Taliban Detain 70-Year-Old TikTok User Over Alleged ‘Un-Islamic’ Content

Ministry of Vice and Virtue says the man has been handed over to the group’s court

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Vaccine Hesitancy Leaves Thousands of Children in Uruzgan at Risk

Despite ongoing campaigns, deep-rooted myths and low awareness keep many families from immunizing their children against deadly diseases.

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Afghan Refugees’ “Last Path to Safety” Closed as U.S. Freezes Visas

Following a shooting near the White House, Washington suspends all Afghan immigration and resettlement applications indefinitely, leaving thousands stranded abroad.

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Ashraf Ghani Breaks Silence as Pakistan–Taliban Tensions Escalate

Former Afghan president issues two detailed statements calling for national consensus and warning against new cycles of internal conflict.

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Most Children in Helmand Remain Out of School as Access to Education Falls Below 40%

Taliban officials acknowledge widespread lack of schooling as more than half of Helmand’s children remain completely excluded from education.

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Afghanistan Flash floods leave women struggling to access sanitary products

Women in the flooded provinces do not feel they can talk about periods and sanitary products. Women affected by flash floods in Afghanistan are struggling to access sanitary products. Some…

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Afghanistan has been ranked as the saddest country in the world

On Wednesday, March 20, the Gallup organization published the outcomes of a…

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Afghanistan Flash floods leave women struggling to access sanitary products

Women in the flooded provinces do not feel they can talk about…

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The Dual Crisis: Displacement and Food Insecurity

For World Food Day, October 16, 2024, the Afghan Times and IUF Asia/Pacific released a report “Women…

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Taliban Enforces Ban on Women’s Voices and Public Visibility

In a move that underscores the Taliban's hardline governance, Afghanistan's ruling authorities…

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Still Here, Still Playing

The Taliban tried to erase a generation. Four years later, Afghan women footballers are back — reclaiming visibility and freedom.

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Taliban Imposes New Ban on Women’s Traditional Household Activities

Women lose one of the last public spaces where they could gather, socialize, and share community life

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Internet, Mobile Services Restored After 48-Hour Shutdown

Afghanistan reconnects to the world amid lingering questions over the blackout

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Taliban Cuts Internet Nationwide, Silencing Afghanistan’s Digital Lifeline

Nationwide blackout severs Afghans from the world as Taliban enforces new restrictions.

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Taliban Ban Male Tailors from Sewing Women’s Clothes in Kandahar

Restrictions on women’s clothing and employment continue to intensify

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Afghan Journalist Salma Niazi Wins One Young World Journalist of the Year and Lyra McKee Award for Bravery

Afghan journalist Salma Niazi has been named one of the winners of the One Young World Journalist of the Year…

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Humanitarian Crisis as Millions of Afghans Made to Return

Pakistan and Iran are deporting Afghans back to poverty, repression and uncertainty in one of the decade’s largest forced migrations.

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‘We Slept Under the Rain’: Thousands Homeless After Deadly Kunar Earthquake

At least 2,205 killed and 3,640 injured in Kunar Province; women and children hardest hit as humanitarian crisis deepens.

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Death Toll from Kunar Earthquake Rises to 2,205, Taliban Say

Hundreds still trapped as rescue operations continue in quake-hit Kunar province

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