Afghan officials say hundreds of foreign combatants are fighting alongside Taliban militants in a strategic northern province, a move that if proven true would violate the terms of the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement.
Days after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his country is using its intelligence service’s ‘track and trace’ system to combat the coronavirus pandemic, confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, continue to rise.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Afghan women and girls with disabilities are being confronted with barriers, discrimination, and sexual harassment when trying to obtain government assistance, health care, and education.
Based on the current status of women in Taliban-controlled regions, it might mean that women will have token access to employment in essential jobs such health workers or teachers. They will, however, be denied leadership roles and will have to work in strict gender segregation.
Opposition politicians in Pakistan are against the government’s effort to review a decade-old constitutional amendment that enhanced the country’s federal form of government, restored parliamentary democracy, and made it much more difficult to launch a military coup.
On the streets in Kabul, the coup is still blamed for all of Afghanistan’s woes.
Do practicing Muslims put themselves at greater risk to contract the coronavirus if they fast during Ramadan? Two health experts give their views.
The Taliban-drafted constitution from the time the radical group ruled Afghanistan offers a rare glimpse into the militant organization’s political vision.
The holy Muslim month of Ramadan will be starkly different amid a coronavirus pandemic that will force many Muslims to give up cherished religious rituals, including taking part in communal fast-breaking ceremonies.
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