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Item 1 of 4 Afghan Taliban's Deputy Head of Interior Ministry Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali speaks at a news conference about the new Afghan police uniform, in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 8, 2022.
Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule. Girls are ...
ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban group unveiled a new uniform for its national police force Wednesday, saying the move will lead to improved security in the conflict-torn country.
The switch to US military uniforms may be good for optics when it comes to Taliban propaganda, but it’s extremely different from the group’s trademark style of sneakers, traditional dress and ...
Amid the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, an elite special forces dubbed the “suicide squad” are being trained to carry out designated suicide attacks on Western countries — as an honor.… ...
Taliban bars Afghan girls from attending school beyond 6th grade The rulers' decision — reneging on a previous promise — came at the ... We hope the uniform issue is resolved and finalized as ...
Images released by Taliban media show fighters marching in Western-style uniforms, followed by columns of armored vehicles bearing the group’s black-and-white flag moving down one of the main ...
An earlier version of this article said schools were reopening Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban takeover in August. Some schools reopened in September. The article has been corrected ...
The school uniform of Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2014. Malala was wearing the uniform on the day she was shot in the head by the Taliban while on the school bus in Swat, Pakistan ...
The 19-page report, “‘Schools are Failing Boys Too’: The Taliban’s Impact on Boys’ Education in Afghanistan,” documents Taliban policies and practices since they took over the country ...
The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities — a decree that had triggered a global backlash.