Germany on Thursday will put the issue of the Taliban banning university education for women in Afghanistan on the agenda of the G7. Germany has held the presidency of the G7 since January this year.

Germany to put university education ban for Afghan women on G7 meeting agenda

The clock is turning back to the 1990s for the Afghan women as Taliban is back with yet another oppressive diktat. This time it has barred women from university education. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Taliban bans University Education for Women

A day after the higher education ministry of the Taliban government banned female students from schools and universities in Afghanistan, a video purportedly showing girl students crying their hearts out in a classroom went viral on various social networking sites.

WATCH | Heartbreaking video of wailing Afghan girls goes viral after ban on female education

Pakistan has expressed disappointment with the ban on university education for women in Afghanistan and has urged the Taliban government to revisit this decision.

Pakistan 'disappointed' by ban on university education for Afghan women, urges Kabul to revisit decision

Taliban-led Afghanistan announced another rule for girls and women in the country, restricting their access to education for many who aspired to be a doctors or engineers.

Taliban-led education ministry bans Afghan girls and women from universities

The US, UK and UN have criticised the Taliban's ban on Afghanistan women from universities. The Taliban have banned female students from private and public universities in Afghanistan. Girls are already banned from secondary school education in the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban backtracks on women's education, further restricts women's schooling

US, UK and UN criticise the Taliban's ban on Afghan women from universities

Afghanistan’s Taliban government banned women from attending university, disregarding warnings from the US and inflicting yet another blow to half its population’s educational rights.

Taliban bans women from universities in Afghanistan

A four-member delegation of Pakistani clerics will visit Afghanistan this week to hold talks to end the cross-border clashes in the Chaman border region. The Chaman district administration said the delegation of the Pakistani Ulema will hold meetings with officials from Afghanistan's defence ministry and key Taliban leaders in Kandahar and Kabul, according to a report by The News International on Sunday.

Pak clerics' delegation to visit Afghanistan to talk on border clashes: Report

In Afghanistan's high-altitude Salang pass, an oil tanker overturned and caught fire, killing 19 people and wounding dozens, according to authorities on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday in the Parwan province, which is north of Kabul, and trapped travellers on both sides of the mountain pass.

Afghanistan: At least 19 killed as oil tanker overturns in Salang tunnel, catches fire, traps travellers

Fresh clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan after Afghan troops opened "indiscriminate firing" that resulted in the death of one and injured nearly 12, a defence source said on Thursday (Dec 15), Reuters reported.

One dead, 12 injured in fresh clash between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Balochistan border

Pakistan on Friday summoned a senior Afghanistan diplomat over repeated cross-border clashes. According to an official statement, the Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad was called to the foreign ministry and Pakistan's ''strong condemnation'' was conveyed over the recent incidents of unprovoked cross-border shelling that resulted in the loss of lives, injuries and damage to property.

Pakistan summons senior Afghan diplomat over repeated cross-border clashes

At least one person has been killed in 15 others were injured including two children in Pakistan after firing by Afghan forces at the Chaman border. Watch this report.

WION Dispatch: Pak-Afghan border tensions escalate with heavy exchange of fire at Chaman border

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on an Afghanistan hotel frequented by Chinese businessmen. The group in a statement posted on its Telegram channel said two of its personnel "attacked a big hotel frequented by Chinese diplomats and businessmen in Kabul, where they detonated two explosive devices hidden inside two bags.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul hotel attack, China says condems 'all forms of terrorism'

At least six Pakistani civilians and one Talibani soldier were killed in fresh clashes between the Taliban and the Pakistan Army in the town of Spin Boldak, located on the common border.

Hamid Almashriqi, Strategic and International Affairs Expert reacts on Pakistan-Taliban border clash

6 Pak civilians, 1 Taliban soldier killed at Spin Boldak in fresh series of mortar attack

Gunmen opened fire on Monday (December 12) near a guest house popular with Chinese business visitors in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, an eye witness told the news agency AFP and also stated that a loud explosion was heard.

Kabul: Attackers killed after blast and gunfire near building housing Chinese nationals

In a fresh mortar attack near the key Afghan-Pakistan border crossing, at least six people were killed and 20 others were injured. The conflict between the Taliban and the Pakistan military is still on at the strategically important Spin Boldak border.

Afghanistan: At least 6 killed, 20 injured at Spin Boldak in fresh series of mortar attack in region

The Pakistan army said Afghan border forces killed six civilians across the border in Pakistan on Sunday (December 11). As reported by local media outlets, the military also said that over a dozen were injured in the heavy gunfire and artillery shelling.

'Uncalled-for aggression': Six Pakistanis, one Afghan soldier killed in cross-border clash

The Taliban has once again pushed margins for media in Afghanistan saying that the authorities are moving to formulate a proper set of directions, Khaama Press reported.

Afghanistan: Taliban may put further restrictions on media, says official 

The Taliban 2.0 is not very different from its predecessor. Back in the 90s, the terror group in power was condemned globally for its inhumane and gory punishments and now after repeated promises of being more modern, the Taliban is back on its old tracks.

Taliban flogs 27 people after first public execution

Reacting to the international outcry over its first public execution since taking over Afghanistan, the Taliban hit out against the “interference” in the internal matters of the country and called it reprehensible.

Taliban hit back against criticism over public execution and flogging

The Taliban carried out the flogging of 27 people, including women, just one day after the first public execution since the extremist group regained power in Afghanistan.

Day after execution, Taliban 2.0 publicly flog 27 people in Parwan province of Afghanistan

The United States denounced the Taliban's 'despicable' public execution in Afghanistan, calling it a clear failure by the Islamist group to uphold their promises.

US denounces Afghan public execution as 'despicable', presses Taliban in talks

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