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The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

Groups of girls headed back to class in the Afghan capital Wednesday after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. All schools were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic when…

Those responsible for incident should be brought to justice, journalist’s parents say in complaint demanding probe

Pakistan’s prime minister has urged foreign ministers from Muslim-majority nations to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine, appealing also on China’s top diplomat to join the effort

The family of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer who was killed in Afghanistan last year has filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court to investigate his killing

The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, have begun legal action at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Islamist group, a lawyer for the family said on Tuesday.

Copenhagen (AFP) - An Oscar-nominated Danish documentary chronicling a gay Afghan refugee's perilous journey to Europe tries to show that being a refugee is what happens to you, not who you are, its director told AFP.

Islamabad (AFP) - Foreign ministers of Muslim nations began meeting in Pakistan Tuesday as the country's leader trumpets his Islamic credentials while at the same time battling the most serious challenge to his rule in four years.

Minister fled country week before Taliban took Kabul