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Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home
1 week, 3 days ago

Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home

The Independent  

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Taliban bans employment of women by NGOs, threatens of closure
1 week, 5 days ago

Taliban bans employment of women by NGOs, threatens of closure

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order …

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Taliban further restricts women's voices with ban on praying aloud in front of other women
2 months, 1 week ago

Taliban further restricts women's voices with ban on praying aloud in front of other women

ABC  

The Taliban has extended restrictions on Afghan women's voices by banning them from praying loudly or reciting the Koran in front of other women. She noted that Afghan women defied the restrictions announced in August, using hashtags like #MyVoiceIsNotForbidden to protest the Taliban's description of a woman's voice as "awra", or a private part of the body. "Banning even women's …

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Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'
4 months, 2 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 …

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Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

The Independent  

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UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says
6 months, 1 week 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 …

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Afghanistan to have gender equal team in Paris 2024 Olympics, no Taliban allowed: IOC
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Afghanistan to have gender equal team in Paris 2024 Olympics, no Taliban allowed: IOC

The Hindu  

Afghanistan will field a gender equal team at the Paris 2024 Olympics with three women and three men in a largely symbolic move, while no Taliban official will be allowed at the Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The Olympic body said fielding a gender-equal team was a message to both Afghanistan, which under Taliban rule has restricted …

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The Taliban want more foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan
8 months, 1 week ago

The Taliban want more foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan

The Independent  

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Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio

News 18  

Afghan women will be publicly flogged and stoned to death for “crimes like adultery”, Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has purportedly declared in a new audio message in which he also challenges Western democracies. We both say we defend human rights – we do it as God’s representative and you as the devil’s.” According to Akhundzada, women’s rights as …

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Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools
1 year ago

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools, which are traditionally boys-only, a Taliban official said Thursday. A day earlier, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva told the Security Council and reporters that the United Nations was receiving “more and more anecdotal evidence” that girls could study at the Islamic schools known as madrassas. …

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Afghanistan excluded from COP28 as climate impacts hit home
1 year ago

Afghanistan excluded from COP28 as climate impacts hit home

The Hindu  

Humanitarian concerns have been raised over Afghanistan being left out of United Nations climate negotiations for a third year in a row, as the country grapples with worsening drought and floods. Though ultimately unsuccessful, "there's hope that maybe next year you might see engagement with Afghanistan in some capacity again," said Qiyamud Din Ikram of the nonprofit Refugees International on …

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Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says
1 year, 1 month ago

Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s “abusive” educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday. The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and university, but the rights group says there has been less attention to the deep harm inflicted on boys’ education. “The …

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UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
1 year, 4 months ago

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall. The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency’s support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. The new cuts …

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2 Years of Structural Violence and Humanitarian Crisis Under the Taliban
1 year, 5 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 …

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Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite U.N. concern and rare public protest
1 year, 5 months ago

Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite U.N. concern and rare public protest

The Hindu  

The Taliban announced on July 25 that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict. The Taliban said it decided to ban beauty salons because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardship for the families of grooms during wedding festivities. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “supports …

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The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. It’s the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment. “This new restriction on women’s rights will impact negatively on the economy&contradicts stated support for women entrepreneurship,” …

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UN denounces Taliban intimidation, attacks on Afghan media
1 year, 8 months ago

UN denounces Taliban intimidation, attacks on Afghan media

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s intimidation, threats and attacks on Afghan journalists are unacceptable, the U.N. said Wednesday, as it expressed concern for the future of the country’s media. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that although journalists continue to work, they are forced to navigate “unclear and often arbitrary boundaries of reporting against an ever-present threat of repression and closure.” …

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EU links aid to Afghanistan with removal of Taliban's ban on working women
1 year, 9 months ago

EU links aid to Afghanistan with removal of Taliban's ban on working women

Firstpost  

Kabul: In an effort to persuade the Taliban regime in Kabul to reverse its decision to ban women from working, the European Union has linked aid to Afghanistan with several conditions. According to a report by Tolo News, the European Union has linked aid to Afghanistan with the removal of the ban imposed on Afghan working women by the Taliban …

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UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable
1 year, 9 months ago

UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights. The Taliban decision is “an unparalleled violation of women’s rights, a flagrant breach of humanitarian principles, and a breach of international rules,” Wednesday’s statement said. “Yet despite this devastating …

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Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown
1 year, 9 months ago

Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education in Afghanistan, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists. “We are alarmed by the ongoing arbitrary arrests and detentions of civil society activists and media workers in Afghanistan, in particular the targeting of those who speak out against the de facto authorities’ discriminatory policies restricting women and girls’ access …

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Make gender apartheid a crime under international law: Afghan, Iranian women
1 year, 10 months ago

Make gender apartheid a crime under international law: Afghan, Iranian women

Live Mint  

Women in Afghanistan and Iran continue to fight for basic human rights, or what the united Nations term as ‘gender apartheid’. Amid such conditions, a prominent group in both the countries backed by women have sought that the ‘gender apartheid’ be termed crime under international law, according to a report by Guardian. The campaign has been launched on International Women's …

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Taliban publicly lashes 11 including 2 women in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan
1 year, 10 months ago

Taliban publicly lashes 11 including 2 women in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of Taliban has said that 11 people including two women were on Friday publicly lashed at a sports ground in Faizabad in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Afghanistan-based news agency Khaama Press reported. Accusing them of "moral crimes and adultery", 11 people were lashed by the Taliban in front of a huge crowd in northern Badakhshan province in the …

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4 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
2 years ago

4 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Four major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. “We have complied with all cultural norms and we simply can’t work without our dedicated female staff, who are essential for us to access women who are in desperate …

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