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Afghan women’s rights activists have voiced their concerns ahead of a major international event on Afghanistan that will include the Taliban. Rights campaigners have accused the UN of legitimizing the Taliban by inviting the extremist group to the June 30-July 1 meeting.
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has drastically cut the salaries of female government employees, including doctors, nurses, and teachers. Afghan and international rights activists have condemned the move.
The Taliban has publicly flogged dozens of people in a sports stadium in northern Afghanistan after their convictions for crimes involving “immoral relations.”
Tens of thousands of impoverished retirees, who have not received their pensions since the Taliban seized power in 2021, have been forced to work again to feed their families. Many of the pensioners work as street vendors.
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on June 1, a Taliban official said.
A growing number of Afghans are taking what little money they have in the bank and closing their accounts. Experts say trust in the formal banking system has collapsed.
Flooding from heavy rainfall swept through a remote village in northeast Afghanistan, killing 10 members of a single family.
An Afghan refugee in Bishkek says he fears for his safety after violent mobs attacked foreigners in the Kyrgyz capital. The assault was allegedly directed at international students and migrants. Victims have said Pakistani and Indian students were targeted.
At least four people were killed in an armed attack on a group of foreign tourists at a market in Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan on May 17, according to government and security sources.
At least one Taliban border guard and one Pakistani soldier have been killed and several more injured in the latest border clash between them.
Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan has witnessed several bouts of deadly protests in recent weeks. The Taliban’s forceful enforcement of its drug ban triggered the rare demonstrations.
Victims of flash floods in northern Afghanistan say they have lost family and homes since heavy rains first struck on May 10. Thousands are homeless and hundreds are dead with just as many still missing, according to authorities. Many survivors are still awaiting tents, food aid, and medical care.
Emergency crews continue scrambling to rescue victims of massive flash floods in remote areas of northern Afghanistan, where hundreds have died. Torrents caused by heavy rainfall have struck communities in Baghlan Province, the worst-hit area, and thousands of homes have been destroyed.
Emergency crews battled the elements as they searched for victims in hard-to-reach areas of northern Afghanistan, where at least 315 people have died in flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
The latest wave of flooding in northern Afghanistan from heavy seasonal rains has left more than 300 people dead and many more injured and more than 1,000 homes destroyed, according to UN World Food Program (WFP) officials.
Three policemen were killed and five others injured when a bomb exploded near a police convoy on a mission to destroy illegal poppy crops in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan region, the country’s Taliban rulers said on May 8.
The Taliban has launched a crackdown on political parties in Afghanistan, where the militant group has monopolized power. Among those affected is the party of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan's most notorious ex-warlords and a former militant leader.
The Taliban's crackdown on the free press has transformed how journalists work in Afghanistan, where reporters face restrictions on what they can cover, how they can cover it, and who they can interview.
Seven people were killed in an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Afghanistan's Herat Province late on April 29.
A nationwide polio vaccination campaign started on April 29 in Afghanistan, Taliban authorities announced.
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