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Afghan women and girls take part in a protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP)

The Taliban cannot defeat Afghan women’s thirst for education

The Taliban has eroded the rights of women. But Afghans are not taking the regime’s draconian policies lying down, and nor should the rest of the world

Taliban members patrol the streets of Afghan capital Kabul on August 16, 2021, as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. (Photo by Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The terrible fate facing the Afghan people

The perilous situation in the country is not the result only of Taliban activities. It is the result of the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan.

Women must be allowed to determine their own future

Gender equality is a political priority

Here’s how the EU is continuing to support women and girls worldwide

Realpolitik: The Taliban knows its population depends on income from the poppy trade. Afghan men surround bags of heroin and hashish as they negotiate and check quality at a drug market on the outskirts of Kandahar. Photo: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Afghanistan’s poppy fields bloom

It is not clear yet whether the Taliban government will clamp down on the illicit trade

Patriarchal oppression: An Afghan woman collects saffron flowers. Several authors have argued that it is patriarchal culture, not Islamic law, that often lies behind the stark inequalities between men and women in Afghanistan. Photo: Hoshang Hashimi/AFP

Afghan women face threat of a new age of darkness

The Taliban must respect women’s rights if it is serious about fostering economic development

11 September 2001: The Manhattan skyline after al-Qaeda flew planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8.46am and Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9.03am, killing 2 606 people. Photo: Michel Setboun/Corbis/Getty Images

What difference did 9/11 make to the United States?

When the next terrorist attacks come, will US presidents be able to channel public demand for revenge by precise targeting, explaining the trap that terrorists set, and focusing…

From the West’s perspective the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha by the Taliban in Afghanistan could only be done by beings ‘less than human’. Photo: Aref Karimi/AFP

Insurrection envy in the land of the Taliban’nyana

The ANC’s inability to meet deadlines could have given us more municipal managers with bodybuilding certificates

Captain Neil Steyl and his wife, Lizanne, with the mercy-flight Boeing 727, nicknamed “Irene”, in the background. The couple both work for Safe Air Company in Nairobi.

Meet the daring South African pilot who saved displaced Afghan people

Captain Neil Steyl, from Cape Town, and his crew from Safe Air Company have been based at Kulob for a month, assisting the Americans with evacuating both people and equipment.

(John McCann/M&G)

Afghanistan’s 48-year history of uncertainty

Counter-insurgency and foreign interference foment extremism and rarely achieve peace

Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17, 2021, after Taliban seized control of the capital following the collapse of the Afghan government. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Most South Africans in Afghanistan have been evacuated

‘The Taliban also registered the serial numbers of their weapons and just asked them not to move around in the streets while armed but stay within the compound until everything…

US President Joe Biden. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden defends US pullout from Afghanistan despite panic in Kabul

In his first public appearance since the Islamist insurgents seized control of the country at the weekend, Biden admitted the Taliban advance had unfolded more quickly than…

Taliban members patrol the streets of Afghan capital Kabul on August 16, 2021, as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. (Photo by Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Taliban in control of Afghanistan, panic in Kabul

Victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee…

In his new book of his time in the Trump White House, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton shares Trump’s very few thoughts on Africa.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

The blankest spot on Trump’s world map

In his new book of his time in the Trump White House, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton shares Trump’s very few thoughts on Africa

More people are being killed as a result of fighting in Afghanistan than in any other current conflict in the world.

More civilians now killed by US, Afghan forces than by insurgents — UN

The bloody milestone comes as the US steps up its air campaign in Afghanistan while pushing for a peace deal with the Taliban

Fehrdus says he wallowed in despair for months after losing his legs but sport helped him to recover. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)

War vets prepare for battle at Invictus Games

The event brings together 500 competitors from 18 countries

As dry conditions and high temperatures persist, there are growing concerns about the spring and summer crops that will be harvested later this year. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Farmers in war-torn Afghanistan hit by worst drought in decades

Afghanistan’s 2018 wheat harvest is already expected to be the lowest since at least 2011

(John McCann/M&G)

Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

‘The roses are much better… I make good money from roses. They are resistant and don’t require as much expense or work’

Nearly half of all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict

UNICEF: Up to 60% of Afghan girls out of school

The spread in violence has forced many schools to close, undermining fragile gains in education for girls

Malala:”I am extremely delighted. My dream has come true. Peace has returned to Swat because of the invaluable sacrifices rendered by my brothers and sisters”.

‘Back with eyes open’ ― Malala visits Pakistan district where she was shot

​Malala visited the Swat valley for her first trip back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban

An Afghan security guard stands at the entrance gate of the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul

Kabul hotel reopens after deadly attack but guests stay away

After 25 people were killed, a historical hotel is open for business, cutting prices to entice guests to stay the night