Search operations continue in mountainous eastern areas amid fears of dwindling resources for relief work

UN agencies, global rights groups urge Islamabad to reconsider due to risks from Taliban

THE HAGUE, July 9 — The International Criminal Court yesterday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls.

MOSCOW, April 17 — Russia today suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan.

THE HAGUE, Jan 23 — The International Criminal Court prosecutor today said he had applied for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of crimes against humanity for widespread discrimination against women and girls.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 — Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai today urged Muslim leaders to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law, and called on them to speak out against Afghanistan’s Taliban over its treatment of women and girls.

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to testify publicly at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the panel said yesterday, after a long dispute with the Republican-led committee.

KABUL, Nov 10 — Afghan Taliban officials will attend the major United Nations climate conference COP29 that starts next week, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry said today, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021.

BANGKOK, Dec 12 — Myanmar has become the world's largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations (UN) said in a report today.

NEW YORK, Dec 28 — The UN Security Council urged the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse policies and practices Tuesday that further exclude women from public life.

NEW YORK, Dec 2 — A United Nations (UN) committee on Wednesday delayed a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the 193-member world body.

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has said here that the international community should continue engaging with the Afghan Taliban.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The police have submitted applications to foreign security agencies to investigate allegations regarding two Malaysians detained by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan.