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The Taliban’s hard-line government in Afghanistan is making major inroads in garnering legitimacy abroad. Despite its extremist policies, the international community has accepted that the Islamist group is here to stay,
Afghanistan faces near-total digital blackout after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's directive dismantled the country's fibre-optic network infrastructure.
Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ethnic groups face persecution and violence. These are their stories.
The Taliban should end the arbitrary detention, torture, and other ill-treatment of journalists, discriminatory restrictions on women journalists, and censorship. Countries with Afghan journalists in exile should end their forced return to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers blocked internet access nationally for two days without any explanation, but suddenly, the country is coming back online.
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Talks in Turkiye Hit Deadlock Over Taliban’s Inaction on TTP
Pakistan-Afghanistan talks in Istanbul hit a deadlock as the Taliban refused to commit to “verifiable measures” against the TTP. Pakistan accused Kabul of shielding militants even as fresh border infiltrations occurred during the dialogue.
In early September, Abdul Latif Nazari, deputy minister of the economy of the Taliban-led interim government in Afghanistan, said
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