Taliban Order Afghan Women to Cover Faces Again
The Afghan Taliban government ordered women on Saturdays to cover their faces in public, return to the signature policy of the hardline government of the past and increased restrictions that caused anger at home and abroad. A decree from the group’s highest leader, Haabatullah Akhundzada, said that if a woman did not cover her face […]
No need’: Taliban dissolves Afghanistan election commission
Taliban has dissolved the Afghan General Election Commission, the panel that oversees polls during the previous Western government, said a government spokesman. “There is no need for this commission to exist and operate,” said spokesman Bilal Karimi said on Saturday, referring to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Election Complaints Commission. If we […]