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Taliban

November 12, 2024

UN condemns Iraq’s proposed law allowing men to marry nine-year-old girls

United Nations has vehemently condemned the move by Iraq’s parliament to amend the law legitimising men to marry nine-year-old girls.

Iraqi children
October 10, 2024

Human Rights Watch report says policewomen face abuses, threats in Afghanistan

HRW reported systematic sexual violence against policewomen during the previous Western-backed government.

Human Rights Watch
September 24, 2024

Taliban tightens control of media with new programming restrictions

Failure to comply with these directives could result in consequences for both media outlets and individuals.

Taliban men
August 27, 2024

Afghanistan: Taliban bans martial arts, says it’s violence

The UN diplomatic mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called the law a “distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future.”

TALIBAN MILITANTS
July 19, 2024

Pakistan police arrest bin Laden’s former Afghan bodyguard

Mr Haq is the first high-profile al-Qaeda figure who has been arrested in Pakistan since the fall of neighbouring Afghanistan to the Taliban.

Aminul Haq
July 8, 2024

Afghanistan inaugurates third polio vaccination drive of 2024

The four-day campaign is the third this year and will cover 23 of the country’s 34 provinces, the ministry said in a statement.

Afghan kid taking polio vaccine
June 13, 2024

UNICEF urges Taliban to allow girls return to school

After returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban banned girls and women from studying beyond primary school.

UNICEF
April 3, 2024

Taliban gives Afghan man 25 lashes for ‘touching’ woman

Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban courts have publicly implemented the execution of five men convicted of murder.

TALIBAN FLOGGING AFGHAN
February 19, 2024

UN considers appointing envoy to engage with Taliban

The Taliban refused to attend the UN-chaired high-level meeting of various countries’ special representatives for Afghanistan.

Antonio Guterres
February 8, 2024

Taliban condemns terror attacks in Pakistan

At least 26 people were killed and 45 others injured in Pakistan.

Pakistan flag