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- Business Insider 11:40May 20, 2022Taliban orders all women TV presenters in Afghanistan to cover their faces. 'They are afraid of educated women,' said one.One female TV news presenter in Afghanistan said of the Taliban :I am sure, they don't want the presence of women in general."
< Military & Defense, News UK, Speed desk, Afghanistan, Taliban > - Business Insider 07:36May 10, 2022Mark Esper said Trump wanted to bring the Taliban to DC to have a meeting with them: 'This idea was terrible in so many ways'"This idea was terrible in so many ways," Esper said, recounting Trump's suggestion to bring members of the Taliban to the US for a meeting.
< News, Mark Esper, Donald Trump, Taliban, Afghanistan > - New York Times 00:57May 9, 2022Eid Under the Taliban Shows a Changed AfghanistanFor many Afghans the holiday this past week served as a reminder of the dissonance between the promise of peace many had imagined and the realities of the end of the war.
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- Business Insider 23:01May 8, 2022US Ambassador to the United Nations calls the Taliban's new decree that requires Afghan women to cover their faces 'unconscionable'Over the weekend, the Taliban announced that they are requiring Afghan women to cover their faces when in public.
< News, Afghanistan, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Taliban > - Business Insider 18:43May 7, 2022A new Taliban decree orders Afghanistan's women to veil their faces in public, and if they don't comply, male relatives face punishmentThe Taliban ruled that Afghan women must cover their faces in public in a decree passed Saturday, and said that burqas are preferable.
< International, Afghanistan, Taliban, Islam, Women's Rights, Burkas, UK Weekend > - Business Insider 11:40May 1, 2022How the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan crushed a restaurant owner's business, leaving him with nothing but a 'gloomy future'A Kabul restaurant owner told Insider that the Taliban's control over Afghanistan ultimately led him to forget the idea of having a business.
< Retail, News, Weekend BI UK, Kabul, Taliban, Taliban Takeover, Afghanistan, Businesses, Small Businesses, Retail > - New York Times 13:50April 30, 2022‘I Lost Everything’: Pakistani Airstrikes Escalate Conflict on Afghan BorderThe airstrikes killed at least 45 people, stoking fears of a violent resurgence of the conflict in eastern Afghanistan, which has become a base for Pakistani militants.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Civilian Casualties, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Mehsud, Hakimullah, Afghanistan, Khost (Afghanistan), Pakistan > - Business Insider 23:19April 29, 2022Constant ISIS terror attacks are challenging the Taliban's tenuous grip on power in AfghanistanMonths after the Afghan government collapsed and US forces left, the Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate wants to sabotage the Taliban's legitimacy.
< Military & Defense, Speed desk, Breaking, Taliban, Afghanistan, Islamic State > - New York Times 15:39April 28, 2022Tensions Flare Between Neighbors After Afghan Man Kills Iranian ClericsThe attack led to ethnic tensions in both countries, which each sent troops to the border.
< Illegal Immigration, Taliban, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Raisi, Ebrahim, Iran, Afghanistan >
- Business Insider 14:57April 28, 2022The US left $7 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan after its botched withdrawal, report saysThe US pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 as the Taliban resurged to power. It left behind an array of planes, guns, and vehicles.
< Politics, Military & Defense, News UK, Afghanistan, Taliban > - New York Times 19:55April 22, 2022Afghanistan Mosque Explosion Kills 33The blast in Kunduz Province, in the north, was the latest in a series of attacks reminiscent of the past two decades of war.
< Taliban, Terrorism, Islamic State Khorasan, Sufism (Religion), Kunduz (Afghanistan), Afghanistan >
- New York Times 16:39April 21, 2022Explosion at Afghan Mosque Kills at Least 10The blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s economic hubs, was the latest in a series of attacks on one of its religious minorities and was claimed by an ISIS affiliate.
< Mosques, Deaths (Fatalities), Shiite Muslims, Islamic State Khorasan, Taliban, Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) >
- New York Times 18:02April 19, 2022Blasts at Kabul Schools Kill at Least 6 in AfghanistanMore than a dozen people were also wounded, one as young as 7. The attacks again challenged the Taliban’s promise of security, and stoked deep-seated fears in the Shiite community.
< Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Islamic State Khorasan, School Shootings and Armed Attacks, Education (K-12), Terrorism, Afghanistan War (2001- ) >
- New York Times 13:22April 3, 2022Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in AfghanistanThe move will have far-reaching consequences for the many farmers who turned to the illicit crop as a brutal drought and economic crisis have gripped the country.
< Taliban, Afghanistan, Opium, Poppies, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Agriculture and Farming, Drug Abuse and Traffic >
- New York Times 13:22April 3, 2022Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in AfghanistanThe move will have far-reaching consequences for the many farmers who turned to the illicit crop as a brutal drought and economic crisis have gripped the country.
< Taliban, Afghanistan, Opium, Poppies, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Agriculture and Farming, Drug Abuse and Traffic > - New York Times 12:00March 29, 2022Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than EverFaced with life-threatening hunger, thousands labor in the coal mines of Baghlan. But safety measures that the former government once provided are gone.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Mines and Mining, Accidents and Safety, Economic Conditions and Trends, Taliban, Afghanistan, Coal, Deaths (Fatalities), Labor and Jobs >
- New York Times 12:00March 29, 2022Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than EverFaced with life-threatening hunger, thousands labor in the coal mines of Baghlan. But safety measures that the former government once provided are gone.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Mines and Mining, Accidents and Safety, Economic Conditions and Trends, Taliban, Afghanistan, Coal, Deaths (Fatalities), Labor and Jobs > - New York Times 12:00March 24, 2022A Bomb Crater as Business Partner for a Pit Stop on an Afghan HighwayAlong a lonely stretch of what was once the most dangerous road in Afghanistan, everyone slows down when they reach Hafiz Qadim’s mud brick shop. It’s not the food. Or the gas. It’s the big hole.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Afghanistan, Roads and Traffic, Kandahar (Afghanistan), Taliban, Zabul Province (Afghanistan), Bombs and Explosives >
- Snopes 16:33March 23, 2022Taliban Cancels Girls’ Higher Education Despite PledgesThe unexpected decision came at the start of the new school year in Afghanistan.
< afghanistan, taliban > - New York Times 13:30March 23, 2022Taliban Renege on Promise to Open Afghan Girls’ SchoolsThe reversal of the plan to reopen high schools this week could threaten aid at a critical time, as international officials had made girls’ education a condition for greater assistance.
< Women's Rights, Education (K-12), Taliban, Afghanistan, Foreign Aid, Embargoes and Sanctions, Discrimination, Women and Girls >
- New York Times 16:25March 22, 2022Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Fights for SurvivalSoaring inflation and a rift with the military threaten Imran Khan’s tenure as prime minister. He has dismissed criticism as a foreign conspiracy.
< Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Defense and Military Forces, Economic Conditions and Trends, United States Defense and Military Forces, International Relations, Credit and Debt, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Human Rights Watch, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Taliban, Khan, Imran, Afghanistan, China, Islamabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, Russia, Swat (Pakistan), United States >
- Business Insider 21:53March 19, 2022Afghanistan's last finance minister who now drives for Uber said America's fight for democracy and human rights in his home country was a 'pretense'"Maybe there were good intentions initially, but the United States probably didn't mean this," Afghanistan's former finance minister told the Washington Post.
< International, Politics, News, Afghanistan, Taliban > - Business Insider 18:39March 19, 2022Ex-British Army sniper who served in Afghanistan and is now volunteering in Ukraine says the Taliban were better fighters than Russian soldiers, report saysA British veteran who is training fighters in Ukraine told a reporter from The Times of the "complete incompetence" of Russian forces.
< International, Ukraine, Russia, Taliban, veteran, russia ukraine, UK Weekend, UK News > - New York Times 11:02March 8, 2022The Smugglers’ Paradise of AfghanistanFor decades, the smuggling trade — of people, drugs and money — has dominated Nimruz Province. Now, as hundreds of thousands of Afghans try to flee, business has further boomed for those who hold the keys to the gate.
< Illegal Immigration, Smuggling, Taliban, Afghanistan, Iran, Nimruz Province (Afghanistan), Afghanistan War (2001- ) > - New York Times 19:12February 28, 2022The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans FledMore than 120,000 people were airlifted out of Afghanistan last August, most with just a few hours to gather their belongings. Here are some of the keepsakes they chose.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Kabul International Airport, Ghani, Ashraf, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan) >
- Business Insider 17:46February 25, 2022Taliban urges restraint in Ukraine, 6 months after it took over Afghanistan by forceThe Taliban, which has a brutal history, expressed concern over the "real possibility of civilian casualties" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
< Politics, News, ukraine-russia, Taliban, War, News UK > - Observer 20:27February 23, 2022Afghanistan Antiquities Will Face U.S. Import Restrictions Through 2026After last year's Taliban takeover, major concerns have been raised regarding looted antiquities appearing on the market.
< Afghanistan, Antiquities, Artifacts, Bamiyan Buddha, destruction, restriction, Taliban > - New York Times 17:49February 22, 2022To Preserve Its Own Stability, Pakistan Must Stabilize Afghanistan FirstAnalysts say that the Taliban takeover has sparked a spike in terror attacks that have put the Pakistani government in a difficult position as it tries to support Afghanistan’s new government.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Baluch (Ethnic Group), Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Khan, Imran, Baluchistan (Pakistan), Pakistan, Afghanistan >
- Business Insider 16:00February 19, 2022Biden's push to release only half of Afghanistan's $7 billion reserves to its people would add 'insult to injury,' experts sayThe decision comes as "the Afghan economy moves closer to the abyss and gets closer to collapse," an expert said.
< Politics, News, Joe Biden, Afghanistan, White House, Executive Order, September 11, Taliban, Crisis > - New York Times 17:48February 16, 2022Afghans Find Room for Debate on Twitter SpacesAn audio live chat feature on Twitter has become a go-to place for Afghans still recovering from the collapse of the former government and seeking answers on everything from what went wrong to what comes next.
< Social Media, Politics and Government, Taliban, Twitter, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan) >
- The Guardian(UK) 13:44February 15, 2022Thousands of Afghans stuck in UK hotels as resettlement plan stallsMinister admits there is no way to move some refugees on without losing government supportThousands of Afghans rescued from the Taliban remain stuck in UK hotels for months after a minister admitted there is no mechanism to move some of them on without losing government support.The Home Office recently revealed that keeping Afghans in hotels was costing the taxpayer £1.2m a day. Hotel rooms are not suitable for long-term accommodation for traumatised people who have fled persecution, and prove a particularly challenging environment for families with children. Continue reading...
< Immigration and asylum, Refugees, Home Office, UK news, World news, Afghanistan, South and Central Asia, Politics, Taliban >
- Breitbart News 01:18February 14, 2022Report: Kabul Heroin User Encampment Growing Under TalibanThe number of people using heroin under Kabul's notorious Pul-e-Sukhta bridge — long synonymous with hard drug use — has increased since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, people living near the bridge told Deutsche Welle (DW) on Thursday.
< Asia, Health, National Security, Afghanistan, Crime, Drugs, health, Heroin, Kabul, Taliban >
- New York Magazine 23:43February 13, 2022Withdrawing Afghanistan’s Money Is Another Mess for BidenHis plan to divide billions in frozen Afghan funds between 9/11 victims’ families and humanitarian relief is unlikely to help many Afghans.
< afghanistan, foreign interests, international affairs, politics, joe biden, taliban, foreign policy, 9/11 > - New York Times 13:34February 13, 2022Biden’s Decision on Frozen Funds Stokes Anger Among Afghans“It is a cruel act and a betrayal,” one shopkeeper said of the White House’s move to essentially seize funds held by the Afghan central bank.
< Afghanistan, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Humanitarian Aid, Assets, Frozen, Taliban, Da Afghanistan Bank, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Federal Reserve System >
- New York Times 18:09February 11, 2022Taliban Are Holding 2 Westerners Working for U.N., Agency SaysThe two former journalists and their Afghan colleagues were detained in the Afghan capital in recent days. The Taliban have not confirmed or explained.
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- Business Insider 17:59February 11, 2022With Afghanistan on verge of famine, Biden will use some of its frozen funds sought by Taliban to pay 9/11 victimsSince the Afghan government collapsed last year, the Taliban has tried to access the billions in assets frozen in New York's Federal Reserve.
< International, News, Speed desk, Breaking, Taliban, Biden, Humanitarian aid, 9-11 > - The Guardian 17:41February 11, 2022Taliban detain British journalist Andrew North in KabulJournalist, a second foreigner and Afghan colleagues held while on assignment with UNHCRThe Taliban have detained a British journalist, a second foreigner and some of their Afghan colleagues in Kabul while they were on assignment for the UN refugee agency, their employer and the family of one of those detained have said.Though the Taliban have detained and beaten Afghan journalists, the arrests earlier this week are the first time Afghanistan’s new rulers are known to have held foreign reporters since they took power last summer. Continue reading...
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- New York Times 11:00February 11, 2022Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan FundsThe president intends to use the Afghan central bank’s assets to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
< United States Economy, Politics and Government, Terrorism, Banking and Financial Institutions, Da Afghanistan Bank, Justice Department, Taliban, Treasury Department, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Afghanistan, United States, September 11 (2001) >
- The Guardian 16:03February 8, 2022Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at borderExclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left AfghanistanTwo suspected Islamic State recruits, one of them carrying a British passport, were seized by the Taliban when they tried to slip into Afghanistan last autumn through its northern border, the Guardian can reveal.The men, who were carrying more than £10,000 in cash, military fatigues and night-vision goggles in their bags, were arrested after a tipoff from Uzbekistan, according to a Taliban source with knowledge of the operation. Continue reading...
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- New York Times 13:00February 6, 2022Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under StressHospitals and clinics are struggling to hold up amid a cash shortage and a vast surge of malnutrition and disease. By one estimate, 90 percent may close in the next few months.
< Afghanistan, Hospitals, Economic Conditions and Trends, Malnutrition, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Humanitarian Aid, Taliban, United Nations >
- New York Times 16:06February 5, 2022Afghan Refugees Face Two-Tier System in EuropeEducated elites evacuated to Europe after the Taliban’s return are welcomed, but they struggle with their lives in exile, even as their poorer compatriots are shunned.
< Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis, Asylum, Right of, Immigration and Emigration, Politics and Government, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Evacuations and Evacuees, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Illegal Immigration, European Commission, European Union, Frontex, Taliban, Europe, Greece, Afghanistan >
- Business Insider 14:36February 3, 2022The US is still keeping nearly $10 billion of Afghan assets frozen from the Taliban, but says banks are allowed to send humanitarian aidThe Treasury Department said banks and aid groups can send help to the country's civilians without violating sanctions.
< Military & Defense, Politics, Finance, News UK, Speed desk, Afghanistan, Taliban, Treasury > - New York Times 20:32February 2, 2022More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy CollapsesThousands of Afghans are trying to sneak into Iran and Pakistan each day, in an intensified migration scramble that is stoking fears in Europe.
< Afghanistan, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Taliban, Economic Conditions and Trends, Smuggling, International Organization for Migration, Zaranj (Afghanistan), Iran, Pakistan, European Union, Humanitarian Aid >
- Business Insider 08:54February 2, 2022Leaked documents show the Biden administration was still discussing basic mass civilian evacuation plans hours before the Taliban took over KabulBiden officials informed Afghan embassy staff to "register" their interest in relocating to the US, only hours before the Taliban took over.
< Politics, Biden, Afghanistan, Taliban > - The Guardian 09:50January 31, 2022New Zealand defends strict Covid quarantine after pregnant journalist ‘had to turn to Taliban’ for helpCharlotte Bellis, a journalist, says she was forced to return to Afghanistan after her application was met with ‘clauses and technicalities and confusion’The New Zealand government has defended its strict quarantine system known as MIQ after a pregnant New Zealand journalist said she had to turn to the Taliban for help after her requests to get back to her own country were rejected.Charlotte Bellis discovered she was pregnant a short time after gaining international attention in 2021 for questioning Taliban leaders about their treatment of women and girls. She is due to give birth in May. Continue reading...
< New Zealand, Coronavirus, Asia Pacific, Taliban, World news >
- The Guardian(UK) 05:18January 31, 2022Afghanistan: more than 100 believed killed despite Taliban amnesty offer, says UNExtrajudicial killings allegedly carried out despite Taliban assurances of safety for those linked to previous leadership or foreign forcesThe United Nations says it has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 members of the ousted Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over on 15 August.Secretary general Antonio Guterres said in a report that “more than two thirds” of the deaths were alleged to have resulted from extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates, despite the Taliban’s announcement of “general amnesties” for those affiliated with the former government and US-led coalition forces. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian 21:21January 29, 2022Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded by quarantine rules says she turned to TalibanCharlotte Bellis says group offered her safe haven while quarantine backlog prevented return homeA pregnant New Zealand journalist says she has had to turn to the Taliban for help after being prevented from returning to her home country due to quarantine rules. In a column published in the New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Charlotte Bellis said it was “brutally ironic” that she had once questioned the Taliban about their treatment of women and she was now asking the same questions of her own government. Continue reading...
< New Zealand, Coronavirus, Taliban, Asia Pacific, Afghanistan, World news >
- New York Times 13:00January 28, 2022On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in KabulTasked with guarding a Shiite shrine, a police unit offers a telling snapshot of the Taliban’s rank-and-file fighters and the challenges Afghanistan’s rulers face in governing a diverse nation.
< Afghanistan, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan), Police, Wardak (Afghanistan), Afghanistan War (2001- ), Muslims and Islam, Hazaras (Ethnic Group) >
- New York Times 21:36January 24, 2022Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With ProtestsThe Taliban have begun cracking down harder as women insist on their rights and as Western governments call for reforms.
< Women's Rights, Taliban, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan War (2001- ), Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Muslim Veiling >
- The Guardian 20:09January 23, 2022Change to aid rules needed to prevent famine in Afghanistan, say UK expertsFormer security and diplomatic chiefs warn that country is at risk of economic collapse as Taliban begin talks in NorwayAfghanistan can only be saved from state collapse and widespread starvation if the definition of legitimate humanitarian aid to the country is broadened, some of Britain’s most senior former security and diplomatic chiefs have said.The group, including two former national security advisers, a former chief of defence staff and a former ambassador to Afghanistan, write in a letter published in the Guardian that the aid that can be sent to the Taliban-controlled country without fear of sanctions is too restricted. Continue reading...
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