Pakistan's military has claimed to have killed at least 70 militants in air strikes against neighbouring Afghanistan, but the Taliban in Afghanistan said this was false.

Pakistan on late Saturday night carried out intelligence-based strikes against terrorist camps inside Afghanistan, in a retributive response to a string of deadly suicide bombings, including an attack on an Imambargah in Islamabad and multiple blasts in Bajaur and Bannu during the holy month of Ramazan.

The Taliban’s governance remains deeply controversial. Since returning to power in 2021, the group has imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls and enforcing strict social rules.

THE Taliban has legalised domestic violence in Afghanistan in a terrifying new assault on women’s rights. Signed off by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the new 90-page criminal code allows

At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.

The Taliban has also informed mediators, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, alleging that Pakistan violated existing understandings.

Al Qaeda remains resilient - and is still under the decades-long protection of the Taliban - as the United Nations warns about the continued strength of jihadist terrorist groups.

After Swara Bhasker, veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has strongly criticised the new law introduced in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, permitting domestic violence against women.

In a new rule in Afghanistan under Taliban government, women are categorized as slaves, who would not get any protection from domestic violence until they show evidence of wounds. This means that the men are now allowed to beat their wives until women have “broken bones” or “open wounds”.

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