カテゴリー: Taliban
Women ‘bored and fed-up’ at being forced to stay home after latest edict which has hit business hardThe Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender…
Documentary maker Matthew Heineman watches a tragedy unfold as he follows the Green Berets supporting the Afghan army in the last months of the war against the TalibanAcclaimed documentary maker Matthew Heineman is known for his remarkable ability to s…
The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind Jamila Afghani was settling into her new home in Kitchener…
On 12 April 2009, the SAS arrive in the village of Kakarak in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. It’s a Taliban stronghold where an Australian soldier was killed just a month earlier. It’s here, in a compound known as Whiskey 108, that one of the most con…
In the aftermath of an attack on Australian soldiers by a rogue Afghan soldier, the SAS is sent to the Taliban-controlled village of Darwan. They arrive by helicopter at dawn, looking for Hekmatullah, the soldier who shot dead three of their comrades. …
US president questioned country’s nuclear weapons safety protocols sparking outrage in Islamabad Pakistan on Saturday summoned the US ambassador for an explanation after President Joe Biden described the south Asian country as “one of the most dangerou…
Forces said to have opened fire on crowds demonstrating over attack targeting Hazara communityWomen protesting against the suicide bombing of a school in Afghanistan, which killed 35 young Hazara women and girls on Friday, have been beaten and shot at …
Navy veteran exchanged for Bashir Noorzai, who had been held in US since 2005 on drugs chargesThe Taliban have freed an American engineer in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the group whom the US had held on drugs charges since 2005.Mark …
UN mission accused Taliban authorities of harassing UN Afghan female employeesA UN expert has described the “staggering repression” of women and girls in Afghanistan, as the UN mission in the country accused Taliban authorities of harassing its female …
Having paid smugglers to organise a dangerous escape, those fleeing the Taliban face persistent hostilityShukriya and her husband huddled together at the bottom of a deep trench on the Turkish-Iranian border. It was summer and the days were hot. Around…
Human Rights Watch says Taliban is failing to protect Shia minority from violent attacks on mosques, schools and workplacesHazara communities in Afghanistan are being targeted in violent attacks by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Islamic St…
We are still trying to find ways to get visas – writing letters, appealing to governments – but the options are running outIt was past midnight on 9 August 2021, and I was immersed in writing when my phone pinged: a message from a contact at the Indi…
Despite the upheaval of the Taliban takeover, the ‘group of six’ are finding ways to tackle the political and humanitarian crisisIt has been described as Afghanistan’s brain drain, after the Taliban’s return to power last year precipitated an exodus of…
Lawyers say the woman, who is in hiding in Pakistan with her son, will be killed if sent back to AfghanistanA female former senior judge from Afghanistan who is in hiding from the Taliban with her son has filed an appeal to the Home Office after her ap…
My work as a journalist made us targets. Now we have a safe new home and I am determined to keep reporting on the bravery of Afghan women and girlsJust over a year ago, I watched in horror from my window as Taliban gunmen appeared on the corner of the …