Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
Scores of Afghans have left for the US after their visas were processed in the Philippines
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines says that nearly 200 Afghan nationals have been flown on to the United States after ...
Senior Taliban official calls for end of ban on education for women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
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Taliban deputy tells leader to scrap education bans on girls, women
(AP) -- A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher ...
House Foreign Affairs Committee looks to cut ‘radical’ spending in State Department
Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) is leading a thorough examination of State Department financial allocations and grants under the ...
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For Trump’s national security adviser, Afghanistan still looms large
Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, during a deployment as a Green Beret to ...
An escort, a murder and a miniskirt ban: How a parliamentary scandal shocked Peru
Peruvian lawmakers have banned female legislative aides from wearing miniskirts or shorts in a controversial response to ...
'ICC must stop making unfair decisions': Afghan women cricketer demands cricketing body to act against Taliban
Despite Afghanistan lacking a women’s cricket team, the ICC has yet to take any action against the board. Firooza Amiri, an ...
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US funding to Taliban government
Elon Musk who has been nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new department of Government Efficiency expressed a sense of shock to learn that the USA was providing $40 milli ...
The Biden Presidency in 9 charts
Joe Biden's time in the White House is coming to an end. These charts help tell at least part of the story of what's happened during his four years in office.
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‘Taliban’ re-sentenced to time served for attempted murder
THE Court of Appeal of Guyana has re-sentenced Samuill Intiaz Shaw, known by the aliases “Taliban” and “Arno,” to time served, bringing an end to a protracted ...