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Russia becomes first country to formally recognize Taliban's rule in Afghanistan as China welcomes the move

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support us the way the Americans did."

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Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.

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Tourists are trickling into Afghanistan; Taliban government is eager to welcome them

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has left much of its 41 million people mired in poverty. As it struggles to attract foreign investment, the lucrative potential of tourism is far from lost on the government.

Human Rights Watch10mon

Open Letter on Afghanistan to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations - Human Rights Watch

We, the undersigned Afghanistan and international human rights and civil society organisations, write to you once again to share our concerns regarding the grave human rights and humanitarian ...

Jurist3d

Voices of Afghanistan Interview Series: ‘We can’t sit in a corner and let life end quietly’

Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have documented the struggles and triumphs of their lives under the oppressive regime which strips them of even the most basic ...

CBS News1y

Taliban detains dozens of women in Afghanistan for breaking hijab rules with "modeling"

Since retaking control of Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrawal in August 2021, the Taliban has reintroduced many draconian rules limiting the public lives of women and girls in the country ...

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Richard Bennett expresses concern over Media Restrictions in Afghanistan

Richard Bennett expressed concern over recent media restrictions in Afghanistan, warning that these measures reflect.

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10 Interesting Facts About Afghanistan, From Someone Who Has Traveled There

Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled there firsthand, I want to share some super interesting but often ...

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Is Afghanistan’s Long Civil War Really Over? - Foreign Affairs

The civil war and its foreign interventions have a yet darker side. They bred extremism. As Edwards charts in his 2017 book, Caravan of Martyrs, the Soviet invasion and U.S. and Pakistani support for ...

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Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station - CNN

The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...

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Afghan women endure draconian Taliban, 23 years after 9/11 - MSN

But 23 years after 9/11, the Taliban hold sway. Their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic doctrines is the law of the land. Their draconian edicts once more asphyxiate Afghanistan society.

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