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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
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The 10 most dangerous countries in the world
In Depth Yemen takes bottom spot in the Global Peace Index, as conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine put world on track for highest death toll since 1994
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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?
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Why Tory minister Johnny Mercer could face jail over Afghanistan evidence
The Explainer MP has just days to reveal his sources over alleged unlawful killings by British soldiers, says inquiry chair
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The Taliban's ongoing attack on women's rights
In depth The group has sparked humanitarian concerns
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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
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'We are witnessing the endgame of a tired government'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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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
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How the global drugs trade is changing
feature ‘Increasingly agile trafficking networks’ are behind 23% rise in global drug users, UN report finds
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‘We should be scared’: the poisoning of schoolgirls in Afghanistan
feature Children hospitalised in allegedly deliberate mass attacks is latest in series of incidents going back decades
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The Week Unwrapped: Schoolgirl poisonings, accidental DNA and queer history
podcast What is happening in Afghan schools? Could air pollution monitors help to track DNA? And is LGBTQ+ history joining the mainstream?
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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
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Officials believe dozens of girls in Afghanistan were deliberately poisoned at school
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Is it time to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government?
Talking Point UN says engaging with extremist group may pave way to gaining humanitarian access to impoverished country
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