Taliban

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
South Asia

UN chief pleads with US, World Bank to unlock Afghanistan funds

Billions of dollars of assets are frozen by Washington, aid supplies are heavily disrupted and over half of the population faces the threat of famine

An UNHCR worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with aid supplies for a displaced Afghan family outside a distribution center as a Taliban fighter secures the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
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Taliban propose joint body to coordinate distribution of foreign aid

An UNHCR worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with aid supplies for a displaced Afghan family outside a distribution center as a Taliban fighter secures the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Taliban seeking greater role in distribution of foreign aid

A boy sells food in a park in Kabul, Afghanistan October 22, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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UN seeks record $4.4 bln in aid for Afghanistan's future

An Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag hangs over a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

Kabul University law professor Faizullah Jalal (pictured with his wife Massouda during a trip to Paris in 2004) has long had a reputation as a critic of Afghanistan's leaders. Photo: AFP
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Taliban arrest Afghan professor after social media criticism

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Taliban order shop owners to behead mannequins

Ashraf Ghani addressed Afghan people on Facebook after the UAE confirmed that it is hosting Ghani. Photo : Reuters
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Mistakes were made: Ex-Afghan president describes moment he fled the Taliban

Afghan collaborators, their families, Spanish soldiers and members of the embassy board a Spanish military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Spain/Handout via REUTERS
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Pilots detail chaotic collapse of the Afghan Air Force

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South Asia

Afghanistan's tumultuous year and uncertain future

Taliban also called on women television journalists to wear Islamic hijabs while presenting their reports. In picture - An Afghan former female journalist silhouetted during an interview with news agency AFP in Kabul. Photo: AFP/ Hindustan Times
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No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative:Taliban

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Taliban creates new 170-member police unit to protect educational institutes

A soldier stands guard along the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan, Pakistan October 18, 2017. Photo :Reuters
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Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from fencing international border