Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court
Decision follows ICC chief prosecutor’s announcement last month, seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban supreme ...
Men, women experience near daily floggings in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities publicly flogged six individuals on Tuesday after convicting them of offenses such as adultery, sodomy and el ...
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Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a speech on Saturday in southeastern ... a change in policy and a direct appeal to Taliban leader Hibatullah ...
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Taliban in crisis as leadership splits over women’s rights
Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the country’s supreme leader ... Shortly after Stanikzai’s speech, Akhundhzada ordered his arrest to silence dissent within the leadership.
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Goats and Soda
February 13, 2025 • The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been the subject of a series of presidential orders and memos that have left uncertainty about how it operates. February 13 ...
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Hibatullah Akhundzada's assertions came days after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban leader ...