In some provinces, teenage girls have been allowed to return to secondary schools, though some teachers and parents still have doubts about what this means about Taliban rule.
Tag: Taliban
Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True.
Iran is glad the Americans are gone, but the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan creates a host of problems for Tehran, with no easy solutions.
‘Completely Lost’: For Some Afghans, Returning Home Is as Difficult as Fleeing
Thousands of Afghans who were in India for medical treatment when the country collapsed are now desperate to return, but have no money and no clear route home.
Why Returning Home For Some Afghans Is as Difficult as Fleeing
Thousands of Afghans who were in India for medical treatment when the country collapsed are now desperate to return, but have no money and no clear route home.
Female Afghan Judges and Lawyers Now Fear For Their Lives
They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. “We have lost everything — our jobs, our homes, the way we lived.”
Female Afghan Judges and Lawyers Now Fear For Their Lives
They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. “We have lost everything — our jobs, our homes, the way we lived.”
Taliban Allow Polio Vaccine Program to Restart in Afghanistan
Taliban leaders also agreed to allow women to be frontline workers for the effort, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
Zalmay Khalilzad, Biden’s Envoy for Afghanistan, Steps Down
An Afghan American and a rare Trump appointee who survived into the Biden administration, Mr. Khalilzad played a central role in the U.S. exit from the country.
Two More Guantánamo Detainees Are Approved for Release
A board has now backed the release of 12 out of the 39 men remaining at the prison, but U.S. diplomats must first reach security agreements with destination countries.
E.U. Pledges $1.15 Billion in Afghan Aid as U.S. Talks to Taliban
Europe and America are offering stopgap humanitarian aid for a country on the brink of collapse, but larger decisions about the new Taliban government remain on hold.