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Rally in Kabul as Taliban mark first year in power

A crowd consisting of mostly Taliban militants attend a spontaneous rally at Kabul's Shah Massoud square as the hardline Islamists marked the first anniversary of their return to power in the country with a national holiday.

Afghanistan

Taliban fire warning shots amid rare women's protest in Kabul

Chanting 'bread, work and freedom', around 40 women marched in front of the education ministry on Saturday

My Europe Series

Afghans dream of America one year after the Taliban takeover

One year after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the haphazard western withdrawal, some Afghans are still waiting for their visas to the US in the unlikeliest of places.

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Afghan tourists enjoy the peace in Bamiyan's sites

Afghan tourists enjoy a holiday riding boats at the Band-e Amir lake and walking through the ruins of where the famous Buddha statues once stood before being blown up by the Taliban in 2001.

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Afghanistan

'We respect women a lot': Taliban holds 3,000-delegate men-only summit

Critics and civil society groups said it will not have legitimacy if Afghan women, who number around 20 million, do not attend.

Afghanistan

Taliban supreme leader in aid appeal as earthquake kills 1,000 people

The powerful quake hit the eastern Paktika province on the border with Pakistan, and authorities fear many more people are trapped or dead in the rubble of their homes.

Afghanistan

Taliban detaining and torturing civilians in Afghanistan, says HRW

The New York-based watchdog says that the Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group.

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Afghan women protest decree to cover faces

About a dozen women chanting "burqa is not my hijab" protested in the Afghan capital Tuesday against the Taliban's order for women to cover fully in public, including their faces.

Afghanistan

Taliban order women in Afghanistan to cover up from head to toe

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, in a sharp turn towards a more hardline enforcement of religious rules.

Afghanistan

Dozens dead after blast at a mosque in Afghanistan

Friday's explosion follows a series of attacks in Afghanistan on Thursday.

Pakistan

Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote

Khan was voted out in the Sunday morning vote after several political allies and a key party in his ruling coalition deserted him.

Afghanistan

Taliban announce ban on harvesting poppies

In desperately poor Afghanistan the ban seems certain to further impoverish its poorest citizens at a time when the country is in an economic free fall.

World News

Taliban bans opium as Afghanistan's poppy harvest begins

Farmers say the ban will ruin them as many rely on opium revenues to pay their bills. The opium is sold to dealers who process it to produce heroin.

Afghanistan

Dozens protest in Kabul, demanding the Taliban reopens girls’ secondary schools.

"Why is it happening to them just because they're girls? Why can't they be studying? Why can’t they be learning?”

Afghanistan

Taliban orders middle and high schools for girls to close

It happened on the first day of Afghanistan's new academic year.

Afghanistan

In pictures: Children's fight for survival amid Afghanistan crisis

Six months since the Taliban seized Kabul, a humanitarian crisis has developed in Afghanistan that has devastated the lives of children across the country, says Save the Children.

Afghanistan

Meet the Afghans making Europe their home after Taliban takeover

It's six months since the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, which, for some, prompted a frantic scramble to get out. We caught up with four Afghans who fled and made Europe their new home.

Afghanistan

Afghans protest US president Biden giving €3.1bn to 9/11 victims

The country's economy is teetering on the brink of collapse after international money stopped coming into Afghanistan with the arrival in mid-August of the Taliban, while the citizens are experiencing a mass famine.

Afghanistan

Over 100 ex-Afghan forces and officials slain since August, UN says

The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of Afghan forces have been killed since the Taliban took over the country.

New Zealand

Journalist denied entry into New Zealand opts for Taliban help

Charlotte Bellis' case is one in a number of stories of New Zealand citizens who ended up stranded, causing embarrassment for PM Jacinda Ardern's government.