Taliban
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Has the Taliban banned women from speaking?
Today's Big Question 'Rambling' message about 'bizarre' restriction joins series of recent decrees that amount to silencing of Afghanistan's women
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Why has the Taliban banned pictures of living things?
Under The Radar 'Virtue' ministry says banned images are contrary to sharia law
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Taliban's quest for tourists to see the wonders of Afghanistan
Under The Radar Troubled country wants to become a 'tourism powerhouse' – but how safe is it?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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'The anti-abortion movement's religious worship of the union of egg and sperm'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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The Taliban's ongoing attack on women's rights
In depth The group has sparked humanitarian concerns
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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'Relying on unelected justices to read rights into the Constitution is dangerous business'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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'An unbreakable plurality of the GOP explicitly wants fascism'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Afghanistan has a growing female suicide problem
Speed Read The Taliban has steadily whittled away women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan over the past 2 years, prompting a surge in depression and suicide
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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What daily life in Afghanistan looks like after two years under the Taliban
In Pictures The rights of women have been severely impeded as the war-torn nation’s ‘slide into poverty’ continues
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan
feature Cultivation in former poppy-growing heartland Helmand has been slashed from 120,000 hectares to less than 1,000
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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Officials believe dozens of girls in Afghanistan were deliberately poisoned at school
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
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Taliban kills mastermind of Kabul airport suicide bombing
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
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Taliban returns to ‘Stone Age Islamism’ in Afghanistan
feature Taliban leaders view ‘complete gender segregation’ as a recipe for a ‘truly Islamic system’
By The Week Staff Published
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Taliban releases 2 Americans held in Afghanistan
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
Speed Read