Taliban

New Delhi:  In a surprise shift with major regional implications, India is reaching out to the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan in a symbolic offer of aid in an hour of humanitarian need, Asia Times reported. On February 1, New…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has approved a plan to assist the victims of war under which aid will be provided to the orphans of the Islamic Emirate and former government forces as well as victims of the past four…

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has urged professors who fled the country after the fall of the former administration in August last year, to return home and resume teaching. In a statement, the Ministry of Higher Education…

New Delhi:  The Taliban views ISIL-K as its primary kinetic threat, as the group aims to position itself as the chief rejectionist force in Afghanistan, with a wider regional agenda threatening neighbouring Central and South Asian…

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has rejected a UN report which claimed that the presence of foreign have increased in the war-torn nation after the collapse of the former administration in August last year. In a statement on…

Kabul: The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that journalists and media workers in Afghanistan are facing increasing "harassment" under the Taliban regime. RSF said the threats, interrogations and arbitrary arrests of…

New Delhi:  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have said journalists and media workers in Afghanistan are facing increasing 'harassment' from the intelligence department and are under pressure from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue…

Kabul: The alleged abduction of at least four female Afghan activists have sparked global concerns, with many public figures and organisations demanding information about their whereabouts, a media report said. While Tamana Paryani and…

Kabul: At least 318 media outlets in Afghanistan have closed since the Taliban took over the country in August last year, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said. In a report released this week, the IFJ expressed concerns…

New Delhi:  Afghan women's rights activists have submitted a paper to the Taliban delegation visiting Norway demanding rights. Hoda Khamosh, one of the women's rights representatives at the meeting, called for the release of two female…