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Banned from education, ‘idle’ Afghan girls are married off
Art & Culture 3 years ago

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Banned from education, ‘idle’ Afghan girls are married off

Under Taliban rule, teenage girls in Afghanistan are banned from schools, prompting parents to marry them off to much older men.
Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
Community 3 years ago

Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender.
Specter of the Taliban resurgence in Pakistan
Academia 3 years ago

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Specter of the Taliban resurgence in Pakistan

The brutalities of the TTP rule have left deep imprints on the minds of the locals, who are not showing inordinate abhorrence toward the group.  
China’s expanding role in Afghanistan
Academia 3 years ago

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China’s expanding role in Afghanistan

China has certainly augmented its presence in Afghanistan but with no apparent intention or haste to replace the US.
After a year, Foreign Ministry Taliban strategy remains unchanged
Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

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After a year, Foreign Ministry Taliban strategy remains unchanged

After a year, the Foreign Ministry’s Taliban strategy remains unchanged, a policy that experts described as a stealthy way of providing Afghans with “intellectual foundations”.
Taliban stronger than ever a year after takeover
Middle East and Africa 3 years ago

Taliban stronger than ever a year after takeover

To tighten their grip, the Taliban have poured thousands of fighters into the Panshjir Valley, home to the only conventional military threat the Islamists have faced since their takeover.
A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms
Community 3 years ago

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A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

Before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement swept back to power a year ago, the 31-year-old served as a director of policy monitoring at the finance ministry.
The terrible twos: Narcotics trafficking and terrorism
Academia 3 years ago

The terrible twos: Narcotics trafficking and terrorism

The Taliban, which is currently in charge of Afghanistan's political and economic institutions, too, is expected further to increase the cultivation of poppies in their drought-ridden country to keep itself in power.
Russia will work to 'normalise' Afghanistan: Putin
Middle East and Africa 3 years ago

Russia will work to 'normalise' Afghanistan: Putin

"We are doing everything to normalise the situation (in Afghanistan) and we are trying to build relations with the political forces that control the situation," Putin said during talks with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon.
Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck early on Wednesday about 160 km, (100 miles) southeast of Kabul, in arid mountains doted with small settlments near the border with Pakistan.
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