A tide of human rights violations have been inflicted against those in Taliban custody since the Islamist group took over the country.
The Taliban, which regained power in August 2021, announced a ban the following April on the production of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's main opium producer.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan remain tense, with the Torkham border crossing closed on Wednesday after an exchange of fire.
The busy border crossing closed on Wednesday after Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces started firing at each other.
We turned our back on the people, including women and children, whom we said we were going to protect.
Israel's Sheba Medical Center initiated and is funding a program to transport Afghan children with the disease into Pakistan for treatment.
It was not clear why the Taliban detained the journalist, though the Taliban have cracked down on media since they took over the country two years ago.
The Biden administration presented human rights as its hallmark promise. But it may oversee two catastrophic global failures of human rights: Abandoning women in Iran and Afghanistan.
Mohammad Hossein Velayati, an Iranian photojournalist working for the Tasnim News Agency, was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul.
Removing half of the population from the workforce has worsened the already deteriorating economic situation
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