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The Taliban refused to attend a major conference sponsored by the United Nations. The meeting came amid a standoff between the extremist group and the international community, which is keen to improve dialogue with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
An avalanche has killed at least five people and left 22 more trapped or missing amid heavy rainfall in a mountainous region of an eastern Afghan province, locals and a Taliban official said on February 19.
Women's rights were high on the agenda as special envoys from more than two dozen nations, but not including Taliban representatives, gathered in the Qatari capital for the second day of a UN-sponsored meeting on the “evolving situation” in Afghanistan and possible international engagement.
A former British diplomat and NATO representative in Afghanistan says he is not optimistic about the situation in the war-torn country as its Taliban leaders continue to restrict rights and freedoms, especially for females.
Authorities in the Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered officials on February 18 not to take pictures or videos of "living things."