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Afghanistan’s Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women
The directive, issued on Sunday, is the latest curb on women’s rights since the Islamist group seized power in August. A majority of secondary schools remain shut for girls, while most women have been banned from working. Campaign group Human Rights Watch said the new restriction moved further towards making women prisoners. Heather Barr, the […]
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No need’: Taliban dissolves Afghanistan election commission
The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan’s election commission, a panel that supervised pates during the former Western- backed administration, says a spokesperson for the government. “ There’s no need for these commissions to live and operate,” spokesperson Bilal Karimi said on Saturday, pertaining to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission. Still, […]
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In Pakistan’s borderlands, Taliban quietly expanding influence
Every night, Muhammad Nadeem gathers his sick body and begins the first watch. His rifle across his stage, he sits at the entrance of his home in the northwestern Pakistani city of Tank and waits. Periodically, he’ll walk around the house’s border, checking for exertion in the thoroughfares of this fine frontier of a city, […]
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