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The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. A…

The Taliban administration on Wednesday, has announced that girls’ high schools will be closed, hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months. Teachers and students from three high schools around the capital Kabul…

Taliban government on Friday, released a decree on women's rights which said, women should not be considered property and must consent to marriage. Thee Taliban decree, released by spokesman Zabihillah Muhajid said, "A woman is not a…

Afghanistan's Taliban administration will begin paying the overdue salaries of government workers from Saturday, according to the officials. The finance ministry said that, “Starting today, the past three months salaries of all…

Russia recognises the Taliban’s efforts to try and stabilise the situation in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov said as he hosted the group for international talks in Moscow, “A new administration is in power now. “We note…

Afghanistan girls will be allowed to return to secondary schools soon, according to the Ministry of Interior Affairs. A spokesman for the interior ministry, Qari Saeed Khosty said on Sunday that, the exact timing will be announced by the…

The Taliban and the United States have held candid and professional talks in the Qatari capital, with the two-day discussions focusing on security and terrorism concerns. The weekend talks in Doha were the first face-to-face meeting…

Over five civilians have been killed in an explosion outside the Eid Gah Mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to a Taliban interior ministry spokesman. Four other people were wounded in an attack that targeted a memorial service…

Qatar’s top diplomat says the Taliban’s moves on girls education in Afghanistan are very disappointing and is a step backwards. He called on the group’s leadership to look to Doha for how to run an Islamic system. Foreign Minister,…

Taliban authorities has displayed four bodies of alleged kidnappers, and hung one of them from a crane parked in a city square in the western Afghan city of Herat. Taliban officials announced that the four were caught taking part in a…