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No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
Middle East
July 10, 2024
No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
CNN — Listening to music, smoking hookah, and getting a Western-style haircut are all punishable acts under the suffocating rule…
Kabul professor who tore up diplomas on live TV to protest Taliban ban on women’s education has been arrested
Middle East
February 4, 2023
Kabul professor who tore up diplomas on live TV to protest Taliban ban on women’s education has been arrested
A Kabul professor who tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban’s barring of…
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers
Middle East
January 19, 2023
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers
CNN — Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss the ban on…
Taliban suspend university education for women in Afghanistan
Middle East
December 21, 2022
Taliban suspend university education for women in Afghanistan
The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown…
Fuel tanker tunnel fire kills at least 19 in Afghanistan
Middle East
December 19, 2022
Fuel tanker tunnel fire kills at least 19 in Afghanistan
CNN — At least 19 people have been killed and 32 others were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire…
Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan
Middle East
November 15, 2022
Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan
CNN — The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, including potential public…
First on CNN: Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda’s leader in July
Middle East
October 9, 2022
First on CNN: Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda’s leader in July
CNN – Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda…
Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul suicide blast
Middle East
September 5, 2022
Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul suicide blast
(CNN) – Two Russian embassy employees in Kabul were killed in a suicide blast near the embassy on Monday, the…
Nearly 100 dead in Afghanistan floods, officials say
Middle East
August 23, 2022
Nearly 100 dead in Afghanistan floods, officials say
(CNN) – Flash flooding has killed at least 95 people, injured hundreds of others and swept away thousands of homes…
Kabul mosque explosion kills 21, injures dozens, police say
Middle East
August 21, 2022
Kabul mosque explosion kills 21, injures dozens, police say
(CNN) – An explosion that erupted inside a mosque during evening prayers in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday killed 21 people…