Taliban to halt all NGOs employing Afghan women
Taliban to halt all NGOs employing Afghan women

Taliban has said they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. This is the latest crackdown on womens rights since they took power in August 2021, reports AP. The announcement comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of...

Taliban defense ministry vows retaliation against Pakistan’s airstrike
Taliban defense ministry vows retaliation against Pakistan’s airstrike

The Talibans Ministry of Defense has vowed to respond to a Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, calling the attack an infringement on their sovereignty and emphasizing their right to defend their territory. The Ministry claimed the bombing targeted Waziristani refugees, resulting in civilian...

Global leaders concern over Taliban policies on women, stability
Global leaders concern over Taliban policies on women, stability

Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan from 13 nations, including the UK, US, and members of the European Union, convened in Geneva to address the escalating humanitarian and security crisis in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Observers from the UN, World Bank, and Organisation of...

Kabul suicide bombing kills Taliban refugee minister
Kabul suicide bombing kills Taliban refugee minister

The Talibans refugee minister Khalil Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday. Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani. A suicide bomber disguised himself as a visitor to the Interior Ministry compound, detonating...

Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban
Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban

When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she took matters into her own hands and poured her savings into starting a business. Two-and-a-half years after putting 20,000 Afghanis ($300) earned from teaching sewing classes into a...

8 soldiers killed, 7 policemen kidnapped in Pakistan
8 soldiers killed, 7 policemen kidnapped in Pakistan

Eight soldiers were killed and seven police officers were kidnapped in two separate attacks in northwest Pakistan, AFP. A Monday clash resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers and nine militants, an intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity. The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) claimed...

Afghanistan joins UN climate talks for 1st time since Taliban's return
Afghanistan joins UN climate talks for 1st time since Taliban's return

For the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan on Monday sent a delegation to the United Nations climate talks in a bid to garner help in dealing with global warming. Matuil Haq Khalis, whos head of the countrys environment protection agency, told The Associated...

Taliban officials set to attend COP29
Taliban officials set to attend COP29

Afghan Taliban officials are set to attend the upcoming United Nations climate conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week, marking their first participation in such a high-level international event since the group took power in 2021. The summit will be one of the most significant...

10 police reportedly killed in Pakistan as Taliban claims responsibility
10 police reportedly killed in Pakistan as Taliban claims responsibility

At least 10Pakistanisecurity personnel were killed when their outpost came under attack. The attack took place near the northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan late on Thursday, with Reuters reporting that the attack was confirmed by Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, chief minister of the northwestern province...