Afghan women detained by Taliban in clothing crackdown

I saw two employees - one was carrying a whip - putting two women who were not wearing burkas into a vehicle' Afghan ...
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Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on key city: officials

Afghan security forces on Tuesday repelled a fierce Taliban attack on Kunduz, officials said, a strategic city in northern Afghanistan that had briefly fallen to the militants twice in the past.
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Afghanistan's Taliban rulers carry out public execution in sports stadium in eastern city

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court ...
The New York Times

I.C.C. Seeks Arrests of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women

The arrest warrants, for Afghanistan’s leader and its top justice official, say the restrictions on women and girls are evidence of crimes against humanity. By Elian Peltier and Marlise Simons Elian ...
The Washington Post

Taliban's Allies Lost in Strange City

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Nov. 10 -- When Afghan rebels came racing on horseback and foot into the ancient city of Mazar-e Sharif yesterday, they suddenly discovered how quickly Taliban fighters had ...