Ottawa set to amend Criminal Code terrorism provisions that block Afghanistan aid
The proposed amendment involves terrorism provisions that currently use a broad definition of what counts as supporting a terrorist group.
Afghanistan
Taliban governor known for fighting Islamic State killed in suicide attack
Mohammad Dawood Muzammil one of the highest-ranking figures killed as Afghan security situation deterioratesThe Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province, known for fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his off…
Taliban governor known for fighting Islamic State killed in suicide attack
Mohammad Dawood Muzammil one of the highest-ranking figures killed as Afghan security situation deterioratesThe Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province, known for fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his off…
G.O.P. Inquiry on Afghan Withdrawal Opens With Searing Witness Accounts
The first House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan featured emotional and graphic testimony from two American service members who lived through it.
U.S. Military Repatriates Saudi Engineer Who From Guantánamo Bay
Ghassan al-Sharbi had been held by U.S. forces for more than two decades without trial. Prosecutors abandoned early efforts to charge him.
Veterans give searing testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan at hearing
Witnesses described the chaos and panic of the 2021 US departure during the Republican inquiry, which had people in tears at times Military members and veterans of the Afghanistan war offered harrowing eyewitness testimony of the chaotic and deadly wit…
Your Thursday Briefing: Covid Origins Hearing Opens in the U.S.
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For Women in Afghanistan, the War’s Terror Gives Way to New Fears
The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes.
Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law
Prominent Afghans and Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of womenA prominent group of Afghan and Iranian women are backing a campaign calling for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime under international law.The …
For Afghan women under the Taliban, ‘home is like jail.’ Now, some are speaking out
Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Global News spoke to women and people on the ground as the Taliban attack on women continues to escalate.