Taliban play with hearts; The Taliban re-installed the heart sign at the entrance to Kabul airport
ISIL claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Saturday and Sunday. The group says 35 Taliban members were killed or wounded in the bombings.
Afghan media reported an explosion in Jalalabad against a Taliban vehicle that caused several Taliban fighters to be taken to hospital. The blast occurred less than 24 hours after a similar blast in the same city, which also targeted Taliban vehicles, killing at least two people and wounding 19 others.
A number of civil society activists and women in Kabul on Sunday protested against the closure of the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the ban on girls' education from sixth grade onwards in front of the former Ministry of Women's Building, now the Taliban's Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Virtue. They gathered.
A number of civil society activists and women in Kabul on Sunday protested against the closure of the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the ban on girls' education from sixth grade onwards in front of the former Ministry of Women's Building, now the Taliban's Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Virtue. They gathered.
A number of Afghan students and civil society activists have launched a campaign to protest the Taliban's restriction of girls' right to education. "Unless girls are allowed to study, they will not go to school," said one male student who joined the campaign.
