In Afghanistan, women and girls can only be treated by female doctors and health professionals. Authorities have yet to confirm the medical training ban. “We call on the leadership again to open the doors of education," said Stanikzai in a video shared by ...
In Afghanistan, women and girls can only be treated by female doctors and health professionals. Authorities have yet to confirm the medical training ban. “We call on the leadership again to open the doors of education," said Stanikzai in a video shared by his official account ...
Wahid Muzhda, a political analyst in Kabul, said that announcements like this -- and other statements where they claim to be building roads and bridges -- could be part of a Taliban campaign to show that they would provide enlightened leadership in areas of the country that they control. Ak...
Will such measures help erode the support base for the Taliban leadership? Importantly, would such steps lead to durable 'peace' in Afghanistan?doi:10.1080/09700160802702650Shanthie Mariet D'SouzaTaylor & FrancisStrategic AnalysisMariet D'Souza, Shanthie. 2009. "Talking to the Taliban: Will it ...
“This deplorable decision is the latest effort by Taliban leadership to impose additional restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan and prevent them from exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms,” Watson said. “As a result of this unacceptable stance to hold back half of the ...
Since taking power last August, the Taliban leadership has been squabbling among themselves as they struggle to transition from war to governing. It has pit hard-liners against the more pragmatic among them, Infuriating many Afghans is the knowledge that many of the Taliban of the younger gener...
He was instrumental in unifying the militant group after it fractured during a power struggle following the assassination of his predecessor, Akhtar Mansour, and the revelation the leadership hid the death of Taliban founder Mullah Omar for years. ...
“This deplorable decision is the latest effort by Taliban leadership to impose additional restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan and prevent them from exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms,” Watson said. “As a result of this unacceptable stance to hold back half of the ...
However, without confirmation from the militant group, its leadership remained unclear Wednesday. Another name often mentioned as a possible successor to Omar is his eldest son, Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob.
where he met Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Mr Kadyrov wrote on his Instagram account that Kabul needed help from Russia —“as inSyria” — to prevent Isis establishing a foothold in Afghanistan. “We expressed confidence that the leadership of Russia will take a positive decision on this issue...