Taliban orders NGOs to ban female staff, efforts at risk

Afghanistan's already struggling economy has tipped into crisis since the Taliban took over in 2021.

25 December 2022

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed

Several bombings have taken place in Afghanistan in recent months.

13 December 2022

Blinken calls on Afghan Taliban to reverse ban on women at uni

"There are going to be costs if this is not reversed," he said of the ban announced on Tuesday.

23 December 2022

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from uni

The decision came as many university students were sitting end-of-term exams.

21 December 2022

Taliban to turn former foreign bases into economic zones

World Bank has also noted that exports rose and the Taliban administration managed to keep revenues largely steady in 2022.

20 February 2023

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Kabul

The Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State Khorasan, after an old name of the region, are enemies of the Taliban.

23 October 2022

UN calls on Taliban to release women's rights activists

A Taliban spokesperson did not immediately provide a comment and said he would look into the matter.

5 November 2022

Taliban criticises Prince Harry over Afghan killings comment

"It wasn't a statistic that filled me with pride but nor did it leave me ashamed," Harry wrote.

7 January 2023