Taliban orders beauty salons to close in latest blow for Afghan women

Women who work in Afghanistan's salons say thousands more are about to be forced out of work by the latest Taliban decree.

• Jul 7, 2023

Pence says Trump administration would have kept U.S troops in Afghanistan

The Trump administration made an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops by May 2021.

• Jul 2, 2023

Dozens of girls poisoned at 2 schools in Afghanistan, officials say

Local officials said almost 80 elementary schoolers, along with a handful of teachers and a parent, were affected in the latest mass-poisoning of Afghan children.

• Jun 5, 2023

How 2 brave sisters "lost everything" under the Taliban just for singing

"One day, when the Taliban is destroyed, our minds and nerves will calm down, and I will continue my art," singer Khushi Mehtab told CBS News.

• May 29, 2023

State Department offers to share classified cable with key lawmakers

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena over the cable.

• May 17, 2023

U.N. calls on Taliban regime to halt executions in Afghanistan

The Taliban says 175 people have been sentenced to death since it took back control of the country, as public, corporal punishment makes a violent return.

• May 8, 2023

Protests as U.N. hosts meeting on "how to engage with the Taliban"

Many Afghan women worry the Doha meeting could lead to something they vehemently oppose, official recognition of the Taliban as Afghanistan's government.

• May 1, 2023

Taliban kills ISIS-K leader behind 2021 Kabul airport attack, U.S. officials say

The White House described him as the "mastermind" of the assault on Abbey Gate, one of the main entry points for those trying to leave Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal.

• Apr 25, 2023

Are U.S. taxpayers helping to fund Afghanistan's Taliban regime?

Aid workers in Afghanistan whose organizations are supported by U.S. funding say they're forced to "serve the Taliban first" since the U.S. withdrawal.

• Apr 21, 2023

U.N. to review presence in Afghanistan after Taliban bars women workers

Distribution of desperately needed food and medical aid has been impeded by the Taliban edict banning women from working at international organizations.

• Apr 11, 2023

Biden administration blames Trump in part for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal

The White House blamed former President Donald Trump for two factors that played a major role in the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2021.

• Apr 7, 2023

Taliban bars Afghan women from working for the U.N.

The latest step in the Taliban's systematic obliteration of women's rights will also be a major blow to the humanitarian aid work millions of Afghans rely on.

• Apr 5, 2023

House GOP subpoena Blinken for dissent cable on Afghanistan withdrawal

The subpoena is Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul's first since taking the panel's helm.

• Mar 28, 2023

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."

• Mar 28, 2023

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.

• Mar 27, 2023

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.

• Mar 21, 2023

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."

• Mar 8, 2023

How U.S. and Afghans failed to adequately train Afghan security forces

Watchdog releases report on why Afghan security forces fell to the Taliban so quickly.

• Feb 28, 2023

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."

• Feb 17, 2023

House Republicans begin probe into Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan

The chaotic August 2021 withdrawal was underway when 13 U.S. troops were killed in an explosion caused by a suicide bomber.

• Feb 17, 2023

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.

• Jan 30, 2023

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.

• Jan 20, 2023

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."

• Jan 17, 2023

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.

• Jan 11, 2023

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.

• Jan 6, 2023

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