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  • Malalai Helmandi: “An empowered mother bestows an empowered child upon society” 19 May 2024

    Malalai Helmandi: "An empowered mother bestows an empowered child upon society"
    Malalai Helmandi: “An empowered mother bestows an empowered child upon society”

    Malalai Helmandi, the Chief Executive Officer of Helmand Solar Company, expressed her views at a two-day conference in Bahrain, hosted by the United Nations, aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs and highlighting the importance of female investors in conflict-affected countries.

Taliban Leader in Kabul; From Neglect of the People’s Situation to Emphasis on Punishing Beggars 19 May 2024

Taliban Leader in Kabul; From Neglect of the People's Situation to Emphasis on Punishing Beggars Taliban Leader in Kabul; From Neglect of the People’s Situation to Emphasis on Punishing Beggars

Possibility of Submersion of Several Districts in Herat Due to Rising Water Levels in Salma Dam 19 May 2024

Possibility of Submersion of Several Districts in Herat Due to Rising Water Levels in Salma Dam Possibility of Submersion of Several Districts in Herat Due to Rising Water Levels in Salma Dam

Covert Journey of Akhundzada to Kabul; Concerns of Collapse or Criticism Suppression? 18 May 2024

Covert Journey of Akhundzada to Kabul; Concerns of Collapse or Criticism Suppression? Covert Journey of Akhundzada to Kabul; Concerns of Collapse or Criticism Suppression?

Trump again attacks Biden for Afghanistan ‘humiliation’ 22 Aug 2021

Trump again attacks Biden for Afghanistan ‘humiliation’

Former US president Donald Trump has once again attacked his Democratic successor Joe Biden over his handling of the retreat of American forces from Afghanistan, calling it “the greatest foreign policy humiliation” in the country’s history. During a rally in Alabama on Saturday, Trump, a Republican, repeatedly blamed Biden for Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban […]

Taliban to unveil new governing framework for Afghanistan 22 Aug 2021

Taliban to unveil new governing framework for Afghanistan

Amin Alemi Taliban leaders are busy these days as they are facing the challenge of good governance in Afghanistan.

Facebook moves to protect Afghan users’ accounts amid Taliban takeover 21 Aug 2021

Facebook moves to protect Afghan users’ accounts amid Taliban takeover

Facebook has brought in new safety measures for users worried for their safety in Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to cement their grip on power. The firm says it “removed the ability to view and search the ‘Friends’ list for Facebook accounts in Afghanistan” to protect people from being targeted. Professional networking site LinkedIn has […]

Greece erects fence at Turkey border amid warnings of Afghan migrant surge 21 Aug 2021

Greece erects fence at Turkey border amid warnings of Afghan migrant surge

Greece has installed a 40km (25-mile) fence and surveillance system on its border with Turkey amid concern over a surge of migrants from Afghanistan. “We cannot wait, passively, for the possible impact,” Greece’s Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said on a visit to the region of Evros on Friday. “Our borders will remain inviolable.” His […]

Nine Afghan girl robotics team members safe in Qatar 21 Aug 2021

Nine Afghan girl robotics team members safe in Qatar

After scrambling for days to bring them to safety, nine members of an Afghan all-girls robotics team have arrived in Qatar, the team’s parent organization has confirmed. Their flight out of Afghanistan was organized by the Qatar government, which expedited visas and sent an aircraft. The team first made headlines in 2017 after winning a […]

Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression 21 Aug 2021

Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women’s rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as part of a publicity blitz aimed at reassuring world powers and a fearful population. Following a lightning offensive across Afghanistan that saw many cities fall to the insurgents without […]

What the world is saying about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan 21 Aug 2021

What the world is saying about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan

What happened? As harrowing pictures of Afghans clinging to US cargo jets in a desperate bid to escape the Taliban circulate, everyone in Washington is asking a version of the same questions: Did President Joe Biden misread intelligence about the imminent collapse of the Afghan government and armed forces? Did US spy agencies fail to pick up […]

‘No one trusts anything that comes from the Taliban’s mouth’ 21 Aug 2021

‘No one trusts anything that comes from the Taliban’s mouth’

Three women on Afghanistan under Taliban rule Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to […]

Afghan women to have rights within Islamic law, Taliban say 21 Aug 2021

Afghan women to have rights within Islamic law, Taliban say

In the group’s first news conference since taking control of the country on Sunday, a spokesman said women would be free to work but gave little detail about other rules and restrictions. Zabihullah Mujahid repeated that all Afghans must live “within the framework of Islam”. Rights groups fear women’s freedoms could be eroded under the […]

Who are the Taliban? 21 Aug 2021

Who are the Taliban?

The Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan by US-led forces in 2001, but the group has seized control of the country once again following a rapid offensive. The capital, Kabul, was the last major city to fall to the offensive that began months ago but accelerated as the hardline Islamists gained control of territories. […]


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