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    Dec 1, 2025
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    Sep 29, 2024
    Taliban have invalidated all divorces granted under previous Afghan government, forcing divorced child brides to return to their former husbands. Thousands of young women, some of whom married as children, are now legally bound to return to adult husbands they had been freed
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    Oct 26, 2024
    In a shocking new decree, Taliban’s Minister of Virtue, Khalid Hanafi has banned Afghan women from allowing their voices to be heard by other women, even while praying or reciting Quranic verses. This ban prevents women from speaking at checkpoints, limiting female healthcare
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    Jul 19, 2020
    Qamar Gul, a young girl and her brother, have killed two Taliban fighters and pushed back several others in Tewri district of Ghor province, after the insurgents killed three members of their family.
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    Dec 3, 2024
    Taliban's ban on women pursuing medical education has sparked global outrage, with UK envoy Robert Dickson condemning it as a "severe blow" to women’s rights and healthcare access in Afghanistan. Critics warn the decision will deepen the country’s healthcare crisis, already
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    Dec 30, 2023
    Pakistan's plea for U.S. support against the growing threat of TTP militants has faced silence as Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's recent visit to the United States has yields no commitment from Washington. Despite cross-border threat posed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and its
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    Dec 22, 2023
    Taliban officials have declared that they will allow girls of all ages to attend religious schools as conventional schools remain closed. Taliban education ministry spokesman Mansour Ahmad has said that government-controlled madrassas impose no age restrictions on girls who are
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    Oct 7, 2023
    The Taliban have purportedly asked Iran, Iraq and Jordan to grant them passage to Israel so that they can "conquer Jerusalem". A statement widely circulated online, but not yet confirmed, suggests Taliban's foreign office has contacted Middle Eastern governments requesting
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    Sep 19, 2021
    “Education of girls is extremely important,” Former President #HamidKarzai said. “There is no other way. This will not be a country which stands on its own feet without education, especially for girls.”
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    Jan 1, 2020
    Asef Jalali, a prominent comedian of Afghanistan dies of cardiac arrest in #Kabul
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    Jun 27, 2020
    Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission announced that its employees lost their lives when their car was targeted by an IED. “They were Fatima Khalil, a Donor Liaison Officer and Jawid Folad, a driver."
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    Nov 26, 2019
    NDS releases video clip of two civil activists who reported children sexual abuse in Logar schools some days ago.
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    Jul 1, 2020
    UN envoy @DeborahLyonsUN and former President @KarzaiH today discussed the situation across #Afghanistan and, in particular, the peace process and the essential regional and other international support needed. Concerned about potential spoilers undermining peace.
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    Nov 23, 2024
    The Taliban have begun shutting down women-only cafes in Herat, Afghanistan, erasing rare safe spaces for women to gather and work. At least three cafes have closed, with others ordered to cease operations. These cafes, run by women barred from education and jobs, were lifelines
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