Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music
A Taliban official says a women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast was closed for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Taliban arrests prominent education campaigner who refused to back down
Matiullah Wesa, whose Pen Path organization worked to ensure education access for all Afghans, was detained over "his activities and high-level meetings with Westerners."
6 killed in latest suicide attack aimed at Afghanistan's Taliban rulers
A suicide bomber was spotted and killed as he approached a checkpoint near the foreign ministry in Kabul, but his bomb still went off in the heart of the capital.
Afghanistan military dog set to reunite with its owner in the U.S.
Chase, a furry white spaniel with brown spots, is expected to make the trip to the US and reunite with his handler soon.
Afghan schoolyear begins with empty classrooms under Taliban rule
Afghanistan under the Taliban is the only country in the world to bar teenage girls from school, but even boys appeared unaware of Tuesday's start date.
Thousands of Afghans still stuck in UAE camp "like a prison," HRW says
Between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghans hoping to resettle in the West have been stuck in the "Emirates Humanitarian City" for more than 15 months, the report says.
On International Women's Day, Afghan women say world "neglected us completely"
"Afghanistan has become a prison for women," one activist told CBS News, "and the world is just watching."
SOLA: Educating Afghanistan’s girls
Since Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, girls have been prohibited from attending school beyond sixth grade. SOLA, the School of Leadership Afghanistan, is still teaching its students, though, after a daring evacuation to safety.
Afghan girls describe how they escaped the Taliban
A group of students studying at an all-girls Afghan boarding school told 60 Minutes about their final moments in their native country.
Could the Afghan Taliban ruler's crackdown on women cause a mutiny?
One of several senior figures to take a jab at the supreme leader was the head of the Haqqani network, who said the "situation cannot be tolerated any longer."
Pakistan bombing death toll hits 100, officials blame "security lapse"
The blast, which ripped through a mosque inside a major police facility in Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan's security forces in years.
Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan mosque attack targeting police
The mosque was full when the Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber struck, and many of those inside were officers based in Peshawar's fortified "Police Lines" zone.
U.N. women press Taliban on rights, but visit marred by "a mistake"
Two senior, Muslim women from the global body visited Afghanistan to push the hardline group to restore women's rights. Not everyone they met was willing to engage.
Afghan cricket team faces backlash over perceived support for Taliban
Senior team members say "politics" shouldn't interfere with sports, but Afghan women who've lost virtually all of their rights say it's not politics, it's "life."
At least 13 killed as suicide bomber targets Afghan Taliban regime
Officials and witnesses said there was a large explosion outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just as employees were leaving for the day.
Some of the dreams "ruined" by the Taliban's ban on women at college
One young woman told CBS News she felt "dead inside" when Afghanistan's hardline rulers brought back the status quo from before their 20-year war with America.
Bomb blast at Kabul checkpoint kills and wounds several, Taliban says
A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people.
Activist Malala Yousafzai on Taliban education ban
She was shot in the head in Pakistan in 2012 after being targeted by the Taliban for speaking out on education for young women.
Women weep as Taliban fighters block their access to Afghan universities
To protest the Taliban's decision, some male university teachers resigned from their jobs, and dozens of male students walked out of exams.
Musk confirms he plans to quit as Twitter CEO
Elon Musk confirmed that he'll step down as Twitter CEO "as soon as I get someone foolish enough to take the job!" It's a response to his Twitter poll asking if he should resign. The Taliban have suspended university education for female students. Girls are already barred by the Taliban from attending secondary schools. And the 2023 numerals have arrived in Times Square.
Taliban bans women and girls from attending universities
Tuesday's order completed all the restrictions the Taliban imposed on Afghan women in the 1990s.
Taliban bans women from university education
The Taliban has banned women and girls in Afghanistan from attending universities. Despite initially promising otherwise, it is just the latest in a stark rollback of freedoms for women, which started when the Taliban took control in 2021. Investigative journalist Ramita Navai, who made the PBS Frontline documentary "Afghanistan Undercover," joined CBS News to discuss what this rule means for Afghanistan, and the reality of life for women and girls living under Taliban rule.
Taliban releases two Americans detained in Afghanistan
"They will soon be reunited with their loved ones, and we are absolutely gratified to see that," said a State Department spokesperson.
Taliban official pardons his father's murderer: "I forgive him"
The ruling comes days after Taliban authorities carried out the first public execution since the Islamists seized power.
Attack on Chinese in Afghanistan shows Taliban allies coming under fire
First it was a suicide bomber outside the Russian embassy, then an attempt on the Pakistani ambassador's life, and now a hotel used by Chinese nationals has been attacked.
What donors to Trump's White House ballroom stand to gain from the federal government
Dozens of companies and wealthy individuals have given money toward President Trump's White House ballroom project. Many have also sought favorable policies.
Where is debris from the White House East Wing demolition being taken?
A red and gray scrap truck carried remnants of the East Wing about six miles from the White House.
U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major buildup
The deployment dramatically increases the number of U.S. service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
Trump calls for prosecution of more political foes including Smith and Garland
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
Government shutdown hits Day 25 with no deal in sight
The government shutdown hit Day 25 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.
U.S. sanctions Colombian president amid intensifying feud with Trump
The U.S. sanctioned the Colombian president, an escalation of the feud between President Trump and the South American leader.
Trump admin. aims to auction offshore oil leases despite states' opposition
The Trump administration is proposing to auction offshore oil drilling leases across new portions of the U.S. coast as soon as 2026, according to internal documents viewed by CBS News.
Ontario will pull anti-tariff ads after Trump vows to cut off trade talks with Canada
President Trump said he's ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses Ronald Reagan's voice — leading Ontario to pull the ads after this weekend.
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Nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals returned on ICE deportation flights since March
The Trump administration's deportation flights to Venezuela have continued amid heightened U.S.-Venezuelan tensions, senior Department of Homeland Security officials say.