Taliban’s ‘fairer’ and more effective tax system helped it retake control of Afghanistan

Long before US withdrawal, the Taliban had developed a remarkably state-like system of taxing citizens on everyday goods like cigarettes and perfume.

Ashley Jackson, The Conversation

· Aug 25, 2022 · 09:30 pm

One year after Taliban takeover, Afghan women are still resisting curbs on their rights

The opening of public life to women as members of civil society, government and parliament changed the country. Women are determined not to let that slip away.

Homa Hoodfar, The Conversation

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Mona Tajali, The Conversation

· Aug 12, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Indian officials meet Taliban members in Kabul for first time

The delegation was overseeing humanitarian assistance sent to Afghanistan.

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· Jun 02, 2022 · 10:26 pm

India is an important stakeholder in Afghanistan, nothing can change it, says NSA Ajit Doval

The national security advisor also stressed on the need to provide education to girls and equal employment opportunities to women in the Taliban-ruled country.

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· May 27, 2022 · 04:30 pm

Taliban shuts down girls’ secondary schools hours after they reopened

These educational institutions had reopened for the first time since the Taliban regime took over Afghanistan in August last year.

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· Mar 23, 2022 · 04:36 pm

How the Taliban takeover has hit Afghanistan’s reading culture and public libraries

While the regime has not announced its policy regarding books, the memories of what happened in the mid-’90s still serve.

Zamir Saar, The Conversation

· Mar 02, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Desperate to escape the Taliban, Afghans are being exploited by smugglers and Pakistani military

Afghan smugglers are more than doubling the fee for some routes as they cash in on an exodus from the country.

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Bahaar Joya, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Feb 17, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Over 100 ex-Afghan officials, others killed by Taliban since August, says UN report

The insurgent group had seized control of Afghanistan on August 15 after the US and its allies pulled their troops from the country after 20 years.

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· Jan 31, 2022 · 06:42 pm

Heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving under Taliban

With other sectors contracting or shutting down and poverty deepening, illicit trade is gaining importance in the country.

Jonathan Goodhand, The Conversation

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Jan Koehler, The Conversation

· Dec 16, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Afghanistan: Stop showing programmes with women actors, Taliban tells TV channels

The insurgent group said that journalists should cover their heads while appearing on television.

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· Nov 22, 2021 · 01:06 pm

Taliban will be invited to meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours next year, says Pakistan minister

The meeting will also be attended by representatives from China, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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· Nov 17, 2021 · 06:28 pm

India, Russia, six other countries reiterate support for ‘peaceful, stable’ Afghanistan

At a regional security dialogue hosted by India, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called for greater cooperation on the situation in Kabul.

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· Nov 10, 2021 · 01:32 pm