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The banned books the Taliban deems ‘deviant’ and ‘un-Islamic’ - INDEPENDENT PERSIAN: Hundreds of titles removed from shelves ...
The latest edition of the Medal of Honor-focused comic book series brings Clint Romesha's actions in Afghanistan in 2009 to ...
Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles -- Taliban authorities are working to remove "un-Islamic" and anti-government literature from ...
A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their ...
In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. "I think the Taliban have understood how much the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas damaged their ...
Initiated by Donald Trump in 2020 without consulting US allies, the American departure from Kabul unfolded the following year in apocalyptic conditions as the Taliban retook control of the country, ...
Nasiba (not her real name), a 28-year-old midwife in Badghis, in the north-west of the country, says that after three years under the Taliban she feels “a sense of hopelessness, loneliness”.