The Taliban government has told women to completely ... district wear abaya robes and cover their faces with a medical mask.

The international community, especially the United States, must recognize this deception,’ a spokesman for the resistance ...

There was a further mysterious development, when a video was uploaded to the internet, purportedly of masked IS militants denying they were involved in the attack, and blaming the Taliban.

Masked gunmen have shot dead 10 mine clearers ... Afghan officials had blamed the Taliban, who denied involvement. Halo Trust CEO James Cowan told the BBC that the local Taliban had, on the ...