The Taliban have arrested two brothers and a brother-in-law of Fahima Rahmati, a civil activist and head of the Hila Charitable Foundation in Kandahar province, after searching her home.
Dozens of international passengers – including UK citizens – have flown out of Kabul in the first such flight since US forces left the country.
Pilot error and failure to follow safety guidelines probably led to the crash of an Air India Express plane in August last year, investigators say.
“We decided to protest to demand our basic rights: the right to education, to work, and political participation. We want the Taliban to know that they cannot eliminate us from society.”
Afghan troops have recaptured government buildings in a western city which was attacked by the Taliban, officials say.
For much of the past two centuries, it was illegal to be gay in a vast swathe of the world – thanks to colonial Britain.
For the past year, Australia has been coasting along almost blissfully detached from the global pandemic. It had achieved a “Covid normal” where people could visit restaurants and nightclubs and join crowds at festivals and theatres.
At least one person was killed when a bomb blast went off in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, an official said, fifth explosion to hit the city in just five days.
