Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — The suicide bomber who targeted a mosque inside a police compound in Peshawar, killing more than 80 people, was a member of the Pakistani Taliban disguised as a policeman, a senior official said Thursday. CCTV footage
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US imposes visa restrictions on Taliban members involved in repression of women and girls | CNN Politics
CNN — The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on certain current and former Taliban members, non-state security group members and others who are believed to be involved in repressing the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, US
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for mosque blast that killed more than 60 people | CNN
CNN — The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in a mosque in Peshawar on Monday, the latest attack on the city in northwest Pakistan. A powerful explosion killed at least 61 people and left about 157
Peruvian families demand reparations for protester deaths amid reminders of a painful past | CNN
CNN — “If something happens to me, don’t cry,” Leonardo Hancco told his wife, Ruth Barcena, the morning of December 15 in Peru’s southern city of Ayacucho. The 32-year-old taxi driver and father of a seven-year-old girl had decided to
Extreme cold kills more than 150 people in Afghanistan, Taliban says | CNN
CNN — At least 157 people have died in Afghanistan’s harsh winter, a Taliban official said Tuesday, with the death toll doubling in less than a week as millions face bitter temperatures with minimal humanitarian aid. The country is suffering
At least 78 people die as winter temperatures plunge in Afghanistan, Taliban says | CNN
CNN — At least 78 people have died in freezing conditions in Afghanistan in the last nine days, a Taliban official said Thursday, deepening a humanitarian crisis affecting millions of people now living under the control of the radical Islamist
He beheaded his wife in Iran. His prison sentence? Eight years and two months | CNN
CNN — An Iranian man who beheaded his 17-year-old wife in February 2022 was sentenced to just eight years and two months in prison on Wednesday, according to the country’s semi-official Khabar Online website, sparking criticism over the leniency of
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers | CNN
CNN — Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss the ban on female aid workers, as Afghanistan battles famine and poverty. In December the Taliban ordered all local and
Worshipers killed as bomb detonates during DRC church service | CNN
CNN — Worshipers at a church service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed Sunday when a bomb was detonated by a group with links to Islamic State, the government said. At least 12 people have been killed
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared by RUSADA, WADA to review doping decision and consider appeal | CNN
CNN — The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) found figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules but bore no “fault or negligence” for the transgression, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The ruling in effect clears Valieva of wrongdoing and
