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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Kabul, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 992 stories have been published about Kabul which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Kabul, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 992 stories have been published about Kabul which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Antonio Guterres · New YorkThe UN Security Council on March 16 asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide an independent assessment on how to deal with Afghanistan's Taliban-led government.
UN Security Council Asks For Advice On Dealing With Afghan Taliban
37% Center coverage: 11 sources
Asia · KabulThe Islamic State group claims responsibility for a bomb attack in Mazar-i-Sharif. A security guard was killed, while five journalists and three children were wounded. The attack came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province. IS attacks in Afghanistan have often targeted the minority Shiite and Sufi communities.
IS claims bombing at Shiite center in northern Afghanistan
53% Center coverage: 17 sources
Gender Issues · KabulUniversities in Afghanistan reopened today after the long winter break. Women were still barred from the lecture halls. The Taliban government said that it imposed the ban because women students were ignoring a strict dress code and a requirement to be accompanied by a male relative to and from campus.
Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
40% Center coverage: 28 sources
Taliban · IslamabadPakistani border guards and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire on Monday morning, officials said, a day after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers closed the Torkham border crossing amid increasing tensions between the two neighbors.
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban trade fire at border crossing
43% Right coverage: 28 sources
Taliban · New YorkA delegation led by the highest-ranking woman at the United Nations urged the Taliban during a four-day visit to Afghanistan that ended Friday to reverse their crackdown on women and girls. Some Taliban officials were more open to restoring women’s rights but others were clearly opposed, a U.N. spokesman said.
UN says Taliban divided on appeal to restore women's rights
Coverage: 17 sources
UN Security Council · KabulA strong majority of the U.N. Security Council urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on women working for aid organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country.
Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers
44% Center coverage: 18 sources
China · KabulAfghanistan's Taliban-led administration will sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday.
Afghanistan's Taliban administration to sign oil extraction deal with Chinese company
43% Right coverage: 35 sources
Military · IslamabadPakistan’s political and military leadership on Monday vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan.
Pakistan says it won't allow countries to shelter militants
37% Center coverage: 11 sources
