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Prince Harry
lifestyle

Taliban slams Prince Harry: ‘Ones you killed weren’t chess pieces’

Volker Turk
News

UN urges Taliban to end restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Military Special Forces
World News

Update: Pakistan special forces end police station siege

Prince Harry
Celeb News

Taliban slams Prince Harry: ‘Ones you killed weren’t chess pieces’

Volker Turk
News

UN urges Taliban to end restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Military Special Forces
World News

Update: Pakistan special forces end police station siege

Pakistan soldier
World News

Schools close as Pakistan Taliban siege on police station continues

By Agence France-Presse20-12-2022 11:51

Local schools were ordered shut on Tuesday out of fear of more kidnappings as a hostage situation at a police station taken over by jailed Pakistan Taliban fighters dragged into its third day.

Pakistan soldier
News

Jailed Pakistan Taliban take hostages after seizing police station

By Agence France-Presse19-12-2022 11:52

More than 30 Pakistan Taliban militants were holding several officers hostage on Monday after breaking free from custody and seizing a police station.

Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
World News

Taliban BAN women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital

By Agence France-Presse13-11-2022 18:51

The Taliban have set new rules banning Afghanistan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs.

Cyril Ramaphosa Phala Phala
News

KZN ‘Taliban’ makes first move – and it’s set to undermine Ramaphosa

By Tom Head24-07-2022 23:28

It’s been a busy, busy weekend in KZN Not only has ‘the Taliban’ risen to power – but the faction is already plotting against Ramaphosa.

Afghan women tv presenters
Lifestyle

Afghan women TV presenters vow to fight the Taliban’s new rule

By AFP23-05-2022 12:04

Following an order by Taliban authorities, Afghan women have been forced to cover their faces – a rule that includes TV presenters.

Girls school
Education

Girls back to school: Taliban promise ‘good news’ on education

By Agence France-Presse17-05-2022 19:38

After a long period of closing high schools and colleges for girls in Taliban, Afghan’s interior minister promised to return girls to school

Taliban women protests
Lifestyle

‘Justice, Justice’: Afghan women protest Taliban’s new cover-up mandate

By AFP10-05-2022 13:22

A small group of women took the streets in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s order that they need to cover up fully in a burqa.

Afghan girls
Lifestyle

Heartbreak as Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen

By AFP23-03-2022 10:46

Students are left heartbroken as the Taliban has ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut down just hours after they reopened.

Trickle of women back to schoo
News

Trickle of women back to school as Afghan universities reopen since Taliban came into power

By Agence France-Presse02-02-2022 09:06

Some public universities opened in Afghanistan Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes that officials said would be segregated by sex.

Rescue workers search for surv
News

Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake

By Agence France-Presse18-01-2022 11:59

Rescue workers on Tuesday searched for survivors after an earthquake in a remote western region of Afghanistan killed at least 26 people and damaged hundreds of houses, officials said.

Taliban stage show of strength
News

Taliban stage show of strength with parade after protests

By Agence France-Presse17-01-2022 11:40

Taliban fighters paraded through a northwest Afghan city in a show of strength at the weekend, days after reinforcements were sent to quell unrest over the detention of a popular commander.

Taliban order shop owners to b
World News

Taliban order shop owners to behead mannequins

By Agence France-Presse05-01-2022 12:25

The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the human figures violate Islamic law.

Mobile library restarts in Afg
World News

Mobile library restarts in Afghan capital, delighting children

By Agence France-Presse05-12-2021 23:26

The mobile library is one of 5 buses leased by a local organisation called Charmaghz, established by Freshta Karim, an Afghan graduate

Taliban urges US to release fr
World News

Taliban urges US to release frozen funds in Doha talks

By Agence France-Presse01-12-2021 13:33

Taliban government leader Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is among those targeted by the US sanctions, which stood firm on the measures

Kim Kardashian
Celeb News

Kim Kardashian and Leeds aid Afghan female footballers’ flight to UK

By AFP19-11-2021 10:05

Kim Kardashian has funded an evacuation flight for female footballers and their families from Afghanistan.

Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy s
Entertainment

Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy set for Afghanistan evacuation drama

By BANG Showbiz11-11-2021 10:18

Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy will star in a new drama about three special forces team members who return to Afghanistan on a rescue mission.

AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK-IS-K
World News

Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-K

By AFP03-11-2021 12:29

“With the Taliban now seemingly implementing some moderate reforms… there is a high probability (IS-K) will try to capitalise.”

Taliban strike journalists at
World News

Taliban strike journalists at Kabul women’s rights protest

By Agence France-Presse21-10-2021 10:59

“The situation is that the Taliban don’t respect anything: not journalists – foreign and local – or women,” she said

Beauty salon a women’s haven i
Lifestyle

Beauty salon a women’s haven in the Taliban’s Kabul

By Agence France-Presse20-10-2021 12:53

Mohadessa’s beauty salon offers Aghanistan women an oasis, providing income and indulgence – in resistance to Taliban seizure

Turkey says ready to help but
World News

Turkey says ready to help but not recognise Taliban

By Agence France-Presse14-10-2021 19:06

Cavusoglu added that he urged the Taliban to give girls open access to education and allow women to return to their jobs

Taliban: US, UK warn citizens
World News

Taliban: US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels

By Agence France-Presse11-10-2021 11:06

The well-known Serena, a luxury hotel, popular with business travellers, in Kabul has twice been the target of attacks by the Taliban

afghanistan russia ukraine taliban
World News

Taliban say Islamic State cell destroyed after mosque attack

By AFP04-10-2021 12:41

A group of Taliban members — including senior figures — inside the mosque grounds came under fire after the blast, taking two casualties.

From Taliban to Ronaldo’s land
Sport

From Taliban to Ronaldo’s land, Afghan women footballers train again

By Agence France-Presse01-10-2021 16:06

Their salvation came thanks to “a joint operation between the American and Portuguese authorities,” the Portuguese government said

lance klusener
Cricket

Proteas great plots Afghanistan T20 World Cup bid from home after Taliban takeover

By AFP01-10-2021 08:16

Sporting assignments do not come much tougher than Lance Klusener’s role as head coach of Afghanistan as he tries to plan a World Cup campaign with a team who are 12 000km away.

AFGHANISTAN-BARBERS-CONFLICT-DAILYLIFE
Lifestyle

Barbers suffer under Taliban rule as Afghans shun fashion

By AFP27-09-2021 15:00

During the Taliban’s first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, the hardliners banned flamboyant hairstyles and insisted men grow beards.

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