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The Taliban carry out double public execution at stadium in southeastern Afghanistan
The Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan. A crowd of thousands, including an AP journalist, witnessed Thursday’s executions in the Ali Lala area of Ghazni city. The Taliban did not respond to requests for information about the people who were executed or their alleged crimes.
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Afghan soldier who was arrested at US-Mexico border after fleeing Taliban wins asylum
Abdul Wasi Safi, 27, is one of tens of thousands of Afghan citizens who fled to the U.S. following the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan in August 2021.
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Taliban face no major opposition to rule 2 years after US withdrawal. Women and girls pay the harshest price.
After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them.
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The Afghan Taliban say they banned beauty salons because they offered forbidden services
The Taliban says beauty salons have been banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families.
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More than a thousand civilians were killed after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, UN says
The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
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UN Resolution Urges Afghan Rulers to Reverse Restrictions on Women and Girls
A U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations is set to be voted on Thursday by the Security Council.
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Afghanistan's Taliban Ban Women From University Education
The Taliban have banned girls from middle school and high school, restricted women from most employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.
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Father of Murder Victim Carries Out Taliban's First Execution Since Afghan Takeover
The execution was carried out with an assault rifle by the father of a murder victim.
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US Designates Pakistani Taliban and Al-Qaida as Global Terrorists Groups
The United States has added the key Pakistani militant group and the al-Qaida branch to its list of “global terrorists,” triggering sanctions against the groups amid a resurgence of militant violence in this Islamic nation.