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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…

Feeling like they were no closer to being accepted on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme - which they are eligible for - the family are still despairingly stuck in limbo.

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.

Minister fled country week before Taliban took Kabul

After a decade in Pakistan, lawyers representing Fatema and her four children say their application has been "unreasonably delayed". If the court finds in their favour, thousands of Afghans could see their cases fast-tracked.

Afghans celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Monday but festivities were muted, taking place under Taliban rule for the first time in decades and as the administration cancelled a public holiday.

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Education Ministry has announced that schools for all students will open this week — the clearest sign yet that girls will be allowed back in school

The Taliban rule and the flagging economy have seemingly put a dampener on celebrations this year.