The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, are a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country. Read More
Amidst the worldwide disapproval of the Taliban's reign in Afghanistan, the probable ban on opium cultivation by them will have adverse effects on the Afghan economy, as per reports issued by Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN). ...
Amid the worldwide condemnation of the Taliban regime's diktat to ban girls from attending school over sixth grade, a group of religious scholars assembled in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province calling for reopening of schools for girls. ...
Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools. ...
Amid a political crisis in Afghanistan since the Taliban's takeover last August, the private sectors of the country have been hit hard as the businesses were halted, reported local media citing a survey conducted by the World Bank. ...