Afghanistan's Taliban mandate face coverings for women news anchors
Afghanistan's Taliban, through their Virtue and Vice ministry, set a new rule forcing female news anchors to cover their faces while on TV.
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Davos updates | Urgent need in Afghanistan is saving economy
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Two high-level speakers at the World Economic Forum gathering say Afghanistan’s most urgent need is saving its economy from complete collapse. Achim Steiner, administrator of…
Taliban enforce face coverings for Afghanistan’s female news presenters
Move is part of hardline pivot after militants hinted at more moderate restrictions when taking power last year
Afghanistan's new poor line up for aid to survive as food crisis bites
Two long lines -- one of men, another of women -- wind around a World Food Programme (WFP) aid distribution site in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the heat of the mid-morning sun.
Taliban 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."
Opinion | In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, control of women begins at home
What happens to a society when its boys are brought up to understand that it is normal to control the women in their lives?
US intel questioned for misjudging Afghanistan, Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. intelligence officials were questioned Tuesday about why they misjudged the durability of governments in both Afghanistan and Ukraine, and whether they need to reform how…
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers order all women to cover head-to-toe in public
Decree, which calls for women to only show eyes and recommends wearing the head-to-toe burqa, confirms rights activists' worst fears following group's return to power
Taliban orders women to cover up head to toe in Afghanistan: "We want our sisters to live with dignity"
The decree calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa.
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights…
Taliban decree orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces
Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on Saturday.
How 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.
Afghanistan: At least 10 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque
Dozens of Afghan civilians have been killed in recent weeks in blasts, some of which have been claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group.
Pakistan army post attacked by fighters from Afghanistan
Three military personnel dead after an assault on a military installation in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region.
Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 15 people, injure dozens
Separate explosions in northern Afghanistan on Thursday have killed at least 15 people and left dozens more injured, local officials said.
Deadly explosion rips through Shia mosque in Afghanistan
Blast at Sai Doken mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif leaves dozens dead or wounded, officials say.
On the battlefield with Russia, Afghanistan’s loss is Ukraine’s gain
In total, the United States has agreed to provide 16 Mi-17s to Ukraine. All were undergoing U.S.-contracted maintenance outside of Afghanistan in August when the Taliban took over the country and…
Pakistan says cross-border attacks from Afghanistan have increased
Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against…
Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Basheer was a young Taliban fighter barely out of his teens when the Islamic State group took over his village in eastern Afghanistan, nearly eight years ago. The…
US man abducted in Afghanistan appears in newly posted video
The New Yorker magazine has posted a video showing an American man who was kidnapped in Afghanistan two years ago