カテゴリー: Taliban
President marks second anniversary of engineer’s captureFamily says safe return should be Biden priorityJoe Biden on Sunday called for the release of Mark Frerichs, a US Navy veteran taken hostage in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. Frerichs, a civil …
Charlotte Bellis says group offered her safe haven while quarantine backlog prevented return homeA pregnant New Zealand journalist says she has had to turn to the Taliban for help after being prevented from returning to her home country due to quaranti…
Britain needs to show that it cares about the lives of starving humans, not just animalsSoon after the Taliban swept into Kabul, with Afghanistan’s economy collapsing, people began to sell meagre possessions, from mattresses to cooking pots, to buy bas…
Funds will go only to those provinces where girls are in school if Taliban renege on promise, diplomats sayThe west is planning to incentivise the Taliban to abide by their promise to allow girls to be educated by providing funding for teachers’ salari…
António Guterres also urged release of aid to Afghanistan as humanitarian catastrophe worsensThe Taliban must uphold the fundamental human rights of women and children, the United Nations chief has said, as he urged the international community to relea…
Former security and diplomatic chiefs warn that country is at risk of economic collapse as Taliban begin talks in NorwayAfghanistan can only be saved from state collapse and widespread starvation if the definition of legitimate humanitarian aid to the …
Former defence, national security and foreign policy experts lay out five outcomes that the international community should be working towards to avert an irreversible humanitarian disasterWhen international forces left Afghanistan so abruptly over the …
Oslo meeting with Afghan rulers will include allies and ‘not represent legitimisation or recognition’A Taliban delegation is to hold talks with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo next week, the Norwegian foreign minist…
Campaigners arrested by armed men days after anti-hijab protest in Kabul, with beatings reportedTaliban gunmen have raided the homes of women’s rights activists in Kabul, beating and arresting female campaigners in a string of actions apparently trigge…
Along with her sister, Mariam was forced to stop practising her sport when the Taliban came to power *Mariam and her sister were on the national boxing team and the youth boxing team. They were ordered by the Taliban to stop practising, and are frighte…
Fahima fears she is being targeted because of the role she had, which included recruiting other women*Fahima was the most senior policewoman in her province. Since the Taliban took over, women who worked in the police force have been targeted for assas…
After the collapse of the Afghan capital, Amina says what followed was worse than she could imagineAmina* used to work for an NGO in Kabul while studying at university. She was forced to flee to Pakistan with her family once the Taliban took over. She …
Farkhunda’s sister and two brothers have disabilities and left their wheelchairs behind when fleeing a Taliban raidFarkhunda’s* mother has run a feminist radio station in her conservative province for the best part of 20 years, in defiance of Taliban t…
Abdullah says guards who risked their lives for the British cannot understand why they have been abandonedAbdullah*, 34, was a security guard for the British embassy, employed under contract by GardaWorld, and had a senior management role, looking afte…
Negin overcame significant disadvantages to obtain her role but now fears those seeking revengeThe Taliban blighted *Negin’s childhood with their ban on girls’ education, but she overcame the late start to her schooling to become a senior prosecutor. …