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As the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family povertyIt is six weeks since the Taliban closed the door on girls’ education across Afghanistan and Zeina’s last vestiges of hope fo…
Former president of Pakistan who supported the US in its war on terror and was hailed as George Bush’s ‘best buddy’Of all Pakistan’s assorted mixture of leaders since independence, none so divided opinion at home and abroad as General Pervez Musharraf,…
Misguided government efforts to rehabilitate militants have helped fuel recent terrorist activityThe bomber struck shortly before afternoon prayers, when the mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Police Lines district would be at its busiest. Hundreds of peopl…
Bodyguard also killed at home of one of few female parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after Taliban takeoverA former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police have said.Mursal Nabi…
When Hazara photographer Muzafar Ali fled, he smuggled a hard drive of 13,000 photos out with him in a sleeping bag. They show an Afghanistan that disappeared when the Taliban took powerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news …
Contractors forced to move between safe houses given green light to leave but others remain in the countryNearly 100 British Council contractors forced to live in hiding since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan have been given the green light to come …
The prince’s comments about Afghan war deaths have caused a furore, but he was a decent officer, I’m told, and much of what he says is trueAs a former soldier, I’ve followed Prince Harry’s career with a mix of ironic and genuine interest. We served at …
Col Tim Collins says ‘we don’t do notches on rifle butt’ and kill-count talk could increase Harry’s personal security riskHigh-profile British veterans have criticised the Duke of Sussex’s claim he had killed 25 Taliban soldiers while serving with the …
Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for AfghanistanThe UN’s lead humanitarian coordinator has said UN-supplied aid cannot continue if the Taliban do not lift their ban on women working for humanitarian aid ag…
A Taliban decree against higher education for women – called a ‘betrayal of the nation’ – has led to male lecturers and student walkouts in solidarityBaktash Amini loved his job as an assistant professor in the physics faculty at Kabul University. As w…
Families are in desperate straits, the security situation is worsening – but the Taliban’s priority is punishing half the populationThe Taliban’s relentless campaign against women is not only a matter of rights, but of survival. It is not only cruel an…
Head of humanitarian operations to fly to Kabul as programmes are ‘compromised’ by Taliban decisionMartin Griffiths, the head of UN humanitarian operations, is to fly to Kabul to try to resolve the crisis caused by the Taliban’s surprise decision to ba…
UN aid programmes in Afghanistan under threat after decision to bar women from agencies and charities, foreign ministers warnMajor world powers have called on the Taliban to urgently reverse a “reckless and dangerous” decision to ban women from working…
Many Afghan families rely solely on female breadwinners, yet the latest restrictions threaten to increase hardship and unemployment linesIt has been just days since Gulsoom, the only breadwinner in her family of six, has had no job to go to. But she is…
Many humanitarian activities ‘paused’ as Taliban decision to bar women NGO workers prevents vital services across the countryThe United Nations said that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activi…