UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
2 years, 9 months ago

UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

India Today  

The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to secure a formal presence in Taliban-governed Afghanistan, as per a report by AFP news agency. The Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan is yet to receive widespread international recognition following its takeover of the nation in August last year. On Thursday, the UNSC approved a resolution that spells out the new one-year mandate of the UN political mission in Afghanistan, which it said was "crucial" to peace in the country. "This new mandate for UNAMA is crucial not only to respond to the immediate humanitarian and economic crisis, but also to reach our overarching goal of peace and stability in Afghanistan," Norwegian UN ambassador Mona Juul, whose country drafted the resolution, was quoted as saying by AFP after the vote. "The Council gives a clear message with this new mandate: UNAMA has a crucial role to play in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan and to support the Afghan people as they face unprecedented challenges and uncertainty," Mona Juul said.

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UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education
1 week, 3 days ago

UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

Hindustan Times  

The UN Security Council has said it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told the council this week that women and girls are “facing progressive erasure from almost …

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
1 week, 4 days ago

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. In a resolution adopted unanimously Friday, the Security Council criticized not only the medical education ban but the Taliban’s …

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 …

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission in …

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission

The Hindu  

The Taliban government's Morality Ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side". Last week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, was banned from entering the country after joining other UN experts in a statement urging the international community to "not normalise the de facto …

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul:Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance". The law is "firmly rooted in Islamic teachings" that should be respected and understood, said chief government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement Monday night. Earlier Monday, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the law would be …

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law
3 months, 4 weeks ago

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law

The Hindu  

The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was "concerned" about a morality law recently ratified by the Taliban authorities, criticising in particular restrictions on women. "It is a distressing vision for Afghanistan's future, where moral inspectors have discretionary powers to threaten and detain anyone based on broad and sometimes vague lists of infractions," said Roza Otunbayeva, head of …

The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Here are 5 things to know
4 months, 1 week ago

The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Here are 5 things to know

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — It’s been three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Despite no international recognition as the country’s official rulers, the Taliban enjoy high-level meetings with major regional powers like China and Russia. The Taliban’s legitimacy to govern doesn’t come from Afghans but from their interpretation of religion and culture, said Leena Rikkila Tamang with the International …

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power
4 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power

The Hindu  

Three years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law. Chief Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who led the delegation, said the gathering was further proof that: "Afghanistan has come out of isolation". "We are in favour of positive meetings with …

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now

The Independent  

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The Taliban says people in Afghanistan on previous government’s visas can stay for now
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban says people in Afghanistan on previous government’s visas can stay for now

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Monday it would allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now, but that they wouldn’t be allowed back in without documents from a Taliban-approved diplomatic mission. The Taliban’s blacklisting of diplomatic missions in Canada, Australia and several European countries means that many people may have …

3 Years on: The Cost of Taliban Rule
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Years on: The Cost of Taliban Rule

The Diplomat  

August 15, 2024, marked three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and took the Afghan people hostage. In 2018, when then-U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Zalmay Khalilzad as the special envoy for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, he enthusiastically pressed for negotiations with the Taliban to end the United States’ longest war. The Taliban’s illegitimate rule has had …

Afghanistan under Taliban remains ‘permissive haven’ for al-Qaeda: UNSC report
5 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan under Taliban remains ‘permissive haven’ for al-Qaeda: UNSC report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Many nations have concerns about Afghanistan being a source of insecurity for the region even as the country continues to be used by al-Qaeda as a “permissive haven” under the Taliban, according to a new United Nations Security Council report. Taliban security personnel stand guard near a poppy field in Argo district on May 12, 2024 The Islamic …

UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A United Nations-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan does not translate into a recognition of their government, a U.N. official said Monday. The gathering on Sunday and Monday in Qatar’s capital of Doha with envoys from some two dozen countries was the first time that representatives of the Afghan Taliban administration …

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions

The Hindu  

Taliban authorities said on July 1 they would press the international community over economic sanctions as they attended a UN-hosted summit in Doha with special representatives to Afghanistan for the first time. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, senior Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalaly said the Taliban government delegation would use July 1’s meetings to address “financial and banking sanctions” and …

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 …

Taliban attends U.N.-led meeting on Afghanistan, with women excluded
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban attends U.N.-led meeting on Afghanistan, with women excluded

LA Times  

Zabihullah Mujahid, center right, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government, speaks with Uzbekistan Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Ismatullah Irgashev on Sunday in Doha, Qatar. A Taliban delegation on Sunday attended a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers said women would be excluded from the gathering. The Taliban was not invited to the first meeting, and U.N. …

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 …

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official

The Hindu  

The United Nations political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying on June 26 that women's rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to a small group of reporters that the two-day meeting starting on Sunday …

Women’s rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Women’s rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying Wednesday that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to a small group of reporters that the two-day meeting starting Sunday is …

The Taliban confirm they will attend a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Taliban confirm they will attend a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Tuesday confirmed their delegation will attend an upcoming U.N.-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after the organizers said last week that women would be excluded from the gathering. The meeting on June 30 and July 1 is the third U.N.- The Taliban were not invited to the first and the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said …

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with Taliban in Qatar
6 months ago

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with Taliban in Qatar

The Hindu  

The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women's rights are certain to be raised. Human Rights Watch Executive Director Tirana Hassan said that, in the face of the Taliban's tightening repression of women and girls, the …

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
6 months ago

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. Human Rights Watch Executive Director Tirana Hassan said that, in the face of the Taliban’s tightening repression of women …

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
6 months ago

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar

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. Human Rights Watch Executive Director …

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  

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​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 …

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

Hindustan Times  

UNITED NATIONS — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and women’s right to work and move freely. HT Image A statement by 11 of the 15 council members condemned the Taliban’s repression …

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and women’s right to work and move freely. A statement by 11 of the 15 council members condemned the Taliban’s repression of women …

‘Unnecessary’: Taliban Slams UNSC’s Decision to Appoint Gender and Human Rights Envoy
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Unnecessary’: Taliban Slams UNSC’s Decision to Appoint Gender and Human Rights Envoy

News 18  

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council’s plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as “unnecessary”. On Friday, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution calling for the appointment of a special envoy for Afghanistan to increase engagement with the country and its Taliban leaders. But foreign ministry spokesman …

UN special envoy calls for more direct engagement with Taliban regime in Afghanistan
1 year ago

UN special envoy calls for more direct engagement with Taliban regime in Afghanistan

The Independent  

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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 …

Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see a future without the Taliban
1 year ago

Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see a future without the Taliban

The Independent  

Forced to gather in exile, Afghanistan’s resistance movement is working in the shadows on ways to oust the Taliban from its grip on Kabul, knowing it can no longer trust or rely on the Western allies who so hastily pulled out of the country in August 2021. “The West is watching the Taliban close schools and ban education, but it …

Afghanistan: Two years after Kabul's fall, huge number of Afghans who helped US still await visas
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan: Two years after Kabul's fall, huge number of Afghans who helped US still await visas

India TV News  

A huge number of Afghans who helped the US war effort in Afghanistan and applied for a resettlement programme are still there waiting in the Taliban-ruled country, according to a report that lays out the challenges with a programme aimed at aiding the American allies in the two-decade-long conflict. The report released on Thursday by the State Department's inspector general …

Taliban celebrate return to power 2 years on amid erosion of Afghan women's rights
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban celebrate return to power 2 years on amid erosion of Afghan women's rights

India Today  

Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said was security throughout the country under an Islamic system. "On the second anniversary of the conquest of Kabul, we would like to congratulate the mujahid nation of Afghanistan and ask them to thank Almighty Allah …

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

August 15 has been declared a national holiday to celebrate the Taliban government, which is still not recognised by any country. The Afghan Taliban is marking the second anniversary of its return to power with a public holiday, celebrating the takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what it described as security across the country under an “Islamic system”. “On …

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price
1 year, 4 months ago

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war. The U.N. said they were a major obstacle to the Taliban gaining international recognition as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. But the international community will only take such …

2 Years of Structural Violence and Humanitarian Crisis Under the Taliban
1 year, 4 months ago

2 Years of Structural Violence and Humanitarian Crisis Under the Taliban

The Diplomat  

The Taliban chose to mark the second anniversary of their return to power, on August 15, 2023, with much pomp and show. Although still unrecognized by almost all countries of the world and reeling from an acute and unceasing financial crisis and lack of ability to govern the country, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid chose the occasion to interact with the …

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’
1 year, 6 months ago

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan warned the country’s Taliban rulers Wednesday that international recognition as the country’s legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment. Roza Otunbayeva told the U.N. Security Council that the Taliban have asked to be recognized by the United Nations and its 192 …

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group’s ranks. A report — issued earlier in June — by the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said that the Taliban governance structures remain “highly exclusionary, Pashtun-centred and repressive” toward all forms of opposition. The …

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 …

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to end floggings, executions
1 year, 7 months ago

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to end floggings, executions

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices. In December 2022, Taliban authorities executed an Afghan convicted of murder, the first public execution since they took power the report said. Zabihullah Mujahid, the top …

UN chief on meeting Afghanistan's Taliban: ‘When it is the right…’
1 year, 7 months ago

UN chief on meeting Afghanistan's Taliban: ‘When it is the right…’

Hindustan Times  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he will “obviously not refuse” the possibility of meeting the Afghan de-facto authority, the Taliban, “when it is the right moment to do so”. Guterres added that the current ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations and national and international NGOs is “unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy.” He asserted that …

United Nations holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban
1 year, 7 months ago

United Nations holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban

The Hindu  

The Taliban authorities will be absent from the U.N.-led talks on Afghanistan that open on May 1 in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights in the crisis-stricken country. In an open letter to the Doha meeting released on Sunday, a coalition of Afghan women's groups said they were "outraged" that any country would consider …

Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of Taliban
1 year, 7 months ago

Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of Taliban

The Hindu  

A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government ahead of a UN summit next week. "Recognition of Taliban — violation of women's rights," the women chanted during the march, which lasted no longer than 10 minutes and passed without confrontation with security …

Taliban not invited to Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says U.N.
1 year, 7 months ago

Taliban not invited to Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says U.N.

The Hindu  

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Last week the United Nations had to stress that the meeting will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration after comments …

Taliban say ban on women working for U.N. 'internal social matter'
1 year, 7 months ago

Taliban say ban on women working for U.N. 'internal social matter'

The Hindu  

The decision to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an "internal social matter", the country's Taliban authorities said on April 28, a day after the U.N. Security Council demanded they overturn the ruling. The Security Council resolution passed unanimously by all 15 Council members on April 27 said a ban on women working for the world …

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to reverse bans on women
1 year, 7 months ago

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to reverse bans on women

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. UAE Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh said over 90 countries from around the world co- Pressure mounted for …

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
1 year, 7 months ago

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

The Hindu  

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from very severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. The council condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for the U.N., a decision the resolution calls …

Taliban must ‘swiftly reverse’ crackdown on women’s rights: UN
1 year, 7 months ago

Taliban must ‘swiftly reverse’ crackdown on women’s rights: UN

Al Jazeera  

Security Council votes unanimously to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the UN, the latest move to restrict the lives of women and girls. The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, calling on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights …

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