Since it took over in 2021, the Taliban has claimed that it is merely aligning Afghan society to Islamic values, but women and girls are being left with ever-fewer options.
Qatar has a long record of harboring and funding terrorist organizations. It's time the US holds them accountable.
MILITARY AFFAIRS: In some circles, 9/11 has also become synonymous with US overreach and wasting decades of blood and treasure in forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The repatriation of refugees should be done voluntarily and without any pressure or violence,” UNHCR says.
"We need help from any party that wants to support us, including Israel," Ahmed Massoud, head of Afghanistan's National Resistance Front, said.
In the Sept. 30 crackdown, security forces killed at least 66 people, according to Amnesty International.
A tide of human rights violations have been inflicted against those in Taliban custody since the Islamist group took over the country.
The Taliban, which regained power in August 2021, announced a ban the following April on the production of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's main opium producer.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan remain tense, with the Torkham border crossing closed on Wednesday after an exchange of fire.
The busy border crossing closed on Wednesday after Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces started firing at each other.