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The Taliban’s harsh new ‘vice and virtue’ laws are a throwback to the oppression of the 1990s – especially for the women of Afghanistan

Until the collapse of Afghanistan’s US-backed government in August 2021, few knew clearly what the Taliban wanted once they had returned to power. Some western officials and observers hoped for a big change from the regime, which had governed the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in the 1990s.

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Taliban Defends New Vice And Virtue Laws In Afghanistan

The Taliban defends controversial vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan despite international criticism, sparking concerns over women's rights and personal f...

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Khudadadi fights for Refugee Team at Paralympics after escaping Taliban

The taekwondo fighter, now living in France, goes for gold in Paris three years after competing for Afghanistan

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Trump Hits Harris On US Afghan Withdrawal 'Calamity'

Donald Trump on Monday tied Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan as he paid tribute to 13 troops killed in a suicide attack on the third anniversary of their deaths.

International Business Times

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism Of Morality Law As 'Arrogance'

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance".

International Business Times

Afghanistan withdrawal becomes 2024 election issue - Roll Call

Republicans on Monday pushed to make a terrorist attack that killed 13 U.S. troops in Afghanistan a vulnerability for Kamala Harris.

Roll Call

Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public

The Taliban has rejected concerns and criticism from the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public

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‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public

New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UN

The Guardian - UK

U.N. Official Warns Against Taliban's New Vice And Virtue Laws

Taliban's new vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan raise international alarm over women's rights and freedoms.

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Taliban Issues Strict Laws On Women's Behavior In Afghanistan

Learn about the Taliban's new laws in Afghanistan regulating women's behavior in public spaces and the concerns raised by human rights organizations and th...

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The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public

Al Jazeera

Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan’s Punjab, killing two children

Police believe attacker motivated by personal ‘enmity’, but investigators also probing possibility of ‘terrorism’.

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Fragile But Unbroken, Afghan Glassblowers Refuse To Quit

Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass -- the guardian of an Afghan glassblowing trade refusing to break with tradition.

The Independent UK

The UAE accepts credentials of Taliban ambassador in major diplomatic coup for Afghanistan’s rulers

The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of the Taliban's ambassador to the oil-rich Gulf state

The National (Scotland)

Female Afghan medical students arrive in Scotland defying Taliban education ban

NINETEEN medical students from Afghanistan have arrived safely in Scotland to continue with their studies after the Taliban imposed…

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban

Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

International Business Times

UN Rights Expert Barred From Afghanistan: Diplomatic Source

The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan has been barred from entering the country, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban

Editorial: Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed their demands

International Business Times

Philippines To Host 'Limited Number' Of Afghans Seeking US Visas

A "limited number" of Afghans will temporarily stay in the Philippines while being processed for resettlement in the United States, Manila and Washington said Tuesday.

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