The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan's Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so.
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now in 'jeopardy'.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war.
Poppies, which farmers process to make opium, are being grown in the open and hidden behind property walls.
A senior Russian diplomat says Russia’s foreign and justice ministries have told President Vladimir Putin that Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban “can be removed” from the list of terrorist organizations.
Culture spokesman Khubaib Ghufran said the "Barya" and "Noor" TV channels had been suspended .