The Taliban leader says there is no need for Western laws in Afghanistan
The Taliban leader says there is no need for Western laws in Afghanistan and that democracy was dead as long as sharia laws ...
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American Woman Freed By Taliban, Second Release Of US Hostage In 8 Days
An American woman has been released by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan after being detained for the past month, the second freeing of a US citizen in the past eight days.
Opinion
The ‘Great Abandonment’ of Afghanistan
Taliban 2.0 has a firmer grip on the country, is more brutal to women, and is less tolerant of any opposition, with the U.S. and Europe have washed their hands of the problem inside Afghanistan ...
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Afghanistan: US citizen released by Taliban
No foreign country has yet officially recognized the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, but Qatar has served as a mediation hub since the Taliban opened a political office in Doha in 2013.
Stars and Stripes16d
‘A matter of national honor’: Translator support group works to get Afghan interpreters to US amid changing immigration policies
As an Army company commander in Afghanistan in 2013 ... to their lives from militant groups such as the Taliban and the Islamic State because of their work with the U.S. government.
Afghan Voice Agency16d
New round of transfer of Afghan prisoners from Iran begins; 149 prisoners transferred to Afghanistan
The process of transferring Afghan prisoners sentenced to prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran began on Tuesday, March 19, with the presence of Maulvi Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, acting head of the ...
The Straits Times16d
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
KABUL - Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ... the Taliban have imposed an ultra-strict vision of Islamic law, modelled on their previous rule from 1996 to 2001.
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Clashes erupt in western India as Hindu groups demand demolition of Mughal ruler’s tomb
Such remarks have led to anxieties among the country’s significant Muslim minority who in recent years have been at the receiving end of violence from Hindu nationalists, emboldened by a prime ...
Afghan Islamic Press17d
Baghlan Sugar Mills resumes production
The Director General of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlavi Zakirullah Zakir, has urged the broader Islamic community to engage ...
Afghan Voice Agency17d
UNAMA should focus on handing over Afghanistan's seat in the UN to the Islamic Emirate
In response to the extension of the UNAMA mission in Afghanistan by the members of the Security Council, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate called on UNAMA to focus on lifting unnecessary sanctions ...
Afghan Islamic Press17d
Afghan government condemns resumption of Israeli attacks on Gaza strip
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has condemned the resumption of attacks of Israeli forces on the Palestinian Muslims in the Gaza strip..... The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution ...