Tag: Taliban
EPN visited Taliban prison in Kandahar, where the movement claims to treat drug addicts by prayer
The Taliban banned drugs from opium cultivation in Afghanistan last week. Back in January, poppy fields and opium bazaars were looked through the fingers. KANDAHAR / HELMAND Kandahar Central Prison…
Taliban ban poppy cultivation
The supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, on Sunday April 3 ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in the country. He warned that authorities would destroy any plantations they…
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, broken but filled with hope for Afghanistan’s future
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, a member of the High Council for National Reconciliation in Afghanistan before the Taliban took power, was an adviser to President Ashraf Ghani. A peace activist from…
Afghan middle school and high school girls deprived of school on the day of the new school year
The Taliban had promised on Monday March 21 that Afghan high school and college girls could resume their education on March 23, after having been deprived of it since religious…
EPN visits Afghanistan to a private girls’ school – teacher: “We are not afraid of the Taliban”
In Afghanistan, girls ’private schools are still open, but not everyone can afford them. The parents of many girls also forbid schooling. The Taliban has promised to open all public…
Afghans no longer have enough money to meet their food needs
Since the Taliban took over, more than two-thirds of Afghans have suffered a major drop in wages and are no longer able to meet their food needs, according to a…
Andreas Dresen, “the strength of the weak” and the scandal of the “Taliban of Bremen”
With Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, in the running for the Golden Bear, the German Andreas Dresen signs a sensitive and entertaining film in a 72nd edition marked by…
In Geneva, meeting between a Taliban delegation and an NGO on humanitarian standards
Taliban emissaries in Europe: the image would still have been impossible last year. But since the fall of Kabul last summer, the new Afghan regime in search of respectability has…
Taliban wants to place order for three-wheeled DeLorean
The interest of the three-wheeled DeLorean model by the Taliban, who took control of Afghanistan, will add a new page to the vehicle’s history. DeLorean DMC-12, which is known by…
Taliban begin talks with European officials in Oslo
The Taliban are meeting with Western officials in Oslo, Norway, to hold their first meeting in Europe since taking control of Afghanistan. The talks, which are scheduled to last for…