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Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
Middle East
September 12, 2021
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will…
Taliban flag rises over seat of power on fateful anniversary
Middle East
September 12, 2021
Taliban flag rises over seat of power on fateful anniversary
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace Saturday, a spokesman said, as the…
Twenty years after 9/11: which is worse? The beginning, or the end?
Opinion
September 10, 2021
Twenty years after 9/11: which is worse? The beginning, or the end?
Hubris comes in many forms, but surely the rushed exit of American forces from Afghanistan to meet an artificial political…
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban
Middle East
September 10, 2021
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban
“The situation on the border isn’t about to get any better with the Taliban in power,” according to Nik Kowsar,…
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul
Middle East
September 9, 2021
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, flew out of Afghanistan on an international commercial flight from Kabul…
Analysis: Taliban hard-line path worsens Afghanistan dilemma
Middle East
September 9, 2021
Analysis: Taliban hard-line path worsens Afghanistan dilemma
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Reminiscent of their previous harsh rule in the 1990s, the Taliban have already begun to wipe…
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Middle East
September 9, 2021
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Sept 9 (Reuters) – Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged…
Analysis: The West owes Qatar a favour over Afghanistan. That was the point
Features/Interviews
September 8, 2021
Analysis: The West owes Qatar a favour over Afghanistan. That was the point
DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world’s top diplomats have been beating a path…
Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
World
September 8, 2021
Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their…
Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul
Middle East
September 7, 2021
Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul
Sept 7 (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital Kabul,…