Taliban Rule

• Taliban ban beauty salons for women in Afghanistan

  The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives salons throughout the country a month's notice to wind down their businesses

  World

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• Ottawa sought EU help in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover: documents

  Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly made the request on Jan. 20, 2022, according to documents obtained through an access-to-information request.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023
  
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• For Afghan women under the Taliban, ‘home is like jail.’ Now, some are speaking out

  Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, Global News spoke to women and people on the ground as the Taliban attack on women continues to escalate.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2023
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• Taliban start enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors in Afghanistan

  On Sunday, most female anchors were seen with their faces covered after the Taliban's Vice and Virtue Ministry began enforcing the decree.

  World

  May 22, 2022
• Taliban order Afghan women to cover from head to toe in public

  The decree calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa.

  World

  May 7, 2022
• YouTuber helps fund 170 Afghan filmmakers, activists to flee to Canada

  David Lee, an investor who lives in Texas, helped a large group of stranded Afghans get to the Pakistan border after the Taliban took control last August.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2022
• Canada welcomes first plane of Afghan rights activists since July pledge to help

  Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced the arrival of 250 Afghan refugees this afternoon, including the first 170 admitted through a special program for human rights defenders.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2022
• Executions will return to Afghanistan, though maybe not in public: Taliban official

  In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds.

  World

  Sep 23, 2021
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• ‘Holding them hostage’: Taliban not letting planes of evacuees take off, U.S. official says

  At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said.

  World

  Sep 5, 2021
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• Reports of targeted killings in Taliban-occupied areas fan Afghans’ fears

  The Taliban say they have become more moderate since they last ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and have pledged to restore security in the country.

  World

  Aug 20, 2021