US in talks with Taliban on re-establishing counterterrorism forces to Afghan base, WSJ reports

The United States is in discussions with the Taliban about re-establishing a small U.S. military presence at Afghanistan's Bagram air base as a launch point for counterterrorism operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday,

Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities

More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles.

The Taliban wages war on high-speed internet

A new push to cut nationwide access to the digital world is taking Afghanistan back to the isolationist extremes of decades past

Taliban claim an agreement reached with U.S. envoys on a prisoner swap as they seek better ties

No information was provided on how many people are being held in each country, who they are or why they were imprisoned.

Taliban orders ban on internet in northern Afghanistan ‘to prevent immoral activities’

The Taliban administration on Wednesday announced an internet ban across a swathe of northern Afghanistan, “to prevent immoral activities,” provincial government statements said.
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