# afghanistan - Sunday 22 May, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
This month Afghanistan ’s supreme leader issued a diktat for women to cover up fully in public, including their faces.
# afghanistan - Saturday 21 May, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Since regaining power last year the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil society.
# afghanistan - Saturday 7 May, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada also said that if women had no important work outside it was “better they stay at home”.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
At least 11 other people were wounded by two bomb blasts at a boys’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
# afghanistan - Saturday 16 April, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The UN said it was “deeply concerned” by the civilian deaths caused by air strikes.
# afghanistan - Sunday 27 March, 2022
# Education
# Education
“If the girls’ schools remain closed even after one week, we will open them ourselves.”
# afghanistan - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# ACCESS DENIED
# ACCESS DENIED
The Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on women since returning to power.
# afghanistan - Monday 21 March, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The international community has appealed to Afghanistan ’s Taliban rulers to allow girls to return to school.
# afghanistan - Thursday 17 March, 2022
# Security Council
# Security Council
The resolution, which avoids using the word Taliban, will allow the UN to continue its “crucial” work in Afghanistan .
# afghanistan - Saturday 26 February, 2022
# Kabul
# Kabul
Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were closed when the Taliban seized power last August.
# afghanistan - Friday 18 February, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The child, named Haidar, slipped on Tuesday to the bottom of a well being dug in a village.
# afghanistan - Saturday 12 February, 2022
# Unfrozen Funds
# Unfrozen Funds
$7 billion in frozen Afghan assets is to be split between humanitarian relief and a 9/11 fund.
# afghanistan - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
A Taliban delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland for a week of talks.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 8 February, 2022
# Taliban
# Taliban
No country has formally recognised the government installed after the Taliban seized power.
# afghanistan - Sunday 6 February, 2022
# Refugee Protection
# Refugee Protection
Manizha worked as a dentist in Afghanistan prior to the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
# afghanistan - Saturday 5 February, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Some 55% of the Afghan population is now suffering from hunger, according to the United Nations.
# afghanistan - Friday 4 February, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
At least 160 Afghan civilians and the 13 US troops were killed by the bombing.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Charlotte Bellis
# Charlotte Bellis
Only 800 rooms per month are set aside for New Zealanders and visa holders.
# afghanistan - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Charlotte Bellis
# Charlotte Bellis
Charlotte Bellis said she had to turn to the Taliban for help after her requests to return home were rejected.
# afghanistan - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# World Hunger
# World Hunger
We watched in horror as the Taliban retook Kabul, but cannot turn our backs on Afghans, writes Rosamond Bennett.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# United Nations
# United Nations
Around 8 million children could miss out on their education because teachers largely have not been paid since August.
# afghanistan - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# August
# August
Ashraf Ghani denied claims his exit scuppered hopes of a deal with the Taliban and also said he had not left with a stolen fortune.
# afghanistan - Wednesday 29 December, 2021
# Kabul
# Kabul
The former British PM said more than half of the Afghan population is facing extreme hunger, including a million children who are at risk of starving to death.
# afghanistan - Sunday 26 December, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The Taliban has also dissolved Afghanistan ’s two election commissions.
# afghanistan - Saturday 18 December, 2021
# The Fix
# The Fix
Your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The international community has so far not recognised the present Taliban government that was formed soon after the chaotic withdrawal of US-led foreign troops.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Priority for the scheme will go to the most vulnerable, like the elderly, women, girls and people with disabilities.
# afghanistan - Sunday 5 December, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Allied Western countries called on the Taliban to end the targeted killings of former members of Afghan security forces.
# afghanistan - Sunday 28 November, 2021
# Taliban
# Taliban
UN officials have warned of a humanitarian disaster.
# afghanistan - Friday 26 November, 2021
# Kabul Rescue
Questions have been raised about the need for heavy lift aircraft for the Irish Air Corps.
# afghanistan - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Not That I'm Aware Of
# Not That I'm Aware Of
Seraph Aviation Group offered two aircraft – which would have been suitable to rescue Irish citizens in Afghanistan .
# afghanistan - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# Kim K
# Kim K
130 people in total touched down at Stanstead airport this morning.
# afghanistan - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Islamabad
# Islamabad
Afghanistan ’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, did not attend the meeting.
# afghanistan - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Two blasts struck close to the entrance of the site followed by reports of shooting inside the hospital.
# afghanistan - Wednesday 27 October, 2021
# Repatriation
# Repatriation
A total of 106 Irish citizens and a number of residents have been evacuated from Afghanistan .
# afghanistan - Thursday 21 October, 2021
# Brought To Safety
# Brought To Safety
Simon Coveney confirmed on Thursday that another 10 citizens and six dependents had been evacuated from Kabul Airport to Doha.
# afghanistan - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Kandahar
# Kandahar
The attack killed at least 41 people and injured scores more.
# afghanistan - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The Taliban have declared an Islamic emirate governed under the movement’s hardline interpretation of religious law.
# afghanistan - Monday 11 October, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Afghanistan ’s new rulers are seeking assistance to avoid a humanitarian disaster.
# Talks
# Talks
The American government says this will not amount to recognition of Afghanistan ’s new rulers.
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