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Removal of Taliban from list of terrorist organisations 'possible', says Vladimir Putin

The insurgent group has welcomed the remarks by the Russian president

Threatened Afghans hopeful of fleeing after Taliban resumes passport services

Hundreds flocked to the department to apply for travel documents in a test of the new Afghan government's commitment to the international community to allow eligible people to leave

Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square, says witness

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, one of the founders of the militant group, had said earlier this week that the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands

Two Taliban fighters among five killed in fresh attacks in Jalalabad

Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, Jalalabad city is the base of Taliban rival Islamic State of Khorasan’s operations

Kabul Airport suicide attacker was freed by Taliban after four years in CIA custody for New Delhi terror plot

Abdul Rehman, a former engineering student with roots in Afghanistan’s Logar province and the son of a merchant who frequently visited New Delhi on business, was freed from Bagram prison on 15 August

From women can't be ministers to no co-education, a look at the new Taliban's perspective on women's rights

Recent controversial comments by Taliban leaders, like that of Hashimi, have exposed the Taliban’s true nature as it ignores women, who make up half of the population of the war-torn country

PIA, first foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover, lands in Kabul

Kabul airport was left trashed after foreign forces completed their chaotic withdrawal on 30 August, evacuating more than 120,000 people from the country.

'Don't want to turn the clock back': Taliban allows women to study, but conditions apply

The Taliban have suggested they have changed, including in their attitudes toward women. However, women have been banned from sports and the Taliban have used violence in recent days against women protesters demanding equal rights.

Afghanistan teeters on brink of universal poverty; 97% population could be affected by mid-2022: UN

Foreign reserves now cover just one week of imports, which the country is heavily reliant on for oil, food and machinery

No country for women: Taliban's all-male cabinet stirs fear of a 'dark future'

Women in the country allege they have been relegated to their houses and that the progress they had made has already been overturned