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Taliban slams US report on rising threats in Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country is enjoying its greatest stability of the past 40 years.

Al Jazeera

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander.

Al Jazeera

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions

A U.N. report has strongly criticized Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for carrying out public executions, lashings, stonings and other types of punishments since taking power almost two years ago

The Independent UK

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The Taliban again bans Afghan women aid workers. Here's how the U.N. responded

The Taliban has banned Afghan women working for the U.N. or other aid agencies. The repercussions could be devastating for programs in which women play a vital role.

WEKU

Taliban shares rare chilling audio message from its mysterious supreme leader

Hibatullah Akhundzada hardly ever appears in public and surrounds himself with other religious scholars in Afghanistan who are opposed to education and work for women

Daily Mirror

Taliban share rare audio message from supreme leader

The Taliban's supreme leader says Afghanistan will be ruined without justice, in a rare audio message shared on social media

The Independent UK

Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N. an 'internal' issue

Afghanistan's Taliban administration has said forbidding Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an "internal issue," after the global organisation expressed alarm at the decision and said it would review its operations there.

Reuters

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Talban say there's no obstacles for UN work in Afghanistan

The Taliban's chief spokesman denies there are obstacles for the U.N. to do its work in Afghanistan, even after barring Afghan women from working at the global body

The Independent UK

Taliban top spokesman Mujahid asked to work from Kandahar

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan's Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar

Reuters

Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown

Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists.

Al Jazeera

Taliban Want Control of More Afghan Diplomatic Missions

The Taliban government is trying to take charge of more Afghan embassies abroad, a spokesman said Saturday, amid their continued international isolation because of restrictions on women and girls. The Taliban initially promised a more moderate rule after their takeover in August 2021, but instead imposed sweeping bans and other…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban want control of more Afghan diplomatic missions

A spokesman for the Taliban administration says it is trying to take charge of more Afghan embassies and consulates abroad

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Daily Mirror

Senior Taliban governor killed after suicide bomber forces their way into his office

Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, who was killed in his office by a bomb, is one of the highest-ranking figures to be killed since the Taliban swept back to power in 2021

The Independent UK

Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul

Al Jazeera

Dozens of people killed as cold wave sweeps Afghanistan

About 70,000 cattle have perished in a week as many provinces witness deep freeze amid a humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera

Taliban says eight ISIL fighters killed in raids in Afghanistan

The raids follow a series of attacks conducted by ISIL, including a deadly bombing near a checkpoint in Kabul.

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Afghan Taliban Kill 8 in Raids of ISIS Hideouts in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban killed eight ISIS militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz…

The Independent UK

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban have killed eight Islamic State group fighters and arrested nine others in raids against the militants' hideouts in Afghanistan

WEKU

China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack

China advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country "as soon as possible," following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.

Al Jazeera

Return of Afghan floggings as Taliban takes a hardline path

In Afghanistan, public floggings and executions bring back memories of harsh Taliban rule in the 1990s.

WEKU

Taliban carry out the first public execution since taking over Afghanistan

The announcement underscored the intentions by Afghanistan's new rulers to continue hardline policies implemented since they took over the country and to stick to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Daily Mirror

First Taliban execution since return to power sees killer shot dead by victim's dad

Taliban security forces carried out their first execution since they took power in Afghanistan, which was witnessed by top leaders and hundreds of spectators

France 24

Afghan Taliban carry out first public execution since returning to power

An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a sentence since the hardline Islamists returned to power.

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