This month, the Taliban’s acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan announced some changes to the country’s education system. Former educators are opposing the revisions, claiming that they are damaging Afghanistan’s educational legacy.
Despite a Taliban ban on the cultivation of all narcotics in April, opium cultivation in Afghanistan increased 32% over the previous year, according to a report from the UN
Zahara Nabi stays in Afghanistan, which is her home. Nabi is firm in her will to fight for her rights even though many Afghans, both men and women, have fled the return of Taliban control.
A secret Afghan female platoon helped American forces in driving out the Taliban during the Afghan War.Over 40 of those commandos are now present in the country.
From Afghanistan, where they had lived for generations, more than 50 Afghan Sikhs recently arrived in India. They were among the Sikh community’s last to leave the conflict-torn country due to the violence that also targeted them
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, there is a growing anti-Taliban sentiment as many fear that the Pakistani Taliban could make a comeback. The talks between the militants and the Pakistani army have drawn criticism from residents who claim that they jeopardise the region’s ten-year-old peace
United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on the situation in Afghanistan by Fawzia Koofi,former deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament om
When the Taliban ordered female journalists to cover their faces on air, pictures of Khatera Ahmadi were shared throughout the world. Because she feared for the safety of her family, the former TOLOnews journalist has recently left to Pakistan
A year ago, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, they pledged to be more inclusive. Many of the Taliban’s promises were to supporting women’s rights, a shift from their control 20 years earlier.This video report examines which promises the Taliban have upheld and which they have broken as we approach the anniversary of their return to power
Since the Taliban seized power following the U.S. withdrawal of all troops, Afghan women and girls have witnessed a dramatic disintegration of their rights and standard of living