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Kabul:The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has said that reopening schools for girls across the country was their responsibility and not due to world pressure. The remarks were made by Acting Minister Maulaee Noorullah Muneer during…

Kabul: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that half a million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban took over the country last August, adding that women have suffered the most, the media report.…

Kabul: A group of UN human rights experts have warned against the Taliban's attempts to "steadily erase women and girls from public life", the media reported. The experts on Monday said that large-scale and systematic gender-based…

New Delhi:  When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August last year, government officials, retired military officers, and hard-line clerics in neighbouring Pakistan celebrated the militant groups return to power, RFE/RL reported.…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has welcomed the remarks of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling on the US to lift a ban on the war-torn country's assets. "We appreciate the UN Secretary General's call for the…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has denied a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report which said that the fall of the country to the new regime has accelerated human rights crises and humanitarian catastrophe. In a statement…

Kabul: Starting from Saturday onwards, ATMs in Afghanistan will become operational for the first time since the country's takeover by the Taliban, the central bank announced. In a statement, Da Afghanistan Bank said that the decision was…

Kabul: Dozens of Afghan women from all walks of live held a protest in Kabul demanding the Taliban to provide government jobs and equal representation in society, the media reported. Some women who participated in Wednesday's protest…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government will soon reopen universities across the country for both male and female students, but classes will be separate for boys and girls, a Minister said here. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in…

Kabul: The Taliban has announced that they will resume the hiring process of Afghan government employees, excluding female staffers, the media reported on Tuesday. Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, officials of the Taliban's…