The Taliban banned two television stations in Afghanistan because they did not adhere to national and Islamic values. An official representative of the Media Offenses Commission under the Ministry of Information, Hafizullah Barakzai, said that the court will investigate the work of the two Kabul-based stations - Noor TV and Baria TV, and that they do not...
The Taliban have accused Pakistan of killing eight women and children in two overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan, the BBC reports. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban government spokesman, said the "reckless" attacks hit homes near the border with Pakistan around 03:00 local time. But it comes after President Asif Ali Zardari…
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The Taliban today carried out a public execution of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan, the third execution carried out in the last five days. Thousands of people watched the execution at a sports stadium in Sheberghan, the capital of northern Yavzyan province, despite a snowstorm. The brother of the murdered man, according to eyewitnesses, shot the convict five times with a rifle. The security around the stadium...
Taliban police in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province have banned local radio and television channels from receiving phone calls from girls, citing immorality as the reason. The Afghanistan Journalists' Center (AFJC) said in a statement that media representatives have been warned of legal consequences for violating the directive. In a letter from the provincial police to...
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A United Nations mission in Afghanistan report released today said the Taliban restrict women's access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or without a male guardian. In its latest quarterly report, covering October-December last year, the UN mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban were putting pressure on Afghan...
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