Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan Taliban dismiss as "absurd" the accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations that have followed new restrictions on the visibility of women in public
Asia Afghanistan The 2024 Global Hunger Index report ranked Afghanistan 116th out of 127 countries, with a score of 30.8, whereas last year it was ranked 114th
Asia Afghanistan Song Wenbing, the head of the contracting company of the Aynak copper mine, revealed plans to invest over five billion dollars in the first phase of the project after meeting in the presence of the Taliban authorities
Asia Afghanistan In response to public statements by the authorities that he will not be allowed to travel to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, urged the Taliban to reverse their decision
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban have formally codified into law a rule on the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice that places severe restrictions on the appearance, behaviour and movements of women and also imposes constraints on men