The Economist10h
Pakistan is furious with the Afghan Taliban
Instead, the powerful unelected generals who run Pakistan have mostly received a middle finger. In December, 16 Pakistani ...
Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, ...
Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees after Trump blocks US resettlement pathway
Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old ...
A Taliban fires at a UN compound in Kabul and is later found dead
A shooting at the United Nations compound in Kabul killed one person and injured another, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan ...
Fleeing the Taliban: former Afghan journalist shares his journey two years after fleeing his home country
In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was ...
The Taliban have no legal right to multibillion dollar Afghan fund, says US watchdog
The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan says the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funds set ...
Donald Trump mocks Afghan reporter’s Taliban question, says ‘I can't understand her’
During a White House press conference, US President Trump patronised Afghan reporter Nazira Karimi after she asked about Afghanistan’s struggles and the Taliban’s role. His comments, mixing ...
Iran's foreign minister meets the Taliban in the first visit to Kabul in 8 years
Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister ...
UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan's move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US
Two U.N. refugees and migration agencies have expressed their concern over Pakistan’s recent decision to forcibly deport ...
The Taliban suspend Afghan women’s radio station for providing content to overseas TV channel
The Taliban say they have suspended a women's radio station in Afghanistan. Radio Begum launched in 2021, months before the Taliban seized power.
The Daily Telegraph6d
The maternity ward standoff that exposes Taliban hypocrisy towards women
Islamist group bring their pregnant wives to clinics and hospitals demanding female doctors but ban women from midwifery Restrictive laws imposed by the Taliban last year mean women cannot train ...
THE WEEK7d
The resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban has been growing in power and ambition since its ally across the border retook control of Afghanistan in 2021. In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has ...