Home » taliban rule

You Searched For "Taliban rule"

Four Afghan women who endured the Talibans oppressive rule and have fought for fragile gains since the militants were ousted are facing the hardline group in peace talks. (Image: Twitter@Zarifa_Ghafari)

Afghan's women negotiators face hardline Taliban in peace talks

Their presence at the negotiating table is significant in patriarchal Afghanistan, though they are outnumbered by the...

13 Sep 2020 6:16 AM GMT

Haibatullah Akhundzada (AFP)

Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearance

Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement since 2016 but has remained a reclusive figure

31 Oct 2021 8:10 AM GMT

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State...

The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport

26 Aug 2021 9:10 AM GMT

Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province, northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP /Mohammad Asif Khan)

Report: Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan

Australia's Sport Minister Richard Colbeck said earlier that the Taliban's decision on women's sport was 'deeply...

9 Sep 2021 8:00 AM GMT

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Taliban push deep into Afghanistan's holdout Panjshir Valley

Italian aid agency Emergency said Taliban forces had reached the village of Anabah

5 Sep 2021 6:03 AM GMT

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

Google locks down Afghan govt email accounts as Taliban looks for...

Around two dozen officials, with some in finance, industry, higher education and mines ministries, used Google for...

4 Sep 2021 5:27 AM GMT

Mullah Baradar (AFP file photo)

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources

Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban's surpreme religious leader, will focus on religious matters and governance within...

3 Sep 2021 9:01 AM GMT

A Taliban fighter stands guard along a road near the site of an Ashura procession which is held to mark the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, along a road in Herat on August 19, 2021, amid the Talibans military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo:AFP)

Won't allow anti-India terror from Afghan soil, Taliban assures Delhi

Foreign policy watchers are pointing increasingly to the powerful role played by Qatar on mediation between the Taliban...

1 Sep 2021 1:53 AM GMT

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Wear all-covering burqa, Taliban tells Afghan women

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men

7 May 2022 9:52 PM GMT