‘Prisoners in homes’: The women in Afghanistan barred from leaving home without a man
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Prisoners in homes’: The women in Afghanistan barred from leaving home without a man

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They are turning women into prisoners in their own homes.” open image in gallery Chaotic scenes at Kabul airport showed people thronging on to gangplank, runways and taxiway of the airport to escape Afghanistan Ms Barr, who is associate director of the women’s rights division at the leading charity, explains the Taliban are telling local employers they must permanently send female employees home and get men to do their jobs. open image in gallery Displaced Afghan women and children in a mosque in Kabul on 13 August “Everyone is frightened,” Ms Barr explains. “The Taliban don’t have a good reputation in preserving women’s rights,” the lawyer, who is currently based in the UK, adds. No voice.” open image in gallery Women sitting in a cab in Afghan’s capital of Kabul at end of July Female Afghan journalists and healthcare workers have been killed in a slew of attacks since peace negotiations started between the Taliban and the American-backed Afghan government last year.

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Thanks to the Taliban’s new rules on birth, even more women will die
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Thanks to the Taliban’s new rules on birth, even more women will die

The Independent  

The faces of the midwives who delivered my children are etched into my memory: Minnie, who performed an emergency episiotomy as my eldest’s heart rate yo-yoed alarmingly, and Barbara, who calmly manoeuvred my youngest into place after her shoulder wedged itself dangerously into my pelvis. On Tuesday, reports indicated that it had shut down midwifery training colleges in the country, …

LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies
1 month ago

LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies

CNN  

CNN — Warning: This report contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. In response to CNN’s findings, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that “acts such as sodomy, bestiality and other perversions that contravene Islamic law are illegal and perpetrators dealt with within the legal framework.” They added: “These allegations are fabrications as the alleged claims of …

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule
1 month, 1 week ago

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule

NPR  

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What's it like to be a girl or a woman in …

'Afghanistan is a pot with no cover; anything can fall in it, anything can be taken'
1 month, 1 week ago

'Afghanistan is a pot with no cover; anything can fall in it, anything can be taken'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Afghan women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj gave her take on China, Russia and other foreign actors’ growing ties with the Taliban. Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference, while making no mention of human rights abuses by the country’s Taliban leaders. In an exclusive conversation with …

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Afghan human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj narrates how the Taliban’s new ban has taken the country by surprise On October 26, the women in Afghanistan faced another brunt from the Taliban regime after they were barred from technically “hearing each other”. The Taliban’s Minister of Vice and Virtue, Khalid Hanafi, issued a new ban …

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation …

Taliban's Diplomatic Offensive: A Step Towards Women's Rights in Afghanistan
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Taliban's Diplomatic Offensive: A Step Towards Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The Taliban's diplomatic recognition in the international arena has brought positive attention to the country, with several countries welcoming Taliban diplomats and establishing diplomatic ties. However, the question of women's rights remains unanswered, with the Taliban barring women from attending a major UN conference in Doha. This move has been met with mixed reactions, with some optimistic about the potential …

Western nations should evacuate Afghan policewomen who faced sexual abuse, says HRW
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Western nations should evacuate Afghan policewomen who faced sexual abuse, says HRW

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nato member nations should evacuate …

Meryl Streep says cats have more rights than women in Afghanistan
3 months ago

Meryl Streep says cats have more rights than women in Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She joined several prominent Afghan women activists at the …

The Taliban’s repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban’s repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s repressive control over women and girls in Afghanistan is unparalleled and will jeopardize the country’s future, the U.N. rights chief warned Monday. Volker Türk said new morality laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans on education and most jobs, were outrageous and amounted to systematic gender persecution. The Taliban …

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?

News 18  

How miserable are women in Afghanistan can be understood from the fact that the Taliban have passed a new “morality” law — ‘Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ — which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on people and bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public. Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada …

Afghans are suffering. Don’t expect any tears from the Taliban
4 months ago

Afghans are suffering. Don’t expect any tears from the Taliban

Live Mint  

THE STREETS of Kabul used to be riotously, almost headache-inducingly colourful. There were billboards advertising Western wear and Punjabi salwar kameez, murals promoting women’s and children’s rights, and everywhere the black-red-green tricolour of the Afghan Republic. Black-and-white also describes Western countries’ approach to Afghanistan since their humiliating exit from the country on August 15th 2021. Islamic State Khorasan Province, a …

3 Years on: The Afghan Women Relentlessly Resisting the Taliban
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Years on: The Afghan Women Relentlessly Resisting the Taliban

The Diplomat  

While we can and should mark the atrocities against women and girls under Taliban rule, we should also recognize and cheer their resistance. But while social media has increased Afghan women’s online participation, it has also left those who dare to speak out vulnerable to serious online abuse. The Centre for Information Resilience Afghan Witness project published an investigation revealing …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban says before U.N.-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban says before U.N.-led talks

The Hindu  

Taliban authorities said on June 29 that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the U.N. has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks

India Today  

Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the third …

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity
6 months ago

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban should be held …

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart
8 months, 1 week ago

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart

Hindustan Times  

In March 2024 Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, broadcast a message about resuming public stoning and flogging women to death as punishments for adultery-related crimes. It was reminiscent of the Taliban’s first stint in power in Kabul from 1996-2001, during which women and girls were barred from education, employment and going out in public without a …

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

Al Jazeera  

Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained. On Friday, Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, called on the Taliban government “to immediately and unconditionally release all those who have been …

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months ago

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says

The Hindu  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. Women said they increasingly fear going to public spaces owing to the threat arrest and the “long-lasting stigma and shame” associated with being taken into police custody. Heather …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN
10 months, 1 week ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. A spokesman from the Vice and Virtue Ministry, the Taliban’s morality police that enforces such decrees, said it was “nonsense and untrue” that women are scared …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says
10 months, 1 week ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says

LA Times  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the United Nations mission in Afghanistan. The Taliban — which took over Afghanistan in 2021 during the final weeks of U.S. and NATO withdrawal from the country — have barred women from most …

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations
11 months, 1 week ago

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it was deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban government of women and girls for allegedly violating dress codes regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. The Taliban said last week that female police officers have been taking women into custody for wearing “bad hijab.” It …

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN
1 year ago

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN

India TV News  

A UN report published on Thursday made an astounding claim that women in Afghanistan were sent to prison by Taliban officials in order to 'protect' them from gender-based violence. "Confining women who are already in a situation of vulnerability in a punitive environment would also likely have a negative impact on their mental and physical health, re-victimisation and put them …

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
1 year ago

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report

The Independent  

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Restricted rights put Afghan women and girls in a ‘deadly situation’ during quakes, UN official says
1 year, 2 months ago

Restricted rights put Afghan women and girls in a ‘deadly situation’ during quakes, UN official says

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women and girls are in a “not only difficult. but deadly” situation following recent earthquakes in Afghanistan because of the humanitarian and civil rights crises in the country since the Taliban seized power, a U.N. official said Sunday. Many women also have difficulty obtaining humanitarian aid if they don’t have male relative who can access it on …

Amina Zurmati and Qudratullah Zurmati
1 year, 3 months ago

Amina Zurmati and Qudratullah Zurmati

The Diplomat  

Many Afghan women never experienced the Taliban’s first period of rule in the 1990s. There have been widespread reports of the Taliban’s attacks on human rights defenders, prosecution of minorities, suppression of women’s rights, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial executions, among others. As individuals who fight and defend the rights of women and minorities peacefully, we have been forced to either …

Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country, according to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education and the rights of Afghan women and …

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
1 year, 3 months ago

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people, including women and girls experiencing “immeasurably cruel” oppression, the U.N.'s human rights chief said Tuesday. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that human rights are in a state of collapse in Afghanistan more than two years after the Taliban returned to …

Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed
1 year, 3 months ago

Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed

Firstpost  

Since coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has made a number of moves to suppress the rights of Afghan women. Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr called the decision to ban women “cruel in a very intentional way”. “Step by step the walls are closing in on women as every home becomes a prison.” …

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement
1 year, 3 months ago

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement

Al Jazeera  

Watchdogs slam Taliban’s ‘flagrant violation of the right to education and freedom of movement’ after Afghan women stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai to study on a scholarship. Human rights groups have condemned the Taliban’s latest restrictions on Afghan women’s education and movement after it barred them from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks and stopped them …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Deccan Chronicle  

KABUL: Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars also agree …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars …

Two Years After Kabul's Fall: Afghans Speak of Hope and Challenges Under Taliban Rule
1 year, 4 months ago

Two Years After Kabul's Fall: Afghans Speak of Hope and Challenges Under Taliban Rule

News 18  

Two years since the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the United States and its allies, life has changed dramatically for many Afghans, particularly women. “People don’t buy much of our produce any more,” said Azizi, who farms just over one hectare of rented land. Now, he is a police officer in the …

Afghan women take to streets to protest Taliban’s ban on beauty parlours
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan women take to streets to protest Taliban’s ban on beauty parlours

Live Mint  

Security officials in Kabul on Wednesday used force to disperse a group of Afghan women who were protesting against the Taliban's order to close down beauty parlours. As reported by AFP, the ban on beauty parlours is the latest measure imposed by the Taliban to restrict women's participation in public life. The recent order, issued last month, has compelled the …

UN says the Taliban have further increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says the Taliban have further increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls

The Independent  

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UN says the Taliban have further increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says the Taliban have further increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities have further increased restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan in recent months, including in education and employment, the U.N. said in a report on the human rights situation issued Monday. Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that only males will be allowed to take exams to pursue specialized medical studies, the U.N. mission in …

Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban

The Hindu  

Afghanistan's supreme leader said Sunday the country's women were being saved from "traditional oppressions" by the adoption of Islamic governance and their status as "free and dignified human beings" restored. In a statement marking this week's Eid al-Adha holiday, Hibatullah Akhundzada – who rarely appears in public and rules by decree from the Taliban's birthplace in Kandahar – said steps …

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan
1 year, 5 months ago

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls’ education is severely curtailed. In his Eid message Akhundzada said that under the rule of the Islamic Emirate, concrete measures …

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as ‘crime against humanity’
1 year, 6 months ago

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as ‘crime against humanity’

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Two top rights groups on Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists, or ICJ, underscored how the Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s rights, coupled with “imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture …

‘War on women’: Taliban curbs on Afghan females a ‘crime’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘War on women’: Taliban curbs on Afghan females a ‘crime’

Al Jazeera  

Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s rights could constitute gender persecution, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists say. Rights groups have denounced severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity under international law. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists underscored …

Taliban’s restrictions on women are ‘crime against humanity,’ rights groups say
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban’s restrictions on women are ‘crime against humanity,’ rights groups say

LA Times  

Two top rights groups Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists, or ICJ, underscored how the Taliban’s crackdown on women’s rights, coupled with “imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment,” could …

UN says its women workers harassed and ‘severely restricted’ in Afghanistan
1 year, 7 months ago

UN says its women workers harassed and ‘severely restricted’ in Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This is the most recent in a series of …

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions
1 year, 8 months ago

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions

The Diplomat  

Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have progressively imposed greater and greater restrictions on Afghan women’s mobility, presence in public, access to education and healthcare, and right to work. During the months that followed, the Taliban indefinitely banned Afghan girls from attending secondary schools, fired female employees in Kabul’s city government, disallowed Afghan women from boarding domestic or …

Afghan woman fears for life if sent to Afghanistan after visa denial
1 year, 8 months ago

Afghan woman fears for life if sent to Afghanistan after visa denial

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Her MP, Alison Thewliss, said …

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
1 year, 9 months ago

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 22, 2023 14:24 IST - 7 MINS READ On the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, signed on February 29, 2020, between the United States and the Afghan Taliban, US spokesperson Ned Price said that the Afghan Taliban were empowered by the agreement. The Afghan Taliban, in its statement, celebrated the day on which the US-led foreign …

UN Security Council asks for advice on dealing with Afghan Taliban
1 year, 9 months ago

UN Security Council asks for advice on dealing with Afghan Taliban

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, which seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women’s rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law. United Nations: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide an independent assessment on how to deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration …

Austria: Afghan women protest against Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan
1 year, 9 months ago

Austria: Afghan women protest against Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, at least 20 years post they were ejected by US troops. Women’s rights have been neglected, ever since, under their harsh rule Vienna : The Afghan diaspora in Austria’s capital Vienna staged a demonstration against the Taliban’s assault on women’s rights in Afghanistan in front of the local United Nations office. …

It's her right...: Afghanistan news broadcaster airs rare all-female panel discussion on Women's Day
1 year, 9 months ago

It's her right...: Afghanistan news broadcaster airs rare all-female panel discussion on Women's Day

India Today  

Whether you want it or not, women exist in society, said former university professor Zakira Nabil during a dicussion in a rare all-female panel broadcast aired by Afghan broadcaster Tolo News. An Afghan news network held a rare, nearly 50-minute broadcast with an all-female panel on its studio on International Women’s Day, reported news agency Reuters. It was a rare …

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women
1 year, 9 months ago

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights, the United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day. The U.N. Mission said in a statement Wednesday that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost “singular …

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights
1 year, 9 months ago

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, which seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women’s rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law United Nations: The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in …

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