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Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says

  • The Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many aspects everyday life in Afghanistan
  • The Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has emphasized the primacy of Islamic law
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Pressure builds on Afghans fearing arrest in Pakistan

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Taliban deny reports of American airbase takeover

By Arab News ·
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Thousands of Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan via Torkham as Pakistan intensifies deportations

By REHMAT MEHSUD ·
Analysis

How the ban on girls’ education will hamper Afghanistan’s development

By ANAN TELLO ·

Thousands of Afghans depart Pakistan under repatriation pressure

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Son of elderly British couple held by Taliban asks for US help

By Arab News ·

Briton, 79, describes ‘hell’ of Taliban prison

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How aid cuts have brought Afghanistan’s fragile health system to its knees

By ANAN TELLO ·

Pakistan claim Afghan spectators verbally abused their players in New Zealand

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UK rejects asylum plea from Afghan human rights defender

By Arab News ·

New humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan as Pakistan forces refugees to return

By MODASER ISLAMI ·

Pakistan extends deadline for expulsion of Afghans

By AFP ·

Opinion

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Can GCC countries mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
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Mansoor Khan
Pakistan needs a more rational Afghan policy
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Rustam Shah Mohmand
Pakistan-Afghanistan trade in continuous, unexpected decline
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Rasul Bakhsh Rais
The unraveling of historic Pak-Afghan border communities 
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Mansoor Khan
Good Afghan relations are crucial to Pakistan’s neighborhood policy
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