World Mar 04 Suicide bombing attack kills at least 56 in Shiite mosque in Pakistan No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban — a militant group separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan — have carried out similar attacks in the past in the area,…
World Jan 27 Aid workers ‘race against time’ in freezing Afghan winter In recent weeks winter cold is devastating Afghanistan's most vulnerable. International aid organizations are scrambling to save millions from starving or freezing because they have neither food nor fuel.
World Jan 18 Watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapse ahead of U.S. pullout A year-old report by Washington's Afghanistan watchdog has now been declassified and shows that it warned back in early 2021 that the Afghan air force would collapse without critical U.S. aid and training.
World Oct 09 Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from…
World Sep 21 Taliban name deputy ministers, double down on all-male team The international community has said that it will judge the Taliban by their actions, and that recognition of a Taliban-led government would be linked to the treatment of women and minorities.
World Sep 18 Taliban replace ministry for women with ‘virtue’ authorities It was the latest troubling sign that the Taliban are restricting women's rights as they settle into government, just a month since they overran the capital of Kabul. During their previous rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s, the Taliban had…
World Sep 18 Taliban replace ministry for women with one restricting them Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” in the building that once housed the Women’s Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers on Saturday as part of the forced…
World Sep 12 Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government’s new higher education minister said Sunday.
World Sep 11 As world marks 9/11, Taliban flag raised over seat of power The Taliban raised their iconic white flag over the Afghan presidential palace Saturday, a spokesman said, as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
World Sep 09 Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly commercial out of Kabul The departure on Thursday represented a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders.