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The Taliban’s denial may be face-saving and that leaders may have restored service after recognizing the country’s dependence on internet access for trade, travel, and communications.
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The Taliban’s denial may be face-saving and that leaders may have restored service after recognizing the country’s dependence on internet access for trade, travel, and communications.
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Afghanistan dossier
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The Taliban’s acting telecommunications minister confirmed plans to ban access to Facebook in Afghanistan and that human-rights organizations condemned the plan.
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That may be a way to save face after Taliban leaders realized how much Afghanistan's economy and people now depend on the internet for basic and Taliban-tolerated (for men, at least) functions like trade, travel, and communications.
The Taliban’s denial may be face-saving and that leaders may have restored service after recognizing the country’s dependence on internet access for trade, travel, and communications.
Open source reportInternet service returned to Afghanistan after a two-day outage that media reports tied to a Taliban edict against "immorality."
Internet service returned after a two-day outage that media reports associated with a Taliban edict, while a Taliban spokesman denied that the government intentionally caused the disruption.
Open source reportRussia became the first country to officially recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government, nearly four years after it regained control of the country.
Russia became the first country to recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban government and that Russia’s Foreign Ministry anticipated bilateral cooperation across multiple fields.
Open source reportwomen who are already doctors will probably be allowed to continue practicing, but their ranks will dwindle without a pipeline of new female students to replace those who retire.
Existing female doctors may continue practicing but that their numbers will decline without new graduates, potentially compounding restrictions on treatment by male physicians.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government announced a new ban on women studying medicine and midwifery - two of the few remaining fields that were still open to female students.
Taliban authorities banned women from studying medicine and midwifery, eliminating two of the few remaining educational fields available to female students.
Open source reportportray Haqqani as a jihadist-turned-diplomat now quietly advocating from within for more moderate policies than hardline Taliban emir Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada has decreed
Sirajuddin Haqqani as quietly advocating more moderate policies than Taliban Emir Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada.
Open source reportA new 114-page Taliban document now forbids women from talking loudly (even inside their own homes), singing or reading the Koran in public, or merely looking at men they don't know. The new edict also forbids Afghan men from trimming their beards.
A 114-page Taliban document that restricts women from speaking loudly, singing or publicly reading the Koran, and looking at unfamiliar men. Men are prohibited from trimming their beards.
Open source reportA deputy spokesman for the Taliban government reiterated the Taliban's claim that it's in full control of security within Afghanistan and there are no terrorist groups operating in the country.
A deputy Taliban government spokesman reiterated that the Taliban controlled security throughout Afghanistan and that no terrorist groups operated there.
Open source reportthe acting Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) head, Hedayatullah Badri, is now Minister of Mines and Petroleum, replacing Shahabuddin Delawar, who will become the acting head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
Acting central bank head Hedayatullah Badri became minister of mines and petroleum, replacing Shahabuddin Delawar, who was appointed acting head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
Open source reportThe Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan's latest report said Islamic State-Khorasan is leveraging instability in Afghanistan to ramp up its recruitment there, and warned that the group's "resurgence" could lead to more attacks abroad.
According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, an assessment that Islamic State-Khorasan is exploiting instability to increase recruitment and could conduct more attacks abroad. Deadly attacks in Russia and Iran as examples.
Open source reportI will not take even a step away from the Islamic law.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akundzada delivered a rare Eid address and ruled out compromising on Islamic law. A ban on public stoning for adultery had recently been repealed, while noting that no stonings had occurred since the repeal.
Open source reportThe Taliban's acting telecoms minister confirmed to ToloNews that his government plans to ban access to Facebook from Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s acting telecommunications minister confirmed plans to ban access to Facebook in Afghanistan and that human-rights organizations condemned the plan.
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