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The Taliban have banned chess in Afghanistan – They put it on the gambling list

Chess is considered a means of betting for monetary gain, which is prohibited by the Law for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, according to the government

“Bacha Bazi” or “boy toy” – The barbaric custom of child abuse in Afghanistan

The customary sexual - and not only - abuse of young boys in Afghanistan - Children as young as 10 years old are dressed in women's clothes and turned into sex slaves for the country's elite

Washington and the Taliban in negotiations for prisoner exchange

The administration of outgoing President Joe Biden is seeking the return of three Americans arrested in 2022, Ryan Corbett, George Glasman and Mahmoud Habibi

Afghanistan: Taliban to close all NGOs employing women

Afghan women can no longer receive education beyond the primary level, go to parks, gyms, beauty salons, or even leave their homes without male escort - Some local media have also stopped broadcasting women's voices

A total of 76 immigrants detected by the Coast Guard – Incidents in Samos, Rhodes, and Syros

The 29-year-old operator of one of the boats in Samos did not comply and a chase followed - Patient disembarkation from a tanker in Syros

Blinken urges HTS extremists in Syria to learn from the taliban’s isolation

HTS, a former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, claims to have severed ties with jihadists

Iran has built a 10 km wall on the border with Afghanistan

Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, the flow of Afghans to Iran has increased

Afghanistan: Taliban’s Harsh Rules Now Target Men – “Grow a Beard, No Jeans, No Glancing at Women”

As the power of the "morality police" in Afghanistan grows, so do the restrictions on individual freedoms - "Should we have spoken up earlier?" men in the capital, Kabul, ask themselves

Afghanistan: The Brutal Reality – Women Who Defied the Taliban Speak Out

Three women activists speak about the torture and humiliation they endured when they dared to challenge the Taliban government

Germany considering deportations to Afghanistan after migrant stabbing attack

Dangerous criminals to be sent back

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