Taliban ideology

Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF

The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake.

Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World Vision, in Yaka Dokan village, Herat, Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks at the roundtable at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi, India, October 13, 2025.

Modi under scrutiny after Taliban allowed to exclude female journalists from Delhi press event

Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

Afghan women battle the Taliban's Sharia laws with hair salons, underground businesses - report

 A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Afghan women’s org. push back after US scholar says Afghan refugees ‘should not fear repatriation’


Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital

ISIS fighters were targeted after a previous attack, which the group has not taken responsibility for.

 Taliban fighters hold an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag on the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

Pro-Taliban cleric among 18 dead in Afghanistan mosque blast

Al Jazeera Media Network, citing unnamed sources, said 28 people had been killed and 45 injured. Mujib Rahman Ansari - the pro-Taliban cleric - was among the dead.

 Afghan men pray in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 17, 2021.

Taliban officials nearing contract for purchase of gasoline from Russia

If completed, the contract would be a sign of foreign countries increasingly doing business with the Taliban, despite its administration not being officially recognized.

 Head of the Taliban delegation Abdul Salam Hanafi takes part in international talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2021.

Jihadi terrorists use humor to reinforce identity - study

Academics examined 82 jihadi magazines published in English and found that Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in particular use mockery and parody.

 Members of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement at a gathering for Islamic Jihad commander Khaled Mansour, who was killed on the first day of "Operation Breaking Dawn", in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 8, 2022

Jihadi terrorists use humor to reinforce identity - study

Academics examined 82 jihadi magazines published in English and found that Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in particular use mockery and parody.

 Members of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement at a gathering for Islamic Jihad commander Khaled Mansour, who was killed on the first day of "Operation Breaking Dawn", in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 8, 2022

70 Afghan refugees arrive safely in Italy after Sylvan Adams, IsraAID rescue operation

Among those rescued are the Afghan women’s national cycling team, a female robotics team, families of diplomats, female judges, police officers, human rights workers and more.

 Displaced Afghan women stand waiting to receive cash aid for displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2022.

Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone

The United States on Friday canceled planned meetings with Taliban officials on key economic issues due to its decision on Wednesday.

 A Taliban fighter is seen as a woman arrives to receive a package being distributed by a Turkish humanitarian aid group at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 15, 2021.

Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says

Allowing girls and women into schools and colleges has been one of the key demands the international community has made of the hardline Islamist movement since their takeover last summer.

 Afghan girls attend a class at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 18, 2021.

Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency

The emergency in Afghanistan, with millions facing hunger as winter sets in, has caused mounting alarm, but the international community has struggled to come up with a coordinated response.

 Afghan Taliban's Refugee & Repatriation Minister Haji Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani speaks during a meeting to mark International Migrants Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 18, 2021.

Could Qatar’s role in Afghanistan foreshadow a Hamas takeover in West Bank? - analysis

Qatar played its cards perfectly in Afghanistan: It hosted the Taliban for years, waiting for the US to come calling.

Members of Taliban forces ride on a pick-up truck mounted with a weapon in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 3, 2021.