Taliban ban Afghan women from attending universities
Women are banned from private and public universities until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms.
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Taliban carry out the first public execution since taking over Afghanistan
The announcement underscored the intentions by Afghanistan's new rulers to continue hardline policies implemented since they took over the country and to stick to their interpretation of Islamic law.
For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule
Those who put their lives on the line in the Afghan National Army and can't find a way out of Afghanistan are working menial jobs, sometimes moving locations every few days in fear for their safety.
Afghans are bracing for a winter many fear will be even worse than the last
At World Food Programme distribution sites, "Everybody tells us, 'Last winter was difficult, but we have no idea how we will get through the coming winter,'" says a WFP spokesperson in Kabul.
'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing
Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.
PHOTOS: If you had to leave home and could take only 1 keepsake, what would it be?
We asked refugees around the world to tell us of a memento they brought to connect them to their old life even as they embarked on a new and uncertain future.
Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out
A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.
Bikes are everywhere in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. But who's not cycling? Women
As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.
He wanted his company to be the Etsy of Afghanistan. Now it has a crucial new mission
As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?
An American held hostage in Afghanistan has been freed in a prisoner swap
Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran turned civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020. His release centered on a prisoner exchange involving Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and Taliban member.