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#taliban

There are reports of severe disruption in other parts of the country, including the northern provinces of Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan and Takhar. The Taliban leadership has not provided an official explanation, however a spokesperson for the governor of Balkh stated that the decision was taken to "prevent immorality." But many experts suspect the Islamic fundamentalist group wants to block critical content and preempt potential protests.

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Afghanistan last week has nearly doubled to 2,205 as rescue workers manage to access the remote mountainous area devastated by the disaster. Hamdullah Fitrat, a spokesman for the Taliban-led government who gave the updated casualty figures on September 4, said deliveries of first aid and emergency supplies are "ongoing" as volunteers and rescue workers negotiate treacherous terrain to reach villages where people remain trapped in the rubble.

Pakistan's military claims to have killed 33 fighters who attempted to infiltrate Balochistan from Afghanistan, labeling them as Indian-sponsored separatists without offering evidence.

Enrolment in madrassas has surged in Afghanistan, with one school expanding from 35 to 160 students in five years as families seek alternative education.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds, both in their 70s, were arrested in early February and taken from their home in central Bamiyan to Kabul, the Afghan capital.

To be a father of daughters in the Taliban's Afghanistan has become a daily nightmare for Amir, who feels compelled to inflict a system of gender apartheid on his family.

In summer 2008, federal prosecutors say, some of those fighters attacked a U.S. military convoy, killing three American soldiers and their Afghan interpreter.