Women cannot undertake road trips of distances farther than 72 kilometers unless escorted by a close male relative, the militant group ruling the country says
International community seeks to scale up delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Taliban’s return to power prompts concerns about whether they’ll cut ties with terrorist groups, govern country effectively and respect human rights and women
Women journalists have been hit hardest, with 4 out of 5 no longer working
Washington blocked Kabul’s access to roughly $9.4 billion, mostly held in the U.S. Federal Reserve, immediately after the Islamist Taliban took control of the war-torn country in mid-August
US sanctions and an abrupt suspension of international assistance have left the Afghan economy on the brink of collapse
A daylong emergency conference of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation agreed Sunday to set up a trust fund to help avert a catastrophe in Afghanistan
Islamabad to host handful of top diplomats from Organization of Islamic Cooperation, along with non-member EU states, Russia, China and the US
Pakistani officials say 105,000 Afghans entered Pakistan on valid visas, with the rest crossing the border illegally
Rights group says months leading up to fall of Kabul marked by ‘repeated war crimes, relentless bloodshed’ by Taliban, Afghan security forces, US military
The World Food Program estimates that the number of severely food insecure Afghans is a staggering 22.8 million, more than 50 percent of the population
Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for the deadly attack
Pakistani officials have not commented on TTP announcement
Imran Khan said Islamabad does not want to “get trapped” into another Cold War the way it did by joining the U.S.-led Western alliance against the erstwhile Soviet Union
Official said the infection was found in a 57-year-old unvaccinated woman in Karachi, the country’s largest city and capital of the southern Sindh province
UNICEF estimates that one in two children under five in Afghanistan will be 'acutely malnourished' in 2022
Islamist group rejects Western allegations, says it’s fully committed to enforcing a general amnesty across the country
Islamabad says Taliban delegates are also expected to attend the December 19 event
Prime Minister Khan denounced the incident and ordered provincial authorities to bring to justice those responsible
The religious directive comes as the hardline Islamist group, which took over the conflict-torn country in August, faces international pressure to commit to upholding human rights, especially those of women
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