The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Many Afghan soldiers reportedly escaped to Pakistan as the Taliban attacks on districts and provincial capitals intensified weeks before the Afghan government’s collapse in August 2021, a US report revealed. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released an interim report, “Collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security…

AFGHAN allies and British soldiers were “utterly let down by deep failures of leadership” in the UK Government during the evacuation from Kabul,…

New footage shows bodies of dead Russian soldiers piling up on refrigerated trains, as Vladimir Putin loses more troops in three months than in the nine-year war in Afghanistan

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan

Female TV news anchors are being told they must wear face coverings when presenting live on air in Afghanistan.

Most female presenters were seen with their faces covered while on air on Sunday.

The Taliban has imposed several restrictions for women and girls since overtaking Afghanistan in August

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air

Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels appear on air without covering their faces in defiance of the latest Taliban order, which further strips women of their rights.