Taliban deputy urges leader to lift 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 ...
Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery in one of his final pre-inauguration events
Donald Trump spent part of his last full day as president-elect visiting the graves of three U.S. soldiers killed in the ...
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns
The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ...
Biden Never Managed to Adjust to This Big Shift on the World Stage
The downside of his performance stems, in part, from the fact that the world is more complicated, its problems more ...
Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Calls for Girls' High Schools to Open
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to ...
Senior Taliban official urges reversal of education ban on Afghan girls
In a rare public rebuke, the foreign ministry deputy calls on the Taliban's leadership to end the ban on education for Afghan ...
Norwegian Refugee Council chief says aid cuts biggest threat to Afghanistan's women
The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.
South Korea's Yoon shuns questioning as security tightened after court rampage
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused on Monday to be questioned by investigators under a probe into ...