Tag: Afghan Taliban
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Taliban to be blamed for missing journalist, says rights group
A journalists’ rights groups in Afghanistan said that the Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, weeks after two female activists went missing. The rights group known as the Afghan Media Association, without naming anyone said that reporters Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab were picked up by masked gunmen in…
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Taliban to reopen universities, silence on female students maintained
The Taliban acting Higher Education Minister Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani has made an announcement that the public universities will be opened next month, i.e. February, across the country without specifying whether female students would be able to return or not. According to Reuters, the minister said universities in warmer provinces will reopen from February 2,…
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New terrorist wave
A new wave of terrorism seems to be gripping the country in recent months, with the Lahore blast being the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted security forces, policemen, and civilians. From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Balochistan, from Sindh to the capital city to the heart of Punjab, there is a rise in…
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Taliban ban women from acting in dramas
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has set new laws prohibiting women from acting in television shows, reports the BBC. Female journalists and presenters are likewise required to wear headscarves when on camera. However no guidelines have been issued regarding which type of covering to use. Eight new Taliban restrictions have been handed to Afghan television networks. The…
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‘Ghani promised to fight till death but fled’: Antony Blinken
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised to fight till death but when the Taliban came, he fled, reports Dawn. In a show, Blinken was asked if he had personally tried to persuade Ghani to stay in Kabul. To which he replied that he…
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Afghan footballer rumoured to be executed by Taliban, allegedly committed suicide before takeover
News of an Afghan female footballer, Mahjabeen, beheaded by the Taliban in Kabul is making rounds on social media. As per a news report, in an interview with the Persian Independent, one of the coaches of the Afghan women’s national volleyball team confirmed that the athlete had been killed, but said that no one other…
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Kabul’s last Jew fearing Taliban divorces wife to be in Israel
Zebulon Simentov, who is known as the last Jew of Kabul, divorced his wife over a Zoom call so that he can be allowed to enter his Holy Land, reports Dawn. Under Jewish religious law, a husband must agree to grant his wife divorce, which Simentov had refused to do for many years. But last…
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Musicians flee Afghanistan fearing Taliban
More than 100 music students and teachers fled Afghanistan on Sunday from Kabul, fearing a crackdown on music by Taliban, New York Times reported. The musicians were affiliated with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music that became a target of the Taliban in part for its efforts to promote the education of girls. Ahmad Naser…
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Forgiving TTP: Never forget!
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government is in talks with some groups of the banned militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In an interview with TRT World, PM Khan said there are different groups that form the TTP and some of them want to talk to our government for peace. “So, we are…
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Taliban ban women from teaching, attending Kabul University until Islamic environment is created
Newly Taliban-appointed Kabul University Chancellor Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat announced that women would be banned from the institution either as instructors or students. In a tweet, Ghairat said, ” I give you my words as the chancellor of Kabul University, as long as a real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women will not be…