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  1. Cabbies defy music ban

    Cabbies defy music ban

    ‘At every checkpoint we pass, we lower the volume of the music or even turn it off completely.’

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  2. Afghan people sit inside a US military aircraft during an evacuation at the military airport in Kabul on 19 August 2021, following the Taliban’s capture of the Afghan capital four days earlier.

    Five years on, Taliban builds diplomatic ties

    Taliban officials have nonetheless traveled abroad, including a delegation that visited Brussels in June for talks with 15 EU countries on returning failed…

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  4. THE Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is telling men ‘to grow a beard according to sharia.’

    Taliban cracks down on short beards

    Minister Khalid Hanafi said it was the government’s ‘responsibility to guide the nation to have an appearance according to sharia.’

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  5. AN Afghan woman is purchasing medicines at a pharmacy in Kabul. Afghanistan’s decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems.

    Taliban gov’t shakes up Afghan medicine market

    Afghanistan’s medicine import ban on Pakistan disrupts supply chains, drives up costs, and sparks shortages, as the Taliban seek to boost domestic production…

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  8. Let Afghan women work, UN tells Taliban

    Let Afghan women work, UN tells Taliban

    The UN urges the Taliban to lift its ban on Afghan women working in UN offices, warning that the restriction threatens life-saving services and violates human…

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  12. TALIBAN security personnel stand guard near the zero point at the Torkham International Border Crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province, on April 20, 2025. Pakistan has launched a strict campaign to evict by the end of the month more than 800,000 Afghans who have had their residence permits cancelled, including some who were born in Pakistan or lived there for decades.

    Suicide attack kills 16 soldiers in Pakistan

    A suicide bombing in Pakistan's North Waziristan killed 16 soldiers and injured over two dozen, including civilians and police. The Pakistani Taliban's Hafiz…

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