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Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021. The once-bustling hotspot, where aid workers and adventurous tourists would shop for vintage tribal rugs, pottery and metalware, is almost empty of visitors looking for a bargain. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province

During the Taliban's previous rule, the conservative Islamists demanded that men grow beards

28 Sept 2021 12:18 PM IST

Earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the possibility of a complete economic collapse in Afghanistan was serious. (Representational image: ANI)

Taliban welcomes US measure to allow humanitarian assistance to...

Afghanistan is in complete turmoil and is in a state of chaos after the takeover of the Taliban and is in dire need of...

26 Sept 2021 11:26 AM IST

SAARC nations unveil emergency stimulus packages to tackle COVID-19 economic fallout. (PTI Photo)

SAARC foreign ministers meeting cancelled as Pakistan demands Taliban...

Taliban have nominated their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's UN ambassador after being asked to address world...

22 Sept 2021 10:34 AM IST

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (AP)

Taliban appoint deputy ministers, no woman representation in...

The list of deputy ministers signals that the Taliban have not been swayed by the international criticism

21 Sept 2021 1:17 PM IST

Mullah Baradar (AFP file photo)

Taliban leader Mullah Baradar named among 100 most influential people...

Baradar is considered to be a quiet, secretive man who rarely gives public statements

16 Sept 2021 12:09 PM IST

A vendor waits for customers next to his stall along a street in Kabul on September 14, 2021. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)

One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

Impromptu markets where people sell household goods for cash have sprung up across Kabul, although buyers are in short...

15 Sept 2021 11:22 AM IST

Waheedullah Hashimi (Twitter/@waheedullahyama)

Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, senior...

Since the movement swept to power, Taliban officials have said women would be able to work and study within the limits...

14 Sept 2021 10:04 AM IST

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. (AP)

Pakistan set to operate special charter flights to Kabul soon

Pakistan becomes the first foreign commercial aeroplane service to operate in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over...

11 Sept 2021 3:18 PM IST

Chinas Western Theatre Command oversees the Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Regions, as well as the border with India, making it the largest geographical area under one command in the PLA. (Representational image: Bloomberg)

China appoints new army commander to head troops along Indian border

The tensions have eased to some extent with troops from both sides moving out from the Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and...

7 Sept 2021 12:00 PM IST

The Taliban said last week that schooling should resume but that males and females should be separated. (AFP file photo)

A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen

What happens in universities and schools across the country is being closely watched by foreign powers

7 Sept 2021 11:04 AM IST

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

Google locks down Afghan govt email accounts as Taliban looks for...

Around two dozen officials, with some in finance, industry, higher education and mines ministries, used Google for...

4 Sept 2021 10:57 AM IST

Mullah Baradar (AFP file photo)

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources

Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban-'s surpreme religious leader, will focus on religious matters and governance within...

3 Sept 2021 2:31 PM IST