Tag: Taliban
Taliban and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes
EPAPakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban government have agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" after more than a week of deadly fighting.The foreign ministry of Qatar,...
Taliban minister meets Indian female journalists after outrage
It's often said that a picture can speak a thousand words. The one in Indian newspapers on Monday morning showing female journalists occupying...
Afghan Taliban confirm ‘retaliatory’ border attacks on Pakistan
The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border.Casualties are not yet clear in...
Internet Returns to Afghanistan – The New York Times
new video loaded: Internet Returns to AfghanistanInternet services were restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a two-day nationwide blackout that paralyzed the economy...
Internet access returns to Afghanistan after Taliban blackout
Internet and telecom services are being restored in Afghanistan after a nationwide shutdown by the Taliban government provoked widespread condemnation. Local reporters said...
Afghan women lose their ‘last hope’ as Taliban shuts down internet
Mahfouz ZubaideAfghanistan producerGetty ImagesFahima Noori had big dreams when she graduated from university in Afghanistan. She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery...
Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables
The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed a nationwide shut down of telecommunications, weeks after they began severing fibre-optic internet connections to prevent what...
US citizen released by Taliban after nine-month detention
A US citizen held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nine months has been released following negotiations led by Qatari mediators, officials...
British couple held by Taliban for months feared they would be...
Caroline Hawleydiplomatic correspondent andFreya ChappellReutersA British couple released by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week say they were detained in 10 different prisons...
Son of British couple held by Taliban ‘ecstatic’ as they return...
The son of an British couple detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly eight months has said he is "overwhelmed" by their...
