Visiting Kabul, human rights observer Richard Bennett says Taliban instigating policies of 'absolute gender segregation'

Decree, which calls for women to only show eyes and recommends wearing the head-to-toe burqa, confirms rights activists' worst fears following group's return to power

US envoy slams move, which comes ahead of Taliban leadership meeting, as 'a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and the international community'

Spokesperson says they are looking for armed 'kidnappers, thieves and looters' after string of robberies and kidnappings in Afghanistan's capital

One of the journalists is Andrew North, a former BBC correspondent who has covered Afghanistan for some two decades

State Department also offers money for any information on culprits behind the deadly attack on Kabul airport, which killed more than 100 people including 13 American soldiers

UN welcomes news, saying it's 'crucial that every young person has equal access to education'

Lawyer Inbar Nacht says dramatic events at Kabul airport touched her 'most fundamental Jewish feelings'; another Israeli group helps 200 at-risk refugees reach safe shores

87 Afghanis, part of larger group rescued in October in an effort led by IsraAID, reside in Albania as they await resettlement in Canada

Appeal is largest-ever by organization; Afghanistan ambassador says country 'experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis of its contemporary history'