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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file)

UN calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse crackdown on women

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women. China’s U.N.

An Afghan woman walks out of a cell inside the women's section of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Crackdown on Afghan protests against arrests of women killed at least 1 person, UN says

Mourners pray during a funeral for victims, including children, of airstrikes that Taliban officials said were carried out by Pakistan, in Mana, a village in Afghanistan's Khost province, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

Deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan end a month of calm

Journalist David Rohde leaves a federal court in New York after speaking at the sentencing of a former Taliban commander who received a prison sentence on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, for kidnapping Rhode and two others for seven months in 2008 and for directing the killing of American soldiers at other times. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists’ kidnappings

An Afghan woman walks out of a cell inside the women's section of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Afghanistan: Taliban open fire during protest over arrests of women for dress code violation

After escaping the Taliban and years in exile, Afghanistan women’s soccer team rises again

The Afghanistan soccer federation doesn’t recognise the women’s team which played its last official competitive match in 2018. But in April, soccer’s world governing body granted the side eligibility to play in international competitions.

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Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in northwest Pakistan bazaar, killing at least 9 people

Pakistan Taliban splinter group claims responsibility for deadly attack on security post

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Afghan women's players pose for a team photo during a training session in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Andrew Cornaga/Photosport via AP)

After escaping the Taliban and years in exile, the Afghan women’s soccer team rises again

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage

Afghan women’s refugee team returning to international cricket after Taliban exclusion

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

UN and media rights groups say Afghanistan’s Taliban have arrested 3 journalists

Local residents examine damage at the site of a bomb explosion at a market in Sarai Norag in Lakki Marwat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Farhat Ullah)

Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others

A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)

Pakistan lodges a complaint with Afghanistan over a suicide attack that killed 15 police

A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)

Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group

Pakistani troops destroy Afghan Taliban posts amid rising tensions

Members of Afghan Women United soccer team celebrate after scoring a goal against Chad, in their first international tournament since fleeing their country, in Casablanca, Morocco, on Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Afghan women’s refugee team allowed to play in FIFA tournaments

A boy and a girl collect water from a hose connected to a well at a mosque in Deh Mazang, Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghanistan’s capital is in the grip of a water crisis

Local residents look at the damaged portion of a police station at the site of an overnight suicide bombing, in Bannu, a district of northwestern Pakistan, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Amaad Khattak)

China says peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing

Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)

Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China

Residents and volunteers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, file)

AP Exclusive: Pakistan and Afghan Taliban officials meet in China for ceasefire talks

Fighting resumes between Pakistan and Afghanistan after temporary ceasefire ends, killing 2

American Dennis Coyle smiles after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities, who had held him for over a year, before boarding a plane at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mudassir Safi)

Afghanistan releases American national Dennis Coyle held for more than a year

Coffins containing the remains of victims of a Monday airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital are laid out before burial in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Pakistani Taliban announces 3-day ceasefire after Pakistan, Afghanistan pause fighting ahead of Eid

Residents and Taliban police gather the remains of a projectile at the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Barackatullah Popal)

Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital

Residents inspect the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Barackatullah Popal)

Pakistan’s president says Afghan Taliban forces crossed a ‘red line’ with drone attacks on civilians

A man mourns next to the body of a child killed in a strike that hit a house in the Momand Dara district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting civilians after 6 killed in airstrikes

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan’s Taliban government rejects US allegation that it engages in ‘hostage diplomacy’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag Raising ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 9, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US designates Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention, accuses it of ‘hostage diplomacy’

Roadside bomb targeting police kills 4, wounds dozens in northwest Pakistan

Afghan Taliban soldiers look toward the Pakistani side, on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)

Pakistan and Afghanistan claim killing dozens of the other side’s troops in relentless fighting

Enayatullah Khowarazmi , left, spokesman of the Defence Ministry, and Hamdullah Fitrat ,deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan speak during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.(AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Turkey’s Erdogan offers to try to revive a truce as Pakistan-Afghan border clashes enter sixth day

Smoke emits from Afghan side as trucks are parked along roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at near Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maaz Awan)

Pakistan says its forces killed 67 Afghan troops in cross-border clashes. Kabul rejects the claim

Smoke emits from Afghan side as trucks are parked along roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at near Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maaz Awan)

Pakistan’s president defends ongoing strikes in Afghanistan and urges Kabul to dismantle militants

Smoke emits from Afghan side as trucks are parked along roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at near Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maaz Awan)

Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base as fighting enters 4th day

A Taliban soldier stands guard at a military checkpoint at the Afghan side of the Ghulam Khan crossing with Pakistan in Khost province, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

What to know about the latest fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Taliban fighters look up while manning an armed pickup truck at the Afghan side of the Ghulam Khan crossing with Pakistan in Khost province, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

Pakistan is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

Pakistan kills 34 militants in multiple raids near Afghanistan. An ambush kills 4 police officers

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