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View all search resultsSince the Taliban seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew after 20 years of war, Russia has been slowly building ties with the Taliban, though the movement is still officially outlawed in Russia.
The international community should focus on advocating for women's rights in Afghanistan, Indonesia has said at a United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan aimed at improving dialogue with the country's Taliban rulers.
The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a drug ban by the Taliban in 2022 has seen global supply shifted to Myanmar, where political, social and economic instability brought about by a 2021 coup drove many to poppy farming, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report said.
Indonesia has continued to advocate for the rights of Afghan women on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), calling on world leaders on Tuesday not to allow politics to get in the way of helping those marginalized under Taliban rule.
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