Meduza

Five years under the Taliban: Meduza reports from Afghanistan, where a war on drugs and greater security have come with mass poverty, unemployment, and the loss of …

In August 2021, after the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Taliban, an armed religious and political movement, seized power ...
Digital Journal

Afghan vice president survives Taliban attack

Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying Afghanistan’s vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an assault that left the former warlord unscathed but killed one of his bodyguards, an ...

Afghan women face yet another restriction as Taliban crackdown reportedly extends beyond real life

Afghan women face yet another restriction as the Taliban crackdown reportedly extends beyond real life, with authorities in ...
Opinion
Human Rights WatchOpinion

The Taliban Aren’t United. Accountability Can Exploit the Gaps.

International accountability can exploit those divisions, preserving evidence for future justice while improving conditions for some Afghans today In October 2001, a U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, ...

Makeup, colourful scarves, speaking in public: Bizarre reasons Taliban uses to detain women

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities detained 52 women and one girl between July and September for alleged dress code violations ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

The Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching... A former chess coach found out the hard way about ...
WUFT

The Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?

A former chess coach found out the hard way about the Taliban enforcing its ban on chess. Ahmad Sami Hassanzadeh, 44, was in a park, playing chess in the western city of Herat with friends when they ...