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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai a summit on girls' education in Muslim nations being held in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Photo: BSS/AFP
South Asia

Malala Yousafzai tells Muslim leaders not to 'legitimise' Taliban

Simply put, the Taliban do not see women as human beings, she said while speaking at a conference

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 14, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Russia pledges broader Afghanistan ties, says US should help rebuild

A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
Climate Change

Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

File photo: Reuters
World+Biz

19 militants killed in separate shootouts in Pakistan

Afhgani women studying in the United Kingdom. Photo BSS/AFP
Europe

Afghan women continue medical studies in Scotland after Taliban ban

FILE PHOTO: Afghan women fry traditional cookies inside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
World+Biz

Afghanistan's Taliban govt says new morality law will be 'gently' enforced

Raw opium from a poppy head is seen at a poppy farmer's field on the outskirts of Jalalabad, April 28, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Parwiz/File Photo
World+Biz

UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets

An Afghan woman carries empty containers to fetch water in Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province, Afghanistan, August 6, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File photo
Middle East

UN-led Doha meeting with Taliban sparks outcry over women's rights

Taliban fighters are seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
Europe

Russia invites Afghanistan's Taliban to major economic forum

File Photo: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a joint news conference in Moscow, Russia February 18, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Guneev/Kremlin via REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia says it is working on removing Taliban from its terrorist list

Photo: BSS/AFP
South Asia

Taliban says it hit back at Pakistan after air strikes in Afghanistan kill 8

Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
World+Biz

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

Released taliban hostage and Austrian national Herbert Fritz speaks with the media after disembarking from a plane, in Doha, Qatar, 25 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh
World+Biz

Taliban releases Austrian far-right activist held in Afghanistan