A spokesman for the Ministry of Virtue and Vice said men and women were seen together in parks,and women were not obeying orders to wear head-to-toe clothing.
Eight Afghan women who had never worked in a commercial kitchen have opened a restaurant,Kabul Social,in one of the city’s busiest pedestrian thoroughfares.
Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country more than a year ago.
One year after ending the war in Afghanistan,President Joe Biden and top national security officials speak less about counter-terrorism and more about the political,economic and military threats posed by China as well as Russia.
For photojournalist Andrew Quilty,Afghanistan and its people were captivating. Then,overnight,the life he had known disappeared.
The UK released a statement apologising on behalf of the five Britons “for any breach of Afghan culture,customs or laws”.
The NSW Veterans Minister says there’s “a genuine feeling of vulnerability” among Afghanistan veterans who returned home after the fall of Kabul last year.
Afghanistan produces about 5.5 tonnes of opium,which the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says could potentially yield 290 tonnes of pure heroin.
“All schools are going to open to all boys and girls,” Aziz Ahmad Rayan,a spokesman for the Taliban-run Ministry of Education,said.
Rescuing Arifa Hakimi from Afghanistan was a three-month mission in which she narrowly avoided a deadly bombing,disguised herself and faced a dangerous border crossing.
Human rights activists say the women were forced to make the declarations.