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          Taliban

          Read the latest news about the extremist group governing Afghanistan after American-led coalition forces withdrew in 2021

          Medical students from Afghanistan attend a reception at Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh. They are banned from education under the Taliban and will complete their degrees in Scotland. PA

          Nineteen Afghan women to study in Scotland to defy Taliban education ban

          UKAugust 20, 2024
          Afghan refugee Maryam, 27, says she dreams of returning to a country where there is equality across gender, race and religion. Photo: International Rescue Committee

          UK's Afghan refugees dream of returning to a better homeland

          UKAugust 15, 2024
          Afghans are evacuated from Kabul airport before the Taliban takeover in August 2021. Getty Images

          Thousands of Afghans secretly flown to new life on military bases in UK

          UKJuly 31, 2024
          Hamish Falconer, the new UK minister for Middle East and North Africa. He vowed to 'do all I can' to bring an end to Gaza conflict. Hamish Falconer / X

          Taliban hostage negotiator made new British Middle East minister

          UKJuly 19, 2024
          Taliban patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2022. EPA

          Terror groups operating out of Afghanistan pose significant threat, UN report says

          USJuly 11, 2024
          Supporters of Afghan women hold a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 10. A third round of UN-led talks on Afghanistan’s future ended in Doha yesterday but female Afghans were not allowed to take part. EPA

          Excluding women from Afghanistan talks is indefensible

          EditorialJuly 02, 2024
          Zabihullah Mujahid, centre right, Taliban government chief spokesman, is leading the group’s delegation in Doha. AP

          Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions

          USJuly 01, 2024
          Burqa-clad women walk past a Taliban security guard along a street in Jalalabad in Afghanistan. AFP

          Taliban clampdown on women's rights 'hampering Afghanistan's reintegration'

          NewsJune 21, 2024
          Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Masood Khan speaks to The National at the Pakistani embassy in Washington on June 13, 2024. Ahmed Issawy / The National

          Pakistan needs more US military support to fight TTP, ambassador says

          USJune 19, 2024
          Bamyan province, where the attack took place, was home to two giant Buddhist until the Taliban destroyed them in 2001. EPA-EFE

          At least four in tourist group killed in Afghanistan attack

          USMay 17, 2024
          Flash floods have killed at least 120 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

          Floods wipe out homes, crops in Afghanistan's isolated communities

          AsiaApril 18, 2024
          Afghan girls walk to their school along a road in Gardez, Paktia province, on September 8, 2022. AFP

          Secondary-age girls banned as school starts in Afghanistan

          WorldMarch 20, 2024
          Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the air strikes in Khost and Paktika provinces hit civilian homes. AFP

          Taliban strikes back after Pakistan's deadly attack in Afghanistan

          WorldMarch 18, 2024
          The Taliban have been enforcing dress codes on Afghan women ever more harshly in recent weeks, according to a UN special rapporteur. EPA

          Women and girls being 'erased from public life' in Afghanistan

          AsiaMarch 01, 2024
          The Taliban take photos with a sports car while Afghan motorists practice for a racing competition, on the outskirts of Kabul, on February 1. AFP

          The Taliban have to be in the room for talks on Afghanistan's future

          CommentFebruary 22, 2024
          Taliban provincial culture chief Mullah Habibullah Mujahid stands next to part of a blast wall, taken from a former US military base, on display in the Ghazni governor's compound. AFP

          Why Afghanistan's concrete jungle of blast walls is falling

          CommentDecember 19, 2023
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