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ECW calls on Taliban authorities in Kabul to allow girls to return to educ
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
After the Taliban ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, several humanitarian organizations, including Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a United Nations global, billion-dollar fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises called the Taliban authorities in K
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Systematic exclusion of Afghan women under Taliban continues, says UN righ
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
While giving the opening statement at the press conference today, Turk said, "Afghanistan, where the continued systematic exclusion of women and girls from virtually all aspects of life is unparalleled in this world. It deprives the country as a whole of the benefit of the significant con
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Afghanistan: Taliban publicly execute man convicted of murder in Farah pro
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the execution took place in a sports stadium in western Farah province early morning.
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ISIS group targets religious minorities in Afghanistan, says HRW
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) repeatedly attacked Hazaras and other religious minorities at their mosques, schools, and workplaces.
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Taliban detain American filmmaker, Afghan producer in Kabul
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists.
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Afghan women raise concern over Taliban's new rule to limit entry in "ladi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a downfall trend. Local women have expres
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Taliban broke multiple pledges on human rights since taking over Afghanist
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women's rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago.
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Allegations that Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with millions in cash may b
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): The allegations that former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his senior advisors fled aboard with millions in cash are unlikely to be true, according to a new report by the US government's oversight authority on Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Taliban threaten revenge killings of former govt officials, a
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI): Taliban authorities in Afghanistan's Helmand province have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
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Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan, says rights group
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New York [US], March 8 (ANI): The Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
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Taliban authorities claim checking on poppy cultivation in Badakhshan prov
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Fayzabad [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan claims to have checked poppy cultivation, drug production and trafficking in the North-Eastern province of Badakhshan, according to a media report.
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Taliban's opposition to Durand fencing not its policy, claims Pakistan NSA
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Contrary to media reports, Pakistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has said the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan was maintaining cordial ties with Pakistan despite recent border fencing troubles.
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