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The Taliban criticize neighboring countries for their mass expulsion of Afghans
A Taliban deputy minister is criticizing other countries for a mass expulsion of Afghans. Iran and Pakistan are expelling ...
The Taliban are remaking Afghanistan in their image. It should have us all worried
This article first appeared on our partner site, Independent PersianSince returning to power, the Taliban has made spreading ...
Taliban send Afghan workers abroad to combat joblessness
The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to fill jobs in the Gulf nation of Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan, and say talks are underway to send labor to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, ...
The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan
The Taliban say a new labor export program to Qatar will ease unemployment at home. Registration opened on Tuesday for 2,000 ...
The Taliban’s top environment official wants the UN to include Afghanistan in climate talks
The Taliban’s top environment official on Monday called for Afghanistan’s inclusion in U.N. climate talks, saying extreme ...
Taliban fighters 'have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights' after Afghanistan data breach
Taliban fighters 'have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights' after Afghanistan data breach - Earlier this month, ...
Their country has been riven by war, corruption, and extremism. How do the people of Afghanistan keep going?
Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country’s convoluted politics, Åsne Seierstad's "The Afghans" follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the ...
From ‘Sapiens’ to ‘The Book of Mormon’: The banned books the Taliban deems ‘deviant’ and ‘un-Islamic’
Noor Mohammad Saqib, the Taliban’s Minister for Religious Affairs, referencing what he called a “special decree” from ...
Taliban say efforts to release a British couple from Afghan prison not yet complete
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban said Wednesday that efforts to free a British couple from an Afghan prison are not yet complete and ...
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Tourists are trickling into Afghanistan. The Taliban are eager to welcome them
Tourism is a vital, multibillion-dollar industry for many countries. Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has left ...
‘This isn’t living’: Afghan girls beaten in Taliban hijab crackdown
Zahra Haqparast, a dentist and women’s rights activist who was imprisoned by the Taliban in 2022 and now speaks from exile in ...