Acting Afghan Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani on Sunday said ''co-education is against Islamic values.'' During a press conference in Kabul, he said that his government does not oppose women's education but rather the concept of men and women studying together.

Afghan education minister says co-education is against Islamic values

The two allies Afghan Taliban and the Pakistan government are at loggerheads over the border region known as the Durand line. In the latest, there has been a fresh exchange of fire between the parties, and that comes after the Taliban has uprooted barbed wires erected by Islamabad in east Nangarhar province along the Durand line.

The two allies Pakistan & Taliban spar over the border region known as the Durand line

It has been 133 days since the Taliban's second coming in Afghanistan, and from the last 100 days, the regime has cropped women's rights, plunged the country into an economic and humanitarian crisis and discarded democracy from the country. In the latest, the Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan's election commission which was a panel that supervised polls during the previous Western-backed administration.

Taliban forces plunge Afghanistan into economic & humanitarian crisis

Afghanistan's independent election commission dissolved by Taliban

Taliban dissolves Afghanistan's election commission that supervised polls for the previous regime

After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s support for extremist group Taliban at the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) summit in Islamabad, the new Afghanistan government were seen warning Pakistan’s forces as fresh clashes erupt at the border.

Pakistan & Taliban spar over durand line

The United States has issued at least five general licenses which basically enables US citizens, aid organisations, and other organizations to do transfers into Afghanistan for “specified purposes”.

What does the issuance of additional general licenses mean for Afghanistan?

Afghans who have managed to escape the Taliban regime are settling into a new life. Now the challenge is to accept a foreign land as their new home. Several Afghan refugees arrived in Kentucky, a small US city known to welcome refugees for over four decades.

After escaping the Taliban in Afghanistan, the refugees are now settling into a new life in Kentucky

British worker, Grant Bailey, is missing in Afghanistan after he was seized by the Taliban. As per a report by Mirror, he was arrested by Taliban police during a security clampdown in Kabul.

British worker Grant Bailey missing in Afghanistan after Taliban seized him at gunpoint

The UN wants to pay nearly 6 million dollars to Taliban govt. According to reports, this money will then go to the Taliban interior ministry and it is meant for the protection of UN facilities and personnel.

UN decides to pay 6 million dollars to Taliban

UNSC adopts resolution to ease Afghan aid

A recent survey has revealed a drastic change in the Afghan media landscape since the Taliban took over. Carried out by non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), the survey talks about how 231 media outlets have been shut and over 6,400 journalists have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover.

Since Taliban takeover, over 6,000 Afghan journalists have lost jobs; women journalists severely impacted

UN to pay 6 million dollars to Taliban for protection of its facilities in Afghanistan

Tensions escalate between Afghanistan, Pakistan after latter convenes OIC meeting

Afghanistan, Pakistan dispute escalates 2 days after OIC meet

In a sign of fresh border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Taliban forces uprooted barbed wires erected by the Pakistan security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province along the Durand Line, according to local media reports.

Taliban tear down barbed wire fence put up by Pak forces as Durand Line border tension brews

The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $6 million for protection in Afghanistan to Taliban-run Interior Ministry personnel, whose chief is under UN and US sanctions and wanted by the FBI, according to a UN document and a source familiar with the matter.

UN proposes to pay nearly $6 million to Taliban for security

What would you do if someone mistakenly transfers money in your account? Return it to them, we assume. A similar incident took place when Taliban accidentally transferred money into the bank account of the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan.

Taliban accidentally transfers money to Tajikistan-based opposition; embassy refuses to pay back: Report

Taliban warns Pakistan of a war, tensions escalate over Durand line

Leaders of Islamic nations have gathered in Pakistan for a special meeting of the 57-member organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC). The focus of the meet is on the Afghan crisis, in the latest, Pakistan has warned of 'grave consequences for the international communities if Afghanistan's economic meltdown continues.

OIC member states in Islamabad pledges support to war-torn Afghanistan amid humanitarian crisis

In a shocking remark, Pakistan PM Imran Khan justifies the Taliban's ban on girls' education. He also urged the international community to be sensitive to tribal customs.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan defends & justifies Taliban ban on girls' education

Pakistan PM Imran Khan justifies Taliban ban on girls' education by stating it as a tribal custom

Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan and called out what he said was "obvious propaganda against Afghanistan". Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech at the summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said that Pakistan faced threat from Islamic State in Afghanistan.

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai slams Pakistani 'propaganda' on Afghanistan

Imran Khan, the Pakistani Prime Minister, has done it again, as he has been doing for several years: Supporting the Taliban and their actions while rationalising all forms of discrimination, especially against women.

Watch | Pakistan PM Imran Khan faces online flak for defending Taliban's mistreatment of women

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