Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist group

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

Taliban has clamped down on women’s rights in Afghanistan since its return to power in 2021

Family reunification delays having ‘devastating’ impact on refugee families

Afghan family awaiting decision on parent hiding in Pakistan live ‘every day with instability and fear’

Jess Murphy: ‘Everybody’s equal in my kitchen – whether you wash dishes or cook on an open fire grill’

The Kai restaurant chef-proprietor says appreciation of food is the easiest way to overcome cultural barriers

Minister’s failure to consider Taliban threat leads to judge overturning refusal to permit Afghan man to bring his family here

Young man’s subsidiary protection status here also not properly considered, High Court rules

Russia suspends ban on Taliban

Move paves way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Afghan Taliban leaders

Karim Khan cites grounds to believe Taliban supreme leader and chief justice criminally responsible for persecution of women and girls

Pakistan’s bet on Taliban backfires as violence surges

Islamabad endures deadliest year in almost a decade following escalation in terror attacks

‘This is all coming to an end’: The once booming drug town going bust under Taliban rule

After the war, the Taliban cleared Afghanistan of poppy and other illicit drugs. But with poppy now banned, the farmers who once supported them feel betrayed, and the regime struggles to govern without the money it provided

Afghan student nurses crushed as Taliban blocks last hope of jobs

Students say closures nursing and midwifery schools will worsen women’s healthcare

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Afghanistan to be taken to International Court of Justice over approach to women’s rights

Women are prohibited from speaking in public or showing their faces outside their home

‘Ghosts in our own country’: Afghan women voice horror at Taliban law banning them from speaking outside the home

Women and girls are now forbidden even from calling out for a taxi, and they feel abandoned by the outside world

‘I love Ireland. Ireland is 100% different to back home. It’s peace, calm’

Qareeb Urrahman came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021

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What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?

Taliban ban on hearing women’s voices gives ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, says UN official

Taliban’s first formal legislation since returning to power three years ago covers every aspect of Afghan life

Three years ago Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and we had to flee the country we loved

It’s been a particularly dark time for Afghan media with more than 80 per cent of women journalists stopping work by the end of last year

Three years on: ‘I am impatiently waiting for the Taliban to be destroyed, I want to return to my homeland’

To mark three years since the Islamist group regained control of Afghanistan, women who have fled the country are highlighting the continued oppression and violence against women

Hundreds of cases of femicide recorded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

Figures just ‘the tip of the iceberg’, new data suggests

‘It was like breathing again’: Afghans find new life in Ireland, three years on from Taliban’s takeover

The Afghan Admission Programme allows Afghan nationals residing in Ireland since before September 1st, 2021, to apply for residency on behalf of up to four close family members. As of July this year, the programme has benefitted 896 individuals

‘Eight times we have changed the place and times of the school’: Afghan women defying the Taliban education ban

Despite three years of severe restrictions on women, education activists remain dedicated to providing covert educational opportunities for girls across the country

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Ireland joins international criticism of exclusion of Afghan women from UN-Taliban talks

‘Silent diplomacy will only embolden the Taliban’, says Dublin-based Afghan journalist and film-maker

Britain should not fear ‘an honest approach’ to past sins, says historian

Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book

Taliban’s return has made Afghanistan a hub for global jihadis

Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal

Taliban says Afghanistan the ‘best place for tourists now’

Many countries, including Ireland, advise against travel to the impoverished region

Afghan women and girls use online resources to evade government ban on female education

The Taliban say the restrictions are justified by their conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Unicef, the UN children’s fund, estimates the ban has affected more than 1mn girls

Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says

Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022

Pakistan steps up Afghan expulsions despite international criticism

Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour

Pakistan starts rounding up undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans, ahead of deadline

Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7m

Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave

Another earthquake hits western Afghanistan as official warns of ‘huge losses’

Disaster follows a series of deadly quakes over the weekend which left more than 2,000 dead and entire villages flattened

Afghanistan earthquake: Rescue efforts scaled back as villagers bury their dead

At least 2,400 dead and 2,000 injured following powerful quakes, says Taliban government, with chances of finding survivors diminished

Afghanistan: Rescuers search for survivors as Taliban says quake toll at 2,400

Aftershocks continue to shake affected areas, forcing people out of their homes, say officials

Afghanistan earthquakes kill more than 2,000 with 9,000 injured

Country’s ministry of disasters reports 1,320 houses damaged or destroyed after 6.3 magnitude quake

Blast kills 52 at celebration rally in southwest Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban distance themselves from attack as those responsible yet to come forward

Tobias Ellwood quits as chair of UK defence select committee over Taliban remarks

Conservative MP made comments praising the Taliban after a visit to Afghanistan in July

The Donegal woman who talked to the Taliban: ‘There was one leader with only one eye. He made me move so I would be out of the line of sight’

From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need

UN food agency cuts rations to two million Afghans as funds dry up

AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/WFP (TV, PIX):UN food agency cuts rations to 2 million Afghans as funds dry up

My friend phoned from the airport saying ‘the Taliban is on its way. Pack your bags, life has ended for us’

New to the Parish: Manizha Khan came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021

Afghan women set up secret businesses to escape Taliban bans

Widows and divorcees among hardest-hit by strict restrictions

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