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Rift at top of the Taliban: BBC reveals clash of wills behind internet shutdown

It was a piece of audio obtained by the BBC that revealed what worries the Taliban's leader most. Not an external danger, but one from within Afghanistan, which the Taliban seized control of as the ...
Jurist

Taliban must lift ban blocking Afghan women from UN premises, advocates say

A coalition of United Nations experts on Tuesday issued a press release calling for Taliban authorities to immediately lift their ban on Afghan women entering UN premises, calling the policy a clear ...
Reuters

Afghan women set up secret businesses to escape Taliban bans

LONDON, Aug 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small ...
Al-Monitor

Australia hits Afghan Taliban officials with sanctions, travel bans

SYDNEY, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Australia on Saturday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan's Taliban government over what it said was a deteriorating human rights ...