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Taliban supreme leader orders full enforcement of Islamic law in Afghanistan

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Taliban supreme leader orders full enforcement of Islamic law in Afghanistan Taliban supreme leader Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada has ordered judges to fully implement Islamic law in Afghanistan. After the ban imposed on amusement parks for Afghanistan women, Taliban supreme leader Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada has ordered judges to fully implement Islamic laws in the country. “This order for implementing Islamic law from Haibatullah Akhundzada came after the Taliban leader met with a group of judges”, said Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesperson. The concerns over the human rights situation in Afghanistan are growing.…

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Afghanistan Kabul school bombing death toll reaches 43, UNAMA says ‘girls & women were main victims’

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Afghanistan Kabul school bombing death toll reaches 43, UNAMA says ‘girls & women were main victims’ In the newly released figures by the UN’s mission to Kabul, 43 people have been confirmed to have died from Friday’s suicide bombing while 83 are injured. The death toll of the suicide bombing that was carried out on September 30 in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, at an education centre, has reached 43, according to the latest report released by the UN’s mission to Afghanistan. A suicide bomber had targeted the Kaaj education…

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Taliban signs preliminary deal with Russia for import of cheap oil, gas & wheat

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Taliban signs preliminary deal with Russia for import of cheap oil, gas & wheat We shall not depend on one country for trade,” Taliban’s acting Minister of Commerce and Industry Haji Nooruddin Azizi, told Tolo news. Afghanistan and Russia on Wednesday signed a provisional agreement for the import of petroleum products and wheat at discounted rates to alleviate the impact of the US-led sanctions on both countries. The deal inked an annual purchase of one million tonnes of petrol, one million tonnes of diesel, half a million tonnes of cooking…

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Women in Afghanistan face social, economic, political deprivation under Taliban rule

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Women in Afghanistan face social, economic, political deprivation under Taliban rule Naseer Ahmad Faiq stated that the situation of Afghan women is getting worse as a result of the Taliban’s denial of their fundamental freedoms and rights In the midst of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the Charge d’Affaires of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq stated that the situation of Afghan women is getting worse as a result of the Taliban’s denial of their fundamental freedoms and rights. During the United Nations Security…

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In Afghanistan, Taliban’s door-to-door raids trigger mass evacuations of fearful citizens

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In Afghanistan, Taliban’s door-to-door raids trigger mass evacuations of fearful citizens The Taliban have started conducting door-to-door nighttime raids in the central as well as southern provinces of Kandahar and Parwan in Afghanistan Amid the ongoing political, social and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban have started conducting door-to-door nighttime raids in the central as well as southern Afghan provinces of Kandahar and Parwan under the pretext of looking for illegal weapons. This has further caused locals to become fearful and forced them to flee in larger numbers. Residents of…

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In Afghanistan, nearly all online shopping sites now shut down due to economic turmoil

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In Afghanistan, nearly all online shopping sites now shut down due to economic turmoil In Afghanistan, nearly all of the main online shopping sites have closed, with two biggest just declaring that they will be doing same due to financial crisis. In Afghanistan, nearly all of the main internet shopping sites have shut down, with the two biggest only just declaring that they will be doing the same due to the country’s financial problems. Notably, Afghanistan has been in a complete crisis since the Taliban seized control of the country…

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Fled Afghan journalists face an uncertain future in Pakistan

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Fled Afghan journalists face an uncertain future in Pakistan Dozens of Afghan journalists who fled from their country last year after the Taliban took over Kabul face an uncertain future in Pakistan as they wait anxiously for the renewal of their visas to remain in the country and continue their struggle to repatriate to European countries or the US. Karachi, Sep 9 (PTI) Dozens of Afghan journalists who fled from their country last year after the Taliban took over Kabul face an uncertain future in Pakistan as they wait anxiously…

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Afghanistan: Taliban order closure of coffee shops and ‘no music’ at wedding halls

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Afghanistan: Taliban order closure of coffee shops and ‘no music’ at wedding halls In another contentious rule, the Taliban directed the coffee sellers and wedding halls to either change their profession or face “rigorous laws”. In another contentious rule, the Taliban directed the coffee sellers and wedding halls to either change their profession or face “rigorous laws”. “Within three months, sell your coffee shops, so reform can be brought into the society,” Tolo News quoted Mawlawi Abdul Ghafar Farooq, head of the Nimroz Department of Vice and Virtue as saying…

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