Taliban Takeover

Fewer women on streets, vandalised memorials as Kabul marks six months since Taliban takeover

Flags of the former republic and murals of slain anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud have been removed. Beauty salons have taken down posters of women

Afghan situation remains uncertain nearly six months after Taliban takeover, says UN

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on 15 August, two weeks before America's complete troop withdrawal on 31 August, after a costly two-decade war

Threatened, beaten and risking arrests, Afghan women defy Taliban with protests

Women once made up at least a quarter of the government workforce. But the Taliban have allowed only a handful of female medical workers and educators to retain their government jobs.

Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women: Here's how group has clamped down on Afghani women's freedom

The guidance issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which also called on vehicle owners to refuse rides to women not wearing headscarves, has drawn condemnation from rights activists.

How 2022 may see the meltdown of the China-Pakistan-Afghanistan axis

After the Taliban takeover, very few countries have stepped up to recognise the new regime. Even Pakistan’s ‘all-weather’ ally China is hesitant.

Afghans flock to Iranian border in large numbers, but few can cross

Border commander for Nimroz province, Mohammad Hashem Hanzaleh, said the number of people attempting to cross has soared to between 3,000 and 4,000 every day since the Taliban takeover

Independent antiques dealer brings Afghanistan pavilion to Dubai’s Expo amid turmoil in home country

Mohammed Omer Rahimy says he paid out of pocket this time to ship his family heirlooms and other artistic artifacts from Vienna to Dubai

Anthony Blinken discusses way forward in Afghanistan with Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Blinken appreciated the work that Pakistan has done to facilitate the departure of American citizens who wish to leave Afghanistan as well as others

Month after Afghans fell from plane in desperate bid to escape Taliban rule, families relive horror

More than a month later, much remains unclear about what happened in that tragic takeoff on 16 August, a day after the Taliban swept into Kabul

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