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Afghan aid linked to human rights

Oslo—Western diplomats Tuesday linked humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to an improvement in human rights after meeting a Taliban delegation on a landmark visit to...

Taliban, Western officials meet in Oslo for talks on rights

Oslo—Taliban and Western diplomats meet in Oslo on Monday for talks on Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis and human rights, especially those of women whose freedoms...

Humanitarian aid tops agenda as Taliban meet Western officials

Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus at talks opening Sunday in Oslo between the...

Taliban dismiss 3,000 members for committing abuses: official

The Taliban have dismissed about 3,000 members accused of abusive practices from its hardline Islamist movement in a widespread "vetting process" launched since coming...

Taliban arrest Afghan professor after criticism

By Emma CLARK A prominent Afghan university professor and open critic of the Taliban's hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, with his daughter on Sunday...

Taliban arrest Afghan professor after critical social media post

KABUL—A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah...

Visitors return to Afghan national museum, once ransacked by Taliban

"Some artifacts on open display are fundamentally at odds with the Taliban’s radical ideology." By Duncan Woodside and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Afghanistan’s national museum is once again...

Taliban govt resumes issuing Afghan passports in Kabul

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Saturday they will resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened living under the Islamists' rule. Thousands...

Top Taliban commander escapes drone strike

A top leader of the Pakistan Taliban escaped unhurt from a suspected drone strike on a safe house in eastern Afghanistan, the militant group...

Afghan families go back to making carpets as economy unravels

Four Afghan brothers have hauled their family's carpet loom out of storage in the desperate hope of earning a living as the nation's economy...

UN: Aid needs to surge to $41B in ‘22

The UN warned Thursday that the need for humanitarian aid was skyrocketing worldwide, as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and conflicts...

Taliban begin paying salaries to government employees

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Saturday they had begun paying government employees who had not received a paycheck since the Islamists seized power and triggered...

Islamic State group claim killing of Afghan journalist

The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a minibus in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed a journalist...

Senior Taliban commander slain in hospital attack

A Taliban military commander was killed when his men responded to an Islamic State suicide bomb and gun attack on a hospital in the...
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