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Taliban halt Swedish activities in Afghanistan after Koran burning
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoKABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban administration halted all activities by Sweden in Afghanistan on...
Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban...
Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSince the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless...
Fifty Afghan couples marry at joint wedding
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFifty couples were married on Monday in a joint ceremony in the Afghan capital – a growing practice to reduce the astronomical cost of traditional...
Thousands in Afghanistan protest Koran-burning incident in Sweden
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThousands of Afghans held protests on Friday to express anger after a far-right politician publicly set fire to the Koran in Sweden last week. On Saturday, the anti-immigrant politician from ...
Sweden increasingly a focus for Islamic extremists, security police say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden has moved into the spotlight for violent Islamic extremists after a...
Germany detains two over suspected Islamist attack plot on Swedish parliament
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoTwo Afghan nationals identified as Ibrahim MG and Ramin N were detained in the eastern German city of Gera on suspicion of plotting an attack in retaliation for Koran burnings in Sweden, the ...
International Day of Education: I attend a secret school in Afghanistan
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoA student in Afghanistan has spoken about attending a secret school and pleaded with the country’s...
UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe International Criminal Court (ICC) should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a...
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan suspends some operations after Taliban order
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoThe Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, a major humanitarian organisation, has paused some of its operations, it said on Wednesday, after a Taliban order halting Swedish activities in the country ...
