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Islamic State group claims responsibility for bombing at Afghan bank and says it targeted Taliban
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted people trying to...
Senior Pakistani politician meets reclusive Taliban supreme leader in Afghanistan
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoA senior Pakistani politician met the Taliban supreme leader in Afghanistan, the politician’s office...
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying...
Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers Tuesday carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public...
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings...
Taliban share rare, months-old audio from reclusive leader
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe Taliban have shared a rare, months-old audio message from their reclusive supreme leader in...
Key Taliban spokesman moved from Kabul to southern city
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe Taliban's chief spokesman has relocated his office from the capital to the city of Kandahar, an official said Thursday, as the southern city's role grows as a spiritual and political center ...
Taliban leader orders decree to stop officials hiring family members
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe leader of the Taliban has ordered officials to sack their sons and other family members, in a...
Top Afghan Taliban leader issues decree against nepotism
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe supreme leader of the Taliban has issued a decree against nepotism, barring officials in Afghanistan's Taliban administration from hiring relatives in government positions. The shadowy leader ...
Afghanistan: with civil war on the cards, the west needs to identify a moderate ally to support
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoResistance leader: the NRF's Ahmad Massoud. NRF/Twitter It has become axiomatic that in Afghanistan,...