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As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'

The U_N_’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid."

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside

In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different.

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees

The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people.

Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds

A joint report from three U.N. agencies says the mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country.

US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists

The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, as criticism persists that the deadly assault could have been stopped.

Afghan warfighters share stories of battle, escape at Virginia Tech event

Afghanistan’s elite Female Tactical Platoon helped to track down and capture Taliban leaders.

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

Afghanistan is now the world's fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine.

UN releases $125 million for 14 underfunded humanitarian crises around the world

The United Nations has released $125 million from its emergency relief fund to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries around the world, saying needs are skyrocketing.

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall.

840,000 Afghans who've applied for key US resettlement program still in Afghanistan, report says

More than 840,000 Afghans and their families who applied for a resettlement program aimed at people who helped the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan are still there waiting.

Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it

Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cuts time and fuel consumption for East-West travel.

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education

The U.N. special envoy for global education says the International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for crimes against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women.

The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don't plan to lift the ban on female education

The chief Taliban spokesman says the Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat.

Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts say

U.N. experts say the Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today.

Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others.

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says

An Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first.

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety.

Death toll from IS bombing at a pro-Taliban cleric's rally in Pakistan earlier this week rises to 63

Pakistani officials say the death toll from an Islamic State group's suicide bombing at a rally of a pro-Taliban cleric's party over the weekend has risen to 63, after eight more of the wounded died in hospital.

Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protest

The Taliban says all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict.

Taliban use stun guns, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban

Afghan women protesting a beauty salon ban say the Taliban used stun guns, fire hoses and gun shots into the air to break up their demonstration.

He was the CIA whiz kid in 'Charlie Wilson's War.' His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine

One of the architects of the covert U.S. strategy against the Soviets in Afghanistan has published a new memoir.

The Taliban are outlawing women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons.

State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds

A State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan.

Philippines considering US request to host visa processing center for Afghans despite concerns

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a request for his country to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for thousands of Afghans faces security and other concerns but is still being considered by his administration.

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'

The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan is warning the country’s Taliban rulers that international recognition as the country’s legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment.

Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021.

Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people

A Taliban official says a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province killed at least 13 people during a memorial service.

UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector

The U.

Al Jazeera says Qatar's prime minister met with Taliban's supreme leader in Afghanistan

The supreme leader of the Taliban met in Afghanistan with Qatar’s prime minister this month.

Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights

The Taliban and Iran have exchanged heavy gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan.

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'

Two top rights groups say the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan amount to gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity.

Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar

The head of a major international aid organization says Taliban officials in Kandahar have agreed to consider allowing women to resume work at the agency in the Afghan province.

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations.

GOP pauses Blinken contempt push after gaining access to classified Afghanistan cable

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department is letting him view a redacted classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'

A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago.

State Department offers Republican lawmaker a chance to view Afghanistan dissent cable

The State Department is offering to allow the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions

A U.N. report has strongly criticized Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for carrying out public executions, lashings, stonings and other types of punishments since taking power almost two years ago.

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to boost trade, lower tension

Pakistani authorities and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister have agreed to enhance trade and lower tensions amid a surge of militant attacks.

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023.

Mourners attend funerals of 7 Shiite teachers in NW Pakistan

Officials say thousands of mourners have attended the mass funeral of seven minority Shiite teachers who were shot and killed at a school in northwestern Pakistan.

AP sources: Biden to allow Afghans to stay longer in US

The Biden administration will continue to allow tens of thousands of Afghans who fled Taliban control more than two years ago to stay and work in the U.S. That is according to two White House officials familiar with the plan, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss details that haven’t been released.

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls.

UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girls

A U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations is set to be voted on Thursday by the Security Council.

Watchdog warns US money could be flowing to Taliban

The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan warned lawmakers that American aid to the country could be diverted to the Taliban as he accused the Biden administration of stonewalling his efforts to investigate.

UN says leaving Afghanistan would be 'heartbreaking'

The United Nations says it's ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to leave Afghanistan if it can’t persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization.

UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan

The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century.

Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat

The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s northwestern Herat province.

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls' education ban

Afghan religious scholars say the government's ban on girls' education is un-Islamic.

UN: 3,300 Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on women

The United Nations says the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day to protest the Taliban’s ban on U.N. female staff working in the country, as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed.

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

President Joe Biden’s administration is laying the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency.

UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

The U.N. says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights.

UN says Taliban bar female Afghan staffers from working

U.N. officials say that female Afghan employees of the United Nations have been banned from working by Taliban authorities.

Afghan Taliban raid kills 6 members of Islamic State group

The Taliban say their forces in Afghanistan have killed six members of the extremist Islamic State group during a raid in the country's north.

US Marine's adoption of Afghan war orphan voided

In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge has voided a U.S. Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her.

House GOP to subpoena Blinken over Afghanistan dissent cable

House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Taliban want control of more Afghan diplomatic missions

A spokesman for the Taliban administration says it is trying to take charge of more Afghan embassies and consulates abroad.

US review of Afghanistan withdrawal to be released in April

The White House says it plans to release next month the results of the long-delayed government review of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices.

Former Australian elite soldier charged with Afghan's murder

Police have charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crimes investigation found 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges.

Bomb kills 3, including provincial governor, in Afghanistan

Police say a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others have been killed by a bomb.

Veterans testify of 'catastrophic' impact of Afghan collapse

Active-service members and veterans have provided first-hand testimony in the House of Representatives about the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed on the ground.

UN: Afghanistan is world's most repressive country for women

The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls.

Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul.

Afghan refugees in Pakistan protest delay in US resettlement

Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital on, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule stalls.

Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage

An opera based on the popular novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns," which is set in Afghanistan, is making its world debut in Seattle.

2 Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges

U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country.

Putin, Afghans among top gift givers to Bidens in 2021

Russia's president and the deposed leader of Afghanistan were among the top gift givers to President Joe Biden and his family in 2021, according to federal documents.

House GOP opens investigation of Afghanistan withdrawal

Several Biden Cabinet members have received a letter from House Republicans as they launch the second investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

China, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women

China and Iran have called on mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women's work and education.

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.

Afghan men, women, children chase rumor to Kabul airport

Dozens of Afghans have rushed to the Kabul airport following a rumor that an airlift operation was flying people to Turkey to help with the deadly earthquake rescue.

EU migration impasse leaves many refugees out in the cold

Many refugees and asylum-seekers are literally left out in the cold for months as the European Union fails to get its migration system working properly.

Dutch ministry won't appeal unlawful Afghan airstrike ruling

The Dutch government says it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case.

Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence

The Pakistani city of Peshawar was once known as “the city of flowers” but has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the past decades.

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high

A spokesman for the World Food Program says malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year.

Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century

The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations says she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls.

Police: Ex-Afghan female lawmaker, guard shot dead at home

Police say a former Afghan female lawmaker and her bodyguard were shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul.

Taliban ban on female aid workers poses big dilemma for US

The Taliban's ban on female aid workers is posing one of the biggest policy challenges over Afghanistan for the United States and other countries since the American military withdrawal in 2021 opened the door for the Taliban takeover.

Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers

The vast majority of U.N. Security Council members are urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on woman working for humanitarian organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country.

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan.

UN envoy meets with Afghan higher-ed chief over ban on women

The U.N. says one of its top officials has met with the Taliban-led government's higher education minister, who ordered a ban on women in Afghan universities last month.

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban have killed eight Islamic State group fighters and arrested nine others in raids against the militants' hideouts in Afghanistan.

UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women NGO ban

The U.N. says one of its top officials in Afghanistan has met the Taliban's deputy prime minister to discuss a ban on women working at nongovernmental groups.

Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people.

Afghan refugees in US face uncertainty as legislation stalls

Thousands of refugees who fled Afghanistan and now live in the United States are facing an uncertain future.

Private Afghan universities risk closure after ban on women

A spokesman for Afghanistan's private universities says a quarter of those institutions risks closure because of the ban on female students imposed by the Taliban government.

Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups to suspend employing women.

Military bases had $260M in damages from Afghan evacuation

Eight U.S. military bases that housed tens of thousands of Afghan refugees after they were airlifted out of Kabul last year incurred almost $260 million in damages.

Taliban minister defends ban on women's university studies

The minister of higher education in the Taliban government has broken his silence over his decision to ban women from universities.

US: Taliban release 2 Americans in 'goodwill gesture'

The Taliban have released two American detainees held in Afghanistan.

Pakistan: Afghan Taliban shell border town, killing civilian

Pakistani authorities say one person was killed and at least 20 were wounded when Afghan Taliban fighters fired mortars toward civilians near the southwestern Chaman border crossing between the two countries.

China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack

China has advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.

Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul

A Taliban official says a hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul was attacked and three of the assailants were killed.

Afghan academic rebuilds life in Italy, dreams of returning

Batool Haidari was a prominent professor of sexology at a university in Kabul before last year’s Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Afghan warfighter reunited with mentor at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport

An Afghan warfighter who worked with U.S. troops to track down and capture Taliban leaders in Afghanistan is preparing to make Southwest Virginia home.

Group aiding kin of slain CIA officers comes out of shadows

The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation provides college tuition and other expenses to children of fallen officers.

US names 4 militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan 'terrorists'

The State Department says it has added four top commanders from a key anti-Pakistan militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of "global terrorists.”.

Taliban: 10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious school

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan.

3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta.

Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter

A senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross says that Afghans will struggle for their lives as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule and faces plummeting humanitarian conditions.

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