Afghanistan is a US election issue. Will its refugees’ voices be heard?
On the third anniversary of the US troop withdrawal, advocates push US political candidates for legal pathways for Afghan refugees.
Taliban in asian news
Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power.
Germany deports 28 Afghans for first time since 2021 Taliban takeover
‘Our security counts,’ German interior minister says as government confirms those deported are convicted criminals.
Taliban 2.0 looking like the old, harsh and brutal Taliban
Until the collapse of Afghanistan’s US-backed government in August 2021, few knew clearly what the Taliban wanted once they could return to power. Some Western officials and observers hoped for a big change from the regime, which had governed the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in the 1990s.
Taliban courts Malaysia for trade and investment amid Afghanistan’s economic crisis
While Kuala Lumpur does not officially recognise the Taliban government, Malaysian officials, NGOs and business officials have been visiting Afghanistan to explore ways to establish ties with various stakeholders.
Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top U.N. official warned Sunday.
UAE accepts Taliban diplomat as Afghan ambassador
ISLAMABAD/DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of a Taliban-appointed diplomat as the ambassador of Afghanistan, a UAE official said on Thursday (Aug 22), making the Gulf state the second country after China to accept a Taliban envoy at that level.
The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.