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Female solo traveller visited Afghanistan and stood up to the Taliban - and it saved ...

The Daily Mail 09 Feb 2026

Sophia Lee, 20, is attempting to break the Guinness World Record as the youngest person to travel to every country in the world - and has had some unique experiences on the way ....

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Afghanistan's Canberra embassy will close almost five years after Kabul fell to the Taliban

Canberra Times 03 Feb 2026

Some fear the closure legitimises Taliban demands ... .

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Appeasement of the Taliban has failed, and its war on women and girls continues

Taipei Times 02 Feb 2026

Central to the latest repression are internal disagreements within the Taliban, not least about the future of education and women’s employment ... China accepted the credentials of an ambassador from the Taliban regime in January 2024.

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As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that ...

The Guardian 29 Jan 2026

And all the while gender repression is getting worse. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has now issued its most extreme edict yet. It is already the only regime in the world where girls are ...

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As the Taliban continue their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed

The Observer 29 Jan 2026

Central to the latest repression are internal disagreements within the Taliban, not least about the future of education and women’s employment ... China accepted the credentials of an ambassador from the Taliban regime in January 2024.

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Missing in Kabul: The U.S. Citizen Witnesses Say Was Held by the Taliban

New York Times 28 Jan 2026

Taliban officials deny holding a U.S.-Afghan citizen, who witnesses and U.S. officials say was detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services in 2022 ... .

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'Ghulami' Legitimised, Clerics Above The Law: Why The Taliban's New Criminal Code Is Under Fire

News18 28 Jan 2026

The 'Criminal Procedure Code for Courts' divides Afghan society into four social tiers. religious scholars, elite, middle class, and lower class with specific punishment for each ....

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The Taliban Say They’re Ready to Release U.S. Prisoners. But Which Ones?

New York Times 26 Jan 2026

Top Afghan officials say they want two American detainees released “as soon as possible,” but the Trump administration says a third one should be included ... .

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The Taliban say they're ready to release US prisoners. But which ones?

The Times of India 26 Jan 2026

The U.S ... Progress on other issues with the U.S ... .

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Since 2021, rule by rule: How the Taliban have erased women from public life

The Times of India 21 Jan 2026

This framing has shaped policy and policing for decades, well before the Taliban’s return.The Taliban justify these restrictions as rooted in their interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan culture, ...

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South Asia’s risky gamble as it engages with the Taliban

Straits Times 20 Jan 2026

The regime’s extremist ...

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There's trouble at the top in the Taliban

The Spectator 20 Jan 2026

The idea that the Taliban, even the Kabul ‘reformers,’ can be dealt with in any normal way is wishful thinking ... The Pakistani Taliban, the TTP, also have bases deep inside Afghanistan, which was the main cause of fighting with Pakistan last year.

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An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’

The Irish Times 20 Jan 2026

When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Haidari (32) knew she had to get out of Afghanistan quickly ... For years she and her colleagues were followed and surveilled by the Taliban ... [ ‘When the Taliban came, I lost everything.

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Disengaging with the Taliban was a grave mistake

AOL 16 Jan 2026

I learnt that the hard way a couple of years ago when I returned there and suggested that the West should re-engage with the Taliban ... The Taliban is not a single, unified Sharia authority, but a ...

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The Taliban rift at the top of the leadership in Afghanistan

BBC News 15 Jan 2026

The Taliban leader once warned ...

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Female solo traveller visited Afghanistan and stood up to the Taliban - and it saved ...

Afghanistan's Canberra embassy will close almost five years after Kabul fell to the Taliban

Appeasement of the Taliban has failed, and its war on women and girls continues

As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that ...

As the Taliban continue their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed

Missing in Kabul: The U.S. Citizen Witnesses Say Was Held by the Taliban

'Ghulami' Legitimised, Clerics Above The Law: Why The Taliban's New Criminal Code Is Under Fire

The Taliban Say They’re Ready to Release U.S. Prisoners. But Which Ones?

The Taliban say they're ready to release US prisoners. But which ones?

Since 2021, rule by rule: How the Taliban have erased women from public life

South Asia’s risky gamble as it engages with the Taliban

There's trouble at the top in the Taliban

An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’

Disengaging with the Taliban was a grave mistake

The Taliban rift at the top of the leadership in Afghanistan

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