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Taliban also announced that they will launch a program to send students abroad to pursue higher education. (Representational image: ANI)

Afghan Ministry of Education to change curriculum as per Sharia laws

A week ago, private universities and other higher education institutions were reopened but the classes were divided by...

13 Sept 2021 3:39 PM IST

A student sits inside a classroom after private universities reopened in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Taliban allows women to study but there's a condition to it

The classrooms will have no men and Islamic dress is compulsory

12 Sept 2021 1:52 PM IST

A member of the Taliban forces points his gun at protesters, as Afghan demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: Reuters)

Iconic Afghan moment: Woman stands face to face against Taliban armed...

The Taliban took over Afghanistan at a lightning-fast speed last month and the situation in the country has worsened...

8 Sept 2021 3:35 PM IST

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghans with valid visas and passports can take evacuation flights:...

Mawlawi Hafiz Mansour said the majority of Afghans waiting to take one of four evacuation flights have neither valid...

7 Sept 2021 6:00 PM IST

In this Aug. 25, 2021, file photo, armored vehicles are seen in Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Taliban say resistance holdout Panjshir Valley -'completely captured-'

The Panjshir Valley is famed for being the site of resistance to Soviet forces in the 1980s and the Taliban in the late...

6 Sept 2021 10:57 AM IST

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Taliban push deep into Afghanistan-'s holdout Panjshir Valley

Italian aid agency Emergency said Taliban forces had reached the village of Anabah

5 Sept 2021 11:33 AM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Senior Taliban leader meets German envoy, discusses Afghanistan...

The situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating after the Taliban seized control of the war-ravaged country earlier...

3 Sept 2021 3:31 PM IST

Taliban Political office Deputy Head Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai and Germanys Ambassador to Afghanistan Marx Putzel. (Photo: Twitter)

Senior Taliban leader meets German envoy, discusses Afghanistan...

The leaders discussed situation in Afghanistan, reopening of Kabul Airport and the continuation of German humanitarian...

3 Sept 2021 3:01 PM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Al Qaeda praises Taliban-'s -'historic victory-' in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda-'s leaders said it -'soothed-' their hearts to hear verses from the Quran recited in the -'Presidential...

1 Sept 2021 2:39 PM IST

Picture of the last soldier of the US Army leaving Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter/@18airbornecorps)

Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending Americaâ€™s longest war

Air Force transport planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport late Monday

31 Aug 2021 10:01 AM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Islamic State group claims latest Kabul attack

The attack did not halt the steady stream of U.S. military C-17 cargo jets taking off and landing at Hamid Karzai...

30 Aug 2021 7:23 PM IST

A destroyed vehicle is seen inside a house after a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. A U.S. drone strike destroyed a vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers from Afghanistans Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabuls international airport, American officials said. (AP)

Rockets fired at Kabul airport as US troops pull out

US forces are now focused chiefly on flying themselves and American diplomats out safely

30 Aug 2021 11:40 AM IST