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From looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban

The ban was said to prevent immoral activities. Instead, it has cut off business and education opportunities.

Afghan women prepare dough to make traditional cookies inside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 5, 2024.
 A Taliban soldier enters a helicopter at Bagram Air Base in Parwan, Afghanistan, September 23, 2021. Picture taken September 23, 2021.

Taliban rejects Trump demand to return Bagram Air Base

US President Donald Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office, Washington, September 19, 2025; illustrative.

Trump says 'bad things' will happen if Afghanistan's Taliban does not return Bagram air base

 A Taliban soldier enters a helicopter at Bagram Air Base in Parwan, Afghanistan, September 23, 2021. Picture taken September 23, 2021.

Trump seeks to reclaim Taliban-conquered air base in Afghanistan


UK couple freed by Taliban after Qatari mediation, official says

Barbie and Peter Reynolds, whose family had voiced serious concerns over their health and their ability to survive Taliban custody, were detained by the group's interior ministry on February 1.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

If Doha wants to be the Switzerland of the Middle East, it must be neutral mediator - editorial

Qatar is a small state with big ambitions. It has mastered the way to confuse the West into thinking that Doha talks to everyone, when in reality, it is not an impartial mediator.

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Taliban chief orders internet blackouts, calling the web the ‘root of all evil’

The emerging policy threatens to disrupt government services that had moved online in recent years and to stall humanitarian operations in Afghanistan.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

US and Afghanistan agree to hostages-for-prisoners exchange

Taliban representatives met with US Officials to discuss normalization efforts, diplomatic relations, and freeing detained US citizens.

Taliban's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi holds a meeting with Adam Boehler, U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 13, 2025

Twenty four years after 9/11, al-Qaeda resurgence poses ‘daily threat’ to US

“After Afghanistan fell in 2021, al-Qaeda quietly began rebuilding its networks while working closely with the Taliban," said Azim Shinwari, a former Afghan senior counterterrorism expert.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakes

WHO urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on Afghan women aid workers after a deadly quake, warning the shortage of female staff is leaving women without vital medical and mental health care.

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025.

Two powerful aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes killed 2,200

Two powerful aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan within 12 hours, as fears of more devastation grow following a series of deadly earthquakes that have killed over 2,200 people.

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025.

Afghanistan airdrops commandos to rescue quake survivors, UN warns food may run out

Afghanistan quakes kill 1,400 as rescuers race to save survivors, and the UN warns food aid could run out in weeks.

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025.

Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 800, injures 2,800

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan’s Kunar province, leaving hundreds feared dead and injured as rescuers search for survivors.

Damage caused by earthquake in Afghanistan, September 1, 2025.

September 11, embassy bombing victims cannot seize Afghan bank assets, US appeals court rules

Attack victims also failed to show DAB was liable as a Taliban agency or instrumentality under the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, though that law abrogated immunity that DAB had under the FSIA.

 EVIDENCE CLEARLY shows the IUMS directly threatens Western security by inciting Muslims, the writer says, so are America and Europe waiting for another 9/11 before taking action?

Germany to resume entry of vulnerable Afghans after legal, diplomatic pressure

Afghan nationals deemed at risk under Taliban rule will be allowed to enter Germany after long holds in Pakistani refugee camps.

 Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025.