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Taliban

    Afghanistan
    Taliban publicly executes three men for murder this morning
    11 Apr
    15.9k
    Afghanistan
    Education activist Malala Yousafzai says Taliban 'do not see women as human beings'
    12 Jan
    14.2k
    Afghanistan
    The Taliban threatens to shut down NGOs that employ women in Afghanistan
    30 Dec 2024
    11.1k
    United Nations
    Meryl Streep says a 'squirrel has more rights' than an Afghan girl
    Updated 24 Sep 2024
    30.8k
    184
    Taliban government
    Flooding in Afghanistan leaves hundreds dead and thousands of buildings destroyed
    11 May 2024
    5.5k
    7
    Afghanistan
    UN Security Council calls for increased engagement with Taliban through special envoy
    29 Dec 2023
    5.7k
    poppy ban
    Ireland 'needs to be ready' for increase in fentanyl use amid expected heroin shortage
    9 Nov 2023
    20.2k
    35
    Refugees
    Thousands of Afghans forcibly returned from Pakistan, say Taliban officials
    5 Nov 2023
    17.8k
    27
    poppy ban
    Fentanyl being 'constantly monitored' amid fears of drug hitting Irish market, minister says
    12 Oct 2023
    20.6k
    Herat
    Taliban chiefs visit Afghan villages hit by quake that killed at least 2,000
    9 Oct 2023
    5.5k
    35
    Taliban
    Dozens of Afghan women blocked from leaving to study on scholarships in the UAE
    24 Aug 2023
    14.0k
    53
    Opinion
    Two years of the Taliban: 'It cannot last as it rules by fear and violence'
    David Loyn
    15 Aug 2023
    12.8k
    40
    Taliban
    Afghanistan's supreme leader claims women given ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ by Taliban
    25 Jun 2023
    16.2k
    62
    Afghanistan
    Funeral of Afghan governor killed by suicide bomber is hit by another bomb attack
    8 Jun 2023
    5.4k
    6
    Afghanistan
    UN chief slams Taliban over 'unprecedented' curbs on Afghan women's rights
    2 May 2023
    5.2k
    11
    Afghanistan
    Taliban kill ISIS leader who organised 2021 Kabul airport bombing, US say
    26 Apr 2023
    10.4k
    8
    High Court
    High Court rules failure to provide Afghan asylum seeker with accomodation was 'unlawful'
    Updated 21 Apr 2023
    20.2k
    1
    Taliban
    United Nations ready for ‘heartbreaking’ decision to pull out of Afghanistan
    18 Apr 2023
    12.0k
    8
    Afghanistan
    UK government ‘in negotiations’ after three British men detained by Taliban
    2 Apr 2023
    7.9k
    11
    Matiullah Wesa
    Founder of girls' education project in Afghanistan arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul
    28 Mar 2023
    12.2k
    50
    Taliban
    US veterans testify of ‘catastrophic’ impact of chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
    9 Mar 2023
    10.7k
    3
    Kabul
    Top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan killed by the Taliban
    28 Feb 2023
    11.7k
    6
    Afghanistan
    UN calls on Taliban to let women help give aid to desperate Afghans
    30 Jan 2023
    7.6k
    3
    Taliban
    UK's Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target with new book claims
    8 Jan 2023
    34.8k
    30
    Afghanistan
    UN won't halt aid to Afghanistan despite ban on women working in the country's aid sector
    29 Dec 2022
    5.2k
    0
    Humanitarian Aid
    Aid bodies suspend Afghanistan operations after ban on women aid workers
    29 Dec 2022
    7.0k
    5
    Afghanistan
    UN urges Taliban to end 'terrible' university ban on women
    27 Dec 2022
    6.6k
    4
    Afghanistan
    Taliban uses water cannon on women protesting against university ban
    Updated 24 Dec 2022
    13.9k
    10
    Afghanistan
    Taliban bans Afghan women from gyms and public baths
    13 Nov 2022
    20.1k
    29
    Kabul
    Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
    10 Nov 2022
    18.9k
    18
    The Morning Lead
    No Afghan refugees accepted through Admissions Programme due to 'insufficient information'
    27 Oct 2022
    29.1k
    13
    Afghanistan
    US engineer and navy veteran freed in Afghanistan as part of Taliban prisioner exchange
    Updated 19 Sep 2022
    17.6k
    3
    Taliban
    Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’, says UN
    18 Sep 2022
    8.6k
    6
    one year later
    ‘The most difficult days of my life’: Fleeing Afghanistan for Ireland and starting a new life
    22 Aug 2022
    27.3k
    8
    One Year On
    Taliban celebrates 'day of conquest' to mark turbulent first year in power
    15 Aug 2022
    14.3k
    12
    Afghanistan
    Taliban violently disperse rare women's protest in Kabul
    13 Aug 2022
    23.8k
    23
    Afghanistan
    Taliban are still illegitimate rulers, say Afghan women activists
    3 Jul 2022
    11.2k
    13
    Afghanistan earthquake
    Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief
    25 Jun 2022
    10.9k
    2
    Afghanistan
    Afghan women demand education and work at Kabul protest
    29 May 2022
    9.0k
    6
    Afghanistan
    Afghan women TV presenters vow to fight after order to cover faces
    22 May 2022
    10.8k
    8
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