Afghan’s Olympic hope for Taliban dialogue to prompt women’s rights U-turn | Olympics News

Afghan’s Olympic hope for Taliban dialogue to prompt women’s rights U-turn | Olympics News

Afghanistan’s International Olympic Committee member Samira Asghari says the Taliban authorities must face the stark truth that if they are ever to be accepted internationally, they must respect the rights of women to education and sport. Asghari, who at 31 is living in exile for the second time, does, however, favour engaging with Afghanistan’s rulers. […]

Pakistan arrests 4 from an Afghan cell over deadly Islamabad bombing | Pakistan Taliban News

Pakistan arrests 4 from an Afghan cell over deadly Islamabad bombing | Pakistan Taliban News

The men arrested are linked to a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, who claimed responsibility for the bombing. Pakistan has arrested four members of an Afghan cell over their alleged involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in its capital Islamabad earlier this week, as tensions heighten further between the neighbouring […]