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Durand under duress: How Pakistan’s Taliban gamble backfired – and why it struggles to contain TTP

Taliban fighters in Kabul, 2021; Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif (File photo: AP) Afghanistan and Pakistan have once again found themselves on the brink of open conflict after days of deadly cross-border fighting that exposed the fragility of their long and volatile frontier. Afghan officials said their forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight “retaliatory operations,” […]

Taliban bans books by Women in Afghanistan’s universities

Image used for representative purposes The Taliban government is purging books written by women from Afghanistan’s male-only university system and outlawing gender studies courses, the latest blows in a campaign against women’s rights since the group returned to power four years ago.More than 600 books, many of them written by women, were included in a […]

Afghanistan: What’s at stake as Taliban cut internet?

Afghan girls looking at empty screen (AI-Generated Image) Concerns are growing in Afghanistan over tightening Taliban restrictions on fiber-optic internet access.The war-torn nation’s northern Balkh province confirmed a fiber-optic internet shutdown on Tuesday after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada imposed a complete ban on the technology. There are reports of severe disruption in other parts of […]

Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan provinces

JALALBAD: A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fibre-optic internet after the country’s leader imposed a complete ban on the technology.It’s the first time a ban of this kind has been imposed since the Taliban seized power in Aug 2021, and leaves govt offices, the private […]

WiFi ban to curb ‘immorality’: Taliban blocks fibre internet in Afghan province; orders ‘complete ban’ | World News

Taliban blocks fibre internet in Afghan province The Taliban have imposed a complete ban on fibre optic internet in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, a move officials say is aimed at curbing “immorality.” The restriction, announced Tuesday, marks the first such action since the group seized power in August 2021. The ban has cut off Wi-Fi […]

Pakistan military convoy attacked: Taliban ambush kills 12 soldiers in Waziristan; TTP claims responsibility

A Pakistani Taliban ambush in northwest Pakistan on Saturday resulted in the deaths of at least 12 soldiers, as confirmed by local government and security officials to AFP.During a military convoy’s passage through South Waziristan district at 4:00 am, “armed men opened fire from both sides with heavy weapons”, resulting in 12 security personnel deaths […]

Did Taliban divert international aid? US watchdog blames Afghanistan rulers of using force; blocking assistance to minorities

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are reportedly diverting international aid through coercion and other methods, denying assistance to minority communities, and may be working with UN officials to solicit kickbacks, a US watchdog reported on Tuesday. The findings, from the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), are based on accounts from nearly 90 current and […]

Afghanistan: UN to provide vocational training to women; Taliban restrictions on education remain

Afghan girl children walk to school (AFP file photo) Four years after Taliban took over Afghanistan and banned education for girl children, Unicef has announced vocational training for 200 girls in Herat province.The programme, organised in partnership with Japan and extending over six months, is intended for girls aged between 15 and 25 from the […]

UN’s Af female staff get threats, Taliban probe on

FILE – The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the UN, according to a report published on Sunday. In its latest […]

‘Not as bad as Trump inviting Taliban’: John Bolton on Alaska summit, ‘rogue leader Putin being welcomed into US’

John Bolton said Trump meeting Putin in Alaska next week is not as bad as Trump inviting Taliban, which was however canceled. Former ambassador and President Donald Trump’s former NSA John Bolton said Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s proposed summit in Alaska on August 15 is a step toward success for Moscow, not for […]