Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Can the US force Taliban to lift ban on girls' education?: The United States has imposed sanctions on two Taliban ministers, Sheikh Mohammad Khalid Hanafi and ...
dw.com/en/can-the-us-force-taliban-to-lift-ban-on-girls-education/a-67766443
UN Security Council extends sanctions oversight on Taliban for another year: The UNSC members, in a meeting on Thursday, approved Resolution 2716 ...
business-standard.com/india-news/un-security-council-extends-sanctions-oversight-on-taliban-for-another-year-123121600042_1.html
Sanctions against Afghanistan were meant to change the behaviour of the Taliban. But, are the Afghan people bearing the brunt of suffering?
“The west needs to ... Show more bbc.in/3s9ipRG
EurasiaChat: Lingering tensions with the Taliban: In our latest podcast: Russians receiving Central Asian passports, worries over Chinese debt ...
eurasianet.org/eurasiachat-lingering-tensions-with-the-taliban
Effectiveness of sanctions: how to weaken dictators?: Sanctions against regimes of terror are good for the conscience of the politicians who adopt them ...
nzz.ch/meinung/wirsamkeit-von-sanktionen-wie-schwaecht-man-diktatoren-ld.1741099
Afghanistan, Russia, Sudan: EU imposes sanctions for first time over violence against women
spiegel.de/ausland/eu-verhaengt-erstmals-sanktionen-wegen-gewalt-gegen-frauen-a-4088f5bd-c8fe-4136-878a-3c14be98b87f
Females pay the price as Taliban dodges sanctions: The economic and political isolation of Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 has worsened a ...
asiatimes.com/2023/04/females-pay-the-price-as-taliban-dodges-sanctions/
Taliban Rely on WhatsApp, but Keep Getting Kicked Off: The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the ...
nytimes.com/2023/06/17/world/asia/taliban-whatsapp-afghanistan.html
UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women NGO ban: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior U.N. official in Afghanistan met on Sunday the deputy prime ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-politics-government-united-nations-taliban-792b26e1cd5cd368404794a913f85e6c
What to do about an uptick in Americans unjustly held abroad: Are carrots or sticks the right way to bring them home?
economist.com/united-states/2023/11/30/what-to-do-about-an-uptick-in-americans-unjustly-held-abroad
Human rights: Humanitarian situation in Afghanistan could escalate further: Kabul - The massive curtailment of women's rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban could ...
mz.de/deutschland-und-welt/politik/humanitare-lage-in-afghanistan-konnte-weiter-eskalieren-3552684
Gravitas: Who helped Taliban repair the abandoned American aircraft?: Taliban says it has repaired over 70 destroyed planes and helicopters. These aircraft were ...
wionews.com/videos/gravitas-who-helped-taliban-repair-the-abandoned-american-aircraft-537531
Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter under Taliban rule: Red Cross: The religious group's seizure of power in August 2021 sent Afghanistan's economy ...
globalnews.ca/news/9294880/afghanistan-winter-taliban-red-cross/
The deepening chill of Afghanistan’s second Taliban winter: Washing clothes in the snow, heating homes with scavenged trash, Afghan families struggle to survive
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/05/afghanistan-taliban-winter-hunger/
She’s at Brown. Her Heart’s Still in Kabul.: In their first year at U.S. universities, women who escaped the Taliban are struggling to adjust — and to reckon ...
nytimes.com/2022/08/09/magazine/afghan-refugees-american-universities.html
Repressions in Afghanistan: The hardliners have prevailed: The hard-liners among the Taliban show who is setting the direction of politics in Afghanistan ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/afghanistan-frauen-duerfen-nicht-mehr-in-die-universitaet-18550948.html
Taliban Minister Blames Sanctions for Restrictions on Women in Afghanistan: Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi appeared to use women’s rights as a ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/taliban-minister-blames-sanctions-for-restrictions-on-women
Afghanistan: US imposes new sanctions on Taliban: Since the Taliban took power again, women in Afghanistan have been severely oppressed again ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2022-10/afghanistan-usa-taliban-sanktionen-unterdrueckung-frauen
Brutal terror regime and hunger crisis: Does the West have to cooperate with the Taliban?
plus.tagesspiegel.de/politik/brutales-terror-regime-und-hungerkrise-muss-der-westen-mit-den-taliban-kooperieren-8559436.html
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Afghanistan: Annalena Baerbock announces new EU sanctions against Taliban: The Taliban continue to restrict the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-02/annalena-baerbock-taliban-eu-sanktionen
On #Gravitas with Palki S Upadhyay :
+ Taliban abducts WION correspondent
+ Anas Mallick recounts time in Taliban custody
+ China fires missiles and ... Show more
‘I will continue killing foreigners’: soldier who shot dead unarmed Australians treated as ‘returning hero’ by Taliban
theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/08/i-will-continue-killing-foreigners-soldier-who-shot-dead-unarmed-australians-treated-as-returning-hero-by-taliban
Afghan girls face uncertain future after 1 year of no school: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For most teenage girls in Afghanistan, it’s been a year since they set ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-education-kabul-50fabcb133db9f5f7c2b0559534d1eb7
No one wants to buy carpets from Afghanistan anymore: Even if sanctions do not prohibit exports to the West, the situation for carpet producers in Afghanistan is ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/kollabierte-wirtschaft-in-afghanistan-keiner-will-teppiche-kaufen-18198183.html
Paid articlePaid Violence against women rampant under Taliban, new report finds : The “scope, magnitude and severity” of violations are “increasing month to month ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/27/afghanistan-women-taliban-rights-violence-amnesty-international/
Afghans mourn the dead, search for shelter after devastating earthquake: Overwhelmed residents were digging with bare hands through what used to be their homes ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/23/afghanistan-earthquake-paktika-death-toll/
Quick Glance: Escape from Afghanistan: Baerbock prepares the way for local forces
- The German Foreign Office has released an initial assessment of its support to Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
- Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock released a six-month balance sheet for her "Afghanistan Action Plan," which intends to allow individuals at risk to escape the nation while also bringing humanitarian supplies to the Taliban-ruled country.
- Germany, he added, is sending medical aid, which is being delivered to the scene by the Johanniter relief group, which has its own team; other aid is being delivered by partner organizations.
US slaps new sanctions on Taliban over treatment of women: New policy restricts visas for current and former members of Taliban, as well as others who repress ...
i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/1665540500-us-slaps-new-sanctions-on-taliban-over-treatment-of-women
Taliban supreme leader warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan: The Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has once again warned ...
cnn.com/2022/07/02/asia/taliban-supreme-leader-warning-intl/
Taliban wants to import oil from Russia in exchange for Afghan produce: Iran and India have also discussed barter deals with Russia, which is under sweeping ...
businessinsider.com/taliban-import-russia-oil-barter-exchange-afghanistan-raisin-minerals-medicine-2022-8
Afghan Economic Crisis Worsens as Taliban Mark Anniversary: The economy collapsed after the Taliban seized power in August 2021 and the international community ...
voanews.com/a/afghan-economic-crisis-worsens-as-taliban-mark-anniversary/6700325.html
U.N. Warns Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Still Urgent as Taliban Expands Crackdown on Women’s Rights
democracynow.org/2023/5/4/afghanistan_humanitarian_crisis
Taliban to Convene All-Male Meeting of Clerics, Elders for Afghan Unity Debate: Men-only session seen as attempt to promote domestic legitimacy for ruling group ...
voanews.com/a/taliban-convene-all-male-meeting-of-clerics-elders-for-afghan-unity-debate/6638434.html
Afghan YouTuber assaulted for fun by Taliban terrorists: A video of Ajmal Haqiqi and his three friends being brutally assaulted with rods in Taliban captivity ...
wionews.com/world/afghan-youtuber-assaulted-for-fun-by-taliban-terrorists-499980
Top Taliban Cleric Among 18 Killed in Afghan Mosque Bombing: A suicide bomber struck a packed mosque in western Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 18 ...
voanews.com/a/top-taliban-cleric-among-people-killed-in-afghan-mosque-bombing/6728382.html
Afghanistan Earthquake Updates: Rescuers Search for Survivors: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan’s remote southeast near the Pakistan border is believed ...
nytimes.com/live/2022/06/23/world/afghanistan-earthquake
Afghanistan earthquake: hospital struggles to help survivors: Caring for victims is a challenge in a country already in the grip of a humanitarian crisis.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-61936960
On #WorldAtWar with Mohammed Saleh
Russia prepares to unleash its most famous General on Europe: General Winter!
Turf war between the Taliban & ... Show more
Taliban renege on promise to reopen girls' schools in Afghanistan: New York Times: Students were told to turn up to class on Wednesday - then sent home.
nytimes.com/2022/03/23/world/asia/afghanistan-girls-schools-taliban.html
Taliban bans poppy production, in move likely to further impoverish Afghans: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban announced a ban Sunday on poppy production ...
scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3172944/taliban-bans-poppy-production-move-likely-further-impoverish
Quick Glance: Afghanistan, Florida, and Northern Ireland are the names of three countries.
- The World Bank has halted four aid projects totaling $600 million (£460 million) in Afghanistan after the Taliban overturned a previous agreement to allow girls to attend school.
- The new rule, which prohibits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade (ages five to nine), has sparked considerable scrutiny and condemnation, even from Joe Biden.
- Ten Things You Should Know Today: April 30, 2023
- Naked Education: Channel 4 creates controversy
Australia pledges $1 million in aid for quake-hit Afghanistan: Foreign Minister Penny Wong says humanitarian aid will be provided to UN agencies working in areas ...
abc.net.au/news/2022-06-26/australia-pledges-1-million-for-quake-hit-afghanistan/101184438
Women’s Delegation Urges U.S. to Unfreeze Afghan Funds Amid Humanitarian Crisis: Women in Afghanistan are protesting a number of gender-based restrictions from ...
democracynow.org/2022/4/6/us_sanctions_economic_warfare_afghanistan_economy
Afghanistan seeks help for earthquake survivors as aftershock kills five: Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghan-authorities-end-search-survivors-earthquake-that-killed-1000-2022-06-24/
China touts Afghan trade and investment plans after quake: China's ambassador touted trade and investment plans for Afghanistan on Tuesday ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-touts-afghan-trade-investment-plans-after-quake-2022-07-05/
The Shame of Afghan Sanctions: A business owner reflects on the restrictions: a life in a ‘world of beggars’
newlinesmag.com/letter-from-kabul/the-shame-of-afghan-sanctions/
Men will represent women at gathering for national unity - Taliban leader: A large gathering organised by the Taliban of Afghanistan's religious scholars and ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/men-will-represent-women-gathering-national-unity-taliban-leader-2022-06-29/
Will engage with global community based on Sharia, says Talibans supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada
wionews.com/south-asia/will-engage-with-global-community-based-on-sharia-says-talibans-supreme-leader-hibatullah-akhundzada-508629
The Taliban's supreme leader banned the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer, as they seek international recognition in ... Show more
Afghanistan’s Fall Into Extreme Poverty, Explained: Afghanistan has spiraled into near-universal poverty since the Taliban took over. Under international ...
wsj.com/video/afghanistans-fall-into-extreme-poverty-explained/97ACDA7B-061D-4BBD-8936-B992C6C07832.html
Taliban call for international recognition as sanctions bite: KABUL (Reuters) -- A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic ...
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/Taliban-call-for-international-recognition-as-sanctions-bite
Afghanistan endures yet another deadly shock: The tragedy of Wednesday’s earthquake is compounded by Afghanistan’s political isolation and economic unraveling.
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/24/afghanistan-endures-yet-another-deadly-shock/
International Women's Day warning: Guterres sees true equality '300 years away': A new EU sanctions list is intended to take action against the Taliban's ...
tagesspiegel.de/internationales/guterres-sieht-gleichstellung-in-immer-weiterer-ferne-eu-verhangt-erstmals-gezielte-sanktionen-wegen-gewalt-gegen-frauen-und-madchen-9464276.html
U.N. aid chief pushes for restart of Afghanistan development aid: Countries should restart some development aid for impoverished Afghanistan that was halted a ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-aid-chief-pushes-restart-afghanistan-development-aid-2022-08-29/
Plight of women in Afghanistan worsened due to US sanctions: Economic sanctions by the US and the dress code restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime have only ...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/plight-women-afghanistan-worsened-due-us-sanctions
Afghanistan under the Taliban: How the people suffer.: It is the second winter under the radical Islamists. The world punishes their misogynistic course with ...
magazin.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonntag/international/was-koennen-wir-fuer-die-taliban-ld.1730001
Paid articlePaid European Union: EU imposes first sanctions over violence against women: Taliban ministers, Russian military and a women's prison in Iran: The EU has all of them ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-03/eu-sanktionen-gewalt-frauen-afghanistan-russland
UN split over ban on Taliban officials' travel: UNITED NATIONS, US: Members of the United Nations Security Council remained divided Monday over whether to ...
bangkokpost.com/world/2374983/un-split-over-ban-on-taliban-officials-travel
China hints at recognising Taliban as legitimate Afghanistan government ‘when conditions are ripe’
scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172724/china-hints-recognising-taliban-legitimate-afghanistan
Afghans face starvation as economic crisis worsens and Taliban struggles: Millions are jobless and facing starvation, a problem compounded by the difficulty of ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/02/world/afghanistan-economic-humanitarian-crisis/
Afghanistan has become a prison for women: In her youth, Zahra Joya disguised herself as a boy so she could go to school in Afghanistan. Later ...
freitag.de/autoren/the-guardian/afghanistan-ist-zu-einem-gefaengnis-fuer-frauen-geworden
Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
theintercept.com/2022/01/19/crypto-afghanistan-sanctions-taliban/
Isolated Afghanistan may face struggle for aid after earthquake: Analysis: humanitarian appeals for Taliban-ruled country have had poor responses and there are ...
theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/22/isolated-afghanistan-may-face-struggle-for-aid-after-earthquake
Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis
democracynow.org/2022/1/14/afghanistan_crisis_deepens_from_us_sanctions
The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans Fled: More than 120,000 people were airlifted out of Afghanistan last August, most with just a few hours to ...
nytimes.com/2022/02/28/world/asia/afghan-evacuation-kabul.html
Iran Hosts Crucial Meeting Involving Afghan Rivals: The acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi led his team in the talks with Ahmad Massoud and ...
voanews.com/a/iran-hosts-crucial-meeting-involving-afghan-rivals/6390595.html
At Every Step, Afghans Coming to America Encounter Stumbling Blocks: U.S. officials concede that the system was unprepared.
nytimes.com/2021/12/19/us/politics/afghan-war-refugees.html
Members of the United Nations Security Council remained divided on Monday over whether to exempt some of Afghanistan’s Taliban officials from a travel ban ... Show more #DawnToday
Norway to Host Talks with Taliban on Afghan Aid and Human Rights: Talks will address humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and human rights
voanews.com/a/norway-says-taliban-team-expected-in-oslo-for-aid-talks-/6406520.html
Afghanistan's first female Olympian says sportswomen are still fearing for their lives after Taliban takeover
cnn.com/2021/12/23/sport/afghanistan-friba-rezayee-female-athletes-taliban-spt-intl/
Afghan universities reopen, but few women return: Afghanistan's main universities reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power ...
news.yahoo.com/afghan-universities-reopen-few-women-105157926.html
Report: UN proposing paying nearly $6m to Taliban for security: Experts say proposed funding could violate UN and US sanctions against Taliban leaders
i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/1640155409-report-un-proposing-paying-nearly-6m-to-taliban-for-security
Iran does not want to recognize the Taliban government: When a delegation visits Tehran, Iran urges other ethnic groups to participate. To this end ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/afghanistan-iran-will-taliban-regierung-nicht-anerkennen-17726656.html
Rights Groups: Taliban Arrest 4 Afghan Women at Homes: The women, some of whom protested Taliban hijab mandate, have been missing since Wednesday night
voanews.com/a/rights-groups-taliban-arrest-4-afghan-women-at-homes/6406330.html
"After four decades of war and misery, Afghanistan is once again in the middle of a serious crisis, this time a humanitarian catastrophe that is about to ... More
U.N. launches $5 billion appeal for Afghanistan, its largest ever for country in humanitarian distress
washingtonpost.com/national-security/un-humanitarian-appeal-afghanistan/2022/01/11/a2d77c26-72f0-11ec-bc13-18891499c514_story.html
Our reporters went to Wardak Province, where it's easy to see some of the reasons the US lost the war: the population is full of grief and anger ... #REPORTERS https://fmm.io/10po.f
EXCLUSIVE World Bank works to redirect frozen funds to Afghanistan for humanitarian aid only -sources
reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/exclusive-world-bank-works-redirect-frozen-funds-afghanistan-humanitarian-aid-2021-11-29/
Aid workers 'race against time' in freezing Afghan winter: In recent weeks winter cold is devastating Afghanistan's most vulnerable ...
pbs.org/newshour/world/aid-workers-race-against-time-in-freezing-afghan-winter
Millions of Afghans Facing Catastrophic Hunger : UN warns more than 6.6 million Afghans on brink of famine as winter looms
voanews.com/a/millions-of-afghans-facing-catastrophic-hunger-/6702592.html
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