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In a distressing development for women in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has issued an order to cease operations of beauty salons, further tightening their grip on women's freedoms in the country. The decision,…
In a tragic incident, the acting governor of northern Badakhshan province, Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was killed by a suicide bomber on Tuesday. This horrifying attack occurred just months after the region's police chief fell…
Women on Thursday gathered outside Kabul University to stage the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban’s decision to close universities to female students. The protesters demanded that the…
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned females in the country from attending university. The development was announced on Tuesday after a meeting of government officials. The directive was contained in a…
A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 255 people and injuring hundreds more, in the early hours of Wednesday. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 255…
In a sprawling settlement of mud-brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter. Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has listed six Nigerians as financiers of Boko Haram and terror activities. State-run WAM news agency reports that the information was released at the country’s federal cabinet meeting in…
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is filing a class-action lawsuit against tech giants Facebook and Twitter — along with their CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey — because of bans imposed on him…
A day after President Donald Trump announced American troops were being withdrawn from Syria, officials revealed that he has also ordered the Pentagon to pull out half the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to…
