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The Taliban’s Assault on Universities: Political Revenge or the Reengineering of Higher Education into Religious Schools?

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8am: Students and professors report that the Taliban are systematically turning universities into madrasas. Alongside dismissing professors, they are altering curricula, engaging in ideological confrontations, and prioritizing clerics over qualified educators. These practices, coupled with a lack of legal structure and clerical dominance, have driven many professors to leave universities. Click here to read more

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Kam Air launches direct flights between Kabul and Doha

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Amu: Kam Air, a private airline in the country, on Wednesday inaugurated direct flights between Kabul and Doha, the capital of Qatar. After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, operations by many airline companies were stopped. Few companies, including Kam Air, Qatar Airways and Ariana Afghan Airlines, have resumed their operations

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Russian parliament approves bill allowing removal of Taliban from ‘terrorist list’

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Amu: Russia’s parliament approved legislation on Tuesday that would allow the country’s Supreme Court to remove the Taliban and other previously “designated terrorist organizations” from its list of banned groups. According to Reuters, the bill could pave the way for Russia to normalize relations with the Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021,

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Local Sources Claim Taliban Fighters Killed Ismaili Teenager In Badakhshan

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Afghanistan International: Local sources in Badakhshan told Afghanistan International on Monday that Taliban forces shot dead a 14-year-old Ismaili boy in Wakhan district.  A source close to the Taliban described the incident as an “accident” and said that two Taliban forces were arrested. A few days ago, the Taliban shot and killed a man in

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Taliban to build housing complex for foreign diplomats in Kabul

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Khaama: The Taliban Ministry of Urban Development and Housing has announced that, at the request of the group’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it will build a housing complex for foreign diplomats in Kabul. On Tuesday, December 17, the Ministry added in a statement that this housing complex will be constructed in the Darul Aman area

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Buzkashi tournament held in northern Afghanistan

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Amu: A buzkashi tournament featuring 70 riders was held in Mazar-e-Sharif, the center of the northern province of Balkh, on Tuesday, according to the local buzkashi federation. The tournament concluded with Pahlawan Zakaria who successfully delivered the target—a goat carcass—into the “Circle of Justice,” securing victory as declared by the field judges. Click here to

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Deprived of education, Afghan girls face forced marriages and abuse

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Amu:  The Taliban’s ban on education for girls above sixth grade and women in universities has forced many young women into marriages they neither wanted nor consented to, as families struggle with the restrictive environment. Ziba, a 21-year-old former university student, is one such victim. Forced into marriage after the Taliban shut down universities, she

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Afghanistan National Liberty Party declines to join new political coalition

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Amu: The Afghanistan National Liberty Party, led by Rahmatullah Nabil, the former chief of the National Directorate of Security, announced on Monday that it would not be joining the recently formed political coalition known as the National Assembly for the Salvation of Afghanistan. In a statement, the party cited differences in “political paths and approaches

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