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Taliban Edict Targets ‘Immoral’ Afghan TV Shows Featuring Female Artists

The Taliban on Sunday ordered television channels in Afghanistan to stop airing soap operas featuring women artists and said female journalists must wear hijabs in accordance with the group's interpretation of Islamic law or Sharia.The restrictions are...
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Clearing Afghanistan’s Landmines One Careful Step at a Time

Weeks after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, families who fled the fighting in one southern village returned home to find something strange: the cricket ground had been circled in rocks painted red and white.'White, it turned out, meant it was safe f...
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Afghan government asks Turkmenistan for funds to implement TAPI and other joint projects

On November 20, in the Afghan province of Herat, a meeting of officials from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan was held, during which the parties discussed joint projects, including the TAPI gas pipeline, fiber-optic communication lines, TAP power transmiss...
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