Taliban
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News
Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN
Fundamentalist leadership has already imposed bans on women accessing higher education, working for NGOs, and accessing many public spaces. Geneva…
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Analysis
Over 600000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan since Taliban takeover
Many Afghan refugees are now living illegally in the country. Those with less financial privilege are thrown in jail, while…
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Analysis
No good options for Pakistan as it tries to stem a new wave of militancy
‘Just as the Afghan Taliban have not moderated after years of fighting, the Pakistani Taliban are also unlikely to change.’…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban…
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Crime
Terror Attack on Karachi Police Headquarter
The TTP terrorists came in a car, hurled grenades on building and stormed the 5-story building at Shara-e-Faisal opening the…
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Blogs
Come What May
Political and economic insecurity, educational inequality, sexual violence, and poor health are common among Afghan women and children under the…
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News
Afghanistan: First public execution since Taliban takeover
According to news reports, the man put to death was accused of murder in western Farah province; the execution was…
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Feature
In Afghanistan’s shadowy new conflict, new displacement and new civilian abuses
As the fighting has intensified, the UN has documented how Taliban fighters have become increasingly confrontational with the civilian population.…
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Crime
Opium cultivation up in Afghanistan under Taliban rule
Opiate trafficking from Afghanistan has been ongoing without interruption since August 2021. Afghan opiates supply some 80 per cent of…
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Journalism
Anisa Shaheed: A voice for the people of Afghanistan
Shaheed has helped redefine what it means to be a woman journalist in Afghanistan in the face of significant risk…
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