On March 6, 2023, Richard Bennett, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, presented his report on the situation in Afghanistan stating that the situation of...
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The Collapse Of The Legal System In Afghanistan
In January 2023, United Nations reported on the dire situation of lawyers, judges, prosecutors and other actors involved with the legal system in Afghanistan, over a year after the Taliban takeover of...
Harry’s Family, The Press, The Taliban, And His Mission To Preach, No Matter What
For Starters, He Shot At Them: Young officer “Wales” in his first deployment manning a 50mm machine … [+] gun aimed at Taliban fighters on January 2, 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghan...
Without Women, Afghanistan Has No Future
In December 2022, the Taliban, the de facto authority in Afghanistan, banned women from public and private universities until further notice. Reportedly, this decision was partly due to female student...
Taliban Bans Women From Afghanistan Universities
Topline The Taliban has prohibited women from attending universities in Afghanistan until further notice, according to multiple reports, in the hard-line Islamist government’s latest break of it...
The Girl Child Is Still Under Threat Globally
2022 has been a dangerous year for the girl child. In Afghanistan, many girls continue to be prevented from accessing secondary and higher education. On September 30, 2022, over 50 girls and young wom...
The Taliban Nearly Kills Bitcoin In Afghanistan, Bringing The Local Industry To A Standstill ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Afghanistan’s digital asset ecosystem is in chaos as the Taliban continues its shakedown of the industry. The country’s crypto transaction volume has...
Taliban had a ‘massive chilling effect’ on Afghan crypto market: Report
Crypto value received in Afghanistan surged in the wake of the Taliban seizing power in August 2021, but crypto markets have flatlined under the regime. The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has had a...
Yet Another Attack On The Hazara In Afghanistan
On September 30, 2022, a suicide attack inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West Kabul, Afghanistan, claimed the lives of over 35 girls and young women belonging to th...
Taliban Ban Crypto in Afghanistan
Militants see advanced tokens like Bitcoin as deceitful The Taliban in February said they’d study whether digital tokens can be allowed Crackdown zeroed in on Afghanistan’s third biggest city, Herat ...
What the Taliban crackdown means for crypto’s future in Afghanistan
With the rise of the Taliban last year in August, Afghanistan faced global sanctions that led to many international organizations and money transaction services halting operations in the country. This...
16 Crypto Exchanges Ceased By The Taliban To Enforce Its Bans
The cryptocurrency industry has continued to grow all over the world. Although the market is in unfavorable territory, it has not deterred investors from seeking more opportunities to invest. However,...
Taliban cracks down on crypto a year after seizing control in Afghanistan: Bloomberg
The Taliban are clamping down on cryptocurrency traders in Afghanistan, according to a report from Bloomberg. A senior Afghan police officer, Sayed Shah Sa’adaat, spoke with Bloomberg about th...
Taliban enforces ban on exchanges in Afghanistan
Since the Taliban forces took over the administration of Afghanistan, crypto activities in the country have endured huge setbacks. The Taliban has remained strict towards crypto in their domain, and t...
Taliban Launches Crackdown on Crypto Use in Afghanistan
The Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist group, are cracking down on cryptocurrency traders in Afghanistan. Bloomberg media reported the matter on Friday. Sayed Shah Sa’adaat, a senior Afghan poli...
Taliban Government in Afghanistan Targets the Crypto Industry
Bitcoin News The country’s central bank banned crypto one month ago. Severe economic sanctions have been imposed on Afghanistan. The Taliban starts targeting anyone who deals in crypto. Bloomberg repo...
Fed’s Powell hawkish on inflation as BTC tumbles, Taliban ban crypto
The biggest news in the cryptosphere for Aug. 26 includes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s indication that recovery from the burgeoning inflation levels is still far from being done, and anoth...
Taliban Crypto Crackdown Sees 13 Arrests and Exchanges Shut Down
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has detained several dealers who ignored orders to cease trading digital assets following a nationwide cryptocurrency ban imposed earlier this month. Sayed Shah Sa’ad...
Taliban Targeting Afghan Crypto Users
Key Takeaways The Afghan central bank declared crypto illegal last month. The Taliban government is now enforcing the ban. 13 people have been arrested in Herat, and 20 businesses have been closed dow...
Taliban Bans All Crypto in Afghanistan, Shuts Down Exchanges
The Taliban regime has issued a blanket ban over the cryptocurrency industry in Afghanistan and has arrested those in defiance. The country’s central bank placed a national ban on digital currencies e...
Taliban bans crypto in Afghanistan and arrests defiant crypto dealers
The Taliban has seized virtually all of Afghanistan. The Taliban reentered power last year as American troops completed their withdrawal from the nation. This is 20 years after removing the regime for...
Taliban outlaws crypto in Afghanistan and starts arresting token traders
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has arrested several dealers of cryptocurrency tokens who resisted instructions to halt selling digital assets after the country’s central bank this month placed a na...
Situation Of Women And Girls In Afghanistan
One year after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, women and girls have been effectively removed from the Afghani public life. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan,...
How Much U.S. Money Did Departing Afghan Officials Steal? How Much Cash Fits On A Helicopter?
Ashraf Ghani casts his ballot in the 2014 Afghanistan elections. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images) Getty Images When President Ashraf Ghani and his top aides fled Afghanistan on a fleet of four h...
U.S. Kills Top Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahri In Afghanistan Drone Strike
Topline Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri—considered a major force behind the September 11 attacks—was killed over the weekend by an American drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, Pres...
Taliban Reinstates Order For Women To Fully Cover Themselves
Topline Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday ordered women to cover every part of their bodies in public except their eyes, according to multiple reports, in the latest sign the regime h...
U.S. Left $7 Billion In Military Hardware In Afghanistan As Taliban Took Over, DOD Reportedly Finds
Topline The Department of Defense estimates $7.12 billion worth of military equipment purchased by the United States was left in Afghanistan following the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops that conclu...
Stablecoins are becoming a safe haven for Afghans fleeing the oppressive Taliban regime
We are witnessing a global cryptocurrency boom, but not all crypto adoption around the world is made equal. While prospects of gaining wealth fuel most spikes in adoption, some result from a pressing ...
How are Afghans using crypto under the Taliban government?
After the Taliban took full control of Afghanistan in August last year, many international non-governmental organizations and services stopped operating in the country. Among them were payment service...
Harry Accuses Press Of Misrepresenting His Comments About Killing 25 Taliban Fighters
Topline Prince Harry accused the media of misrepresenting his account about killing 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan by choosing to “strip away the context,” and claimed that the move ...