Lawyer, 61, told Muslim woman to ‘return to Afghanistan to educate the Taliban on terrorism’ at a function and asked other women if their partners ‘paid towards their lifestyle’, tribunal hears Victor Stockinger denies making racially or religiously motivated statements He allegedly asked women if their male partners ‘paid towards their lifestyle’ He also denies giving … Read more
Boots worker who told a customer who did not speak good English ‘I don’t speak Taliban’ loses constructive dismissal claim Boots employee Dorothy Roach went to help struggling colleague at the tills But tribunal heard she made ‘racist comments’ about customer who did not have English as their first language Claimed she told another customer … Read more
The State Department is ordering home most remaining staff at the U.S. embassy in Kabul due to security concerns after President Joe Biden announced earlier this month a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. All personnel have been instructed, according to a Tuesday report, to depart Afghanistan unless their jobs require them … Read more
An Afghan woman has been lashed 40 times by the Taliban for reportedly speaking to a man on the phone. Footage shared online shows the accused being led into a circle formed by dozens of male spectators to receive the punishment handed down by three tribal elders. One man first takes up the whipping before … Read more
An Afghan woman has been lashed 40 times by the Taliban for reportedly speaking to a man on the phone. Footage shared online shows the accused being led into a circle formed by dozens of male spectators to receive the punishment handed down by three tribal elders. One man first takes up the whipping before … Read more
Taliban targets heavily fortified hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in Pakistani city of Quetta in suicide blast killing four and wounding 11 The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing on a Pakistani hotel in the city of Quetta The blast targeted a car park beside the heavily-fortified hotel which is next to the … Read more
30 Taliban militants are killed in explosion during bomb-making class at Afghan mosque The blast happened on Saturday morning in Qultaq, a village in Balkh province Six foreign nationals were among those killed, according to security services Taliban violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent months despite peace talks On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens … Read more
Two Afghan women judges have been assassinated in the country’s capital in an attack that has been blamed on the Taliban. Gunmen shot dead the two unnamed judges, who worked for the Supreme Court, on Sunday in Kabul, where a new trend of targeted killings of high-profile figures have sown fear in the restive city. … Read more
Taliban orders its leaders to stop taking more than one wife because big weddings are too expensive and sparking resentment among fighters Taliban chief sent out decree warning the lavish marriages were bad press Comes after rumours spread along frontlines of top brass living the high life Most commanders have multiple wives, spending profligately on … Read more
An ex-serviceman has climbed the first of 50 mountains in 2021 in memory of his brother who was killed serving in Afghanistan. John Davies, 31, from St Helens, Merseyside, is taking on the challenge in memory of his brother Chris, who died in action in 2010. The veteran kickstarted the endeavour on New Years Day when he … Read more