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9/10/21
Members of the Haqqani network are responsible for some of the most brutal terrorist attacks of recent times and now they are a key part of Afghanistan's government.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/10/21
Two male journalist were beaten after covering a women's protest in the capital as a Doha-bound civilian flight takes off with foreigners onboard.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/12/21
To mark September 11, the Taliban have raised their flag above the presidential palace and orchestrated a march for local women.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/13/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government's new higher education minister said Sunday.
Read more from AP NEWS9/19/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers on Saturday as part of the forced move.
Read more from AP NEWS9/28/21
Herat official says four men kidnapped a local businessman and his son, but were caught by patrols before one of their bodies was hung in a bustling square.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/28/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women's shelter in a northern Afghan city ran away. Left abandoned were 20 women who had fled a variety of domestic horrors, some abused by husbands or family, others forced into early marriages with older men.
Read more from AP NEWS9/28/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law. The order in Helmand province was issued Monday by the provincial Taliban government's vice and virtue department to barbers in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital.
Read more from AP NEWS10/17/21
After promising to honour minority rights, local Taliban leaders evict hundreds of Hazara families, leaving many displaced in rugged mountain areas with no supplies.
Read more from www.abc.net.au10/20/21
You are, apparently, the only one here on this forum who has swallowed what appears to factual but could be propaganda. The "Newsies" crowd is banging the war drums 'cause war makes headlines.
If it bleeds it leads. II suggest caution. Remember - the Taliban needs Western help and so is trying to behave.
Remember also: it was our own US president who 'sicked' the drone on that Afghan family.