around the world…
4 years ago
‘My heart and body shake’: Afghan women defy Taliban
by Rouba EL HUSSEINI Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - One after the other, quickly, carefully, keeping their heads down,…
4 years ago
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