Tag: Afghanistan
Afghanistan bans female authors from university curricula
Afghanistan‘s Taliban-run government plans to remove books written by women from university curricula.A member of the committee reviewing…
Taliban release British couple who had been held for months in Afghanistan on undisclosed charges
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for…
Afghanistan rejects US return to Bagram airbase
Afghanistan has rejected a call from President Donald Trump for the United States military to return to the…
Trump says US ‘trying’ to get Afghan airbase back
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. is trying to reclaim the Afghanistan airbase that American troops…
‘Race against time’ to remove rubble after recent earthquake in Afghanistan’s east, says UN
The United Nations says aid workers are still in a “race against time” to remove rubble and rebuild…
Taliban announces ban on internet in northern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban administration on Wednesday announced an internet ban across a swathe of northern Afghanistan, "to…
Taliban leader bans WIFI in an Afghan province to ‘prevent immorality’
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to “prevent immorality,”…
Colombia’s President Petro decries US claim Bogota failing to fight drugs
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro appeared visibly frustrated after United States President Donald Trump designated Colombia among several countries…
Afghanistan and U.S. envoys reach agreement on a prisoner swap, Taliban claims
The Taliban said Saturday they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on an exchange of prisoners as…
Taliban says they discussed normalizing relations with US envoys
In this photo released by the Taliban Foreign Ministry Press Service, Amir Khan Muttaqi, left, the acting foreign…
Taliban official says US envoy agrees to prisoner swap in Kabul meeting
United States officials have agreed to a prisoner exchange after a rare talk with the authorities in Kabul,…
US officials hold talks in Kabul over Americans detained in Afghanistan
(Reuters) -U.S. officials held talks on Saturday with the authorities in Kabul over Americans held in Afghanistan, the…