Taliban

EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels for first time

Rights groups have denounced the meeting as legitimising the Taliban government.

Afghan women struggle to run a business under Taliban

Afghan women clad in burqas, along with their children, walk along a road in Spin Ziyarat village in the Dand district of Kandahar on June 16. The vast majority of Afghan women do not work at all – less than 7 per cent of Afghan women were employed as of 2024, according to the UN Development Program.

Afghanistan says its forces hit militant hideouts in Pakistan, Islamabad denies claim

UN Security Council extends Afghan mission, calls for review

Taliban arrested at least 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan: UN

Taliban security forces had reportedly opened fire during an earlier protest, injuring men, women and children and killing at least two people.

Pakistani air strikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, Taliban says

People gather near coffins containing the bodies of victims who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Mani village, Spera District, Khost Province, Afghanistan, June 10, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Taliban leader who took US journalist hostage sentenced to 42 years’ jail

Former Taliban commander Haji Najibullah was described by a judge as having carried out the hostage taking with "casual brutality" and "psychological torture".

Police crack down on anti-hijab protests in western Afghanistan

Witnesses said protests erupted when officials attempted to arrest women opposing the mandatory dress requirements

UN urges Afghan Taliban to end arrests of women over dress rules

The Taliban issued a directive last week prohibiting women from appearing in public without what authorities described as a “proper hijab”.

Taliban’s new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism

The decree sets out various grounds for separation in Afghanistan, including a husband’s prolonged disappearance and “incompatibility” between couples.

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