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More than 40 Afghanistan nationals have now had their performance visas granted, following a last-minute refusal from the Home Office.

The latest public execution is the fifth on record since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

The Taliban claims women are doing better under their regime as opposed to their situation under previous governments.

Several images and videos of women being picked up by Taliban fighters have made it to social media platforms.

The Taliban regime has also shut down women's shelters in the country.

As Pakistan expels millions of Afghans, many born on Pakistani soil, activists say the State is acting indiscriminately and illegally, often based on ethnicity.

New Home Office data shows that housing migrants in hotels across the UK cost the taxpayer around £8 million a day, and the government announced a new crackdown on asylum seekers.

As the gender apartheid persists in Afghanistan, women and girls are losing hope and Former Minister of Women's Affairs Hasina Safi calls for international support.

Afghanistan is struggling to recover from the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shattered several villages on Saturday morning.

Afghan asylum seekers who have fled the Taliban will be deported from Pakistan by December, as tensions on the border continue to intensify.

The UN has recorded a series of events conducted by the Taliban against both men and women in Afghanistan, including beatings, imprisonment and executions.

An Indian vlogger, identified as Muhammed Yaseen, has dared to interview the Taliban for his vlog.

The Taliban barred girls from attending secondary schools on September 18, 2021, a month after it took over Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown has called the Taliban's attack on women's rights and lives a "crime against humanity."

In another massive blow to women's rights, the Taliban has banned little girls from getting an education.

The religious police in Afghanistan burnt down dozens of musical instruments claiming that music could "corrupt" people.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has now decided to shut down women's beauty salons in the country as it gradually puts more restrictions on women.

Women in Afghanistan cannot even attend schools and colleges, but the Taliban believes that they are living "free and dignified" lives.

The United Nations has refused to bow down to the Taliban by deciding that it will not replace its female staff with male staff in Afghanistan.

The Taliban officially seized Afghanistan in 2021. Two years later, girls are banned from having an education and are ultimately compelled to stay at home.

Media reports have identified the men as charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, the unnamed manager of a hotel for aid workers and YouTube star Miles Routledge.

The Taliban have alleged that the use of contraceptives by women is part of a western conspiracy to control the Muslim population.

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.

The Taliban reportedly cut off the hands of four men convicted of theft and flogged nine men publicly.

The Taliban has said that it is merely "postponing" their education and not putting a permanent ban on it.

Pen Farthing, a former marine working to rescue animals from Afghanistan, has been evacuated.

The Duke of Sussex was an Apache Attack Helicopter Pilot during his second tour of Afghanistan while in the army.

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences.

Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations.

Afghanistan's Taliban marked the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces on Wednesday by calling on the international community to "learn" from the experience and accept them as the legitimate government.