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Afghanistan: Taliban officials in Nimroz orders coffee shop to close down
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nimroz [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): Department of Vice and Virtue of Afghanistan's Nimroz province on Wednesday ordered to close the coffee shops and directed the wedding halls to stop playing music at wedding parties, local media reported.
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Taliban's atrocities continue, shopkeepers warned not to sell goods to wom
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): In another oppressive move, Taliban officials have asked shopkeepers in Balkh province of Afghanistan to not sell anything to women not wearing a Hijab and warned of consequences if they fail to obey the order.
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Rights activists in Istanbul voice out against women rights violations in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): Amid rising atrocities against Afghan women and violation of their fundamental rights, several human rights activists held a gathering in Istanbul recently and urged the international community to address their issues, especially young girls and their ac
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UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
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Biden, Saudi Crown Prince discuss Afghan women's rights
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden who visited Saudi Arabia this week as part of his first Middle East trip as commander-in-chief discussed and analysed Afghan women's rights, which have been badly curtailed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, with Saudi Ar
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Taliban's policies keeping 'sanctions in place': US envoy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): The US special envoy has said there is no reason that girls should not be in school in Afghanistan as she blamed the Taliban's "policies against the Afghan population" for the continuing sanctions on the country.
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Afghan women protest, demand reopening of schools after Taliban skips to d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A group of women activists under the name of 'Kabul School of Critics' staged a protest demanding the Taliban to reopen schools for women without further delay, local media reported.
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Men will represent women at religious gathering: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): Ahead of the religious scholars' grand gathering of Taliban, the deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi announced on Wednesday that the meeting will convene without the participation of women.
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Taliban leadership has zero credibility for Women's rights: Human Rights W
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Associate women's rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, highlighted Taliban's vicious remarks against Afghan women, calling out the organization's growing atrocities, in a tweet on Friday.
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Afghanistan: TV presenters to cover faces, Taliban issue another decree
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 19 (ANI): In another new decree on Thursday, the Taliban directed all-female presenters working on all TV channels to cover their faces while presenting programs, TOLOnews tweeted.
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UNSC to hold discussion on Taliban's new order for Afghan women to cover f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): As the Taliban's recent decision to impose additional restrictions on women, including the mandate that they cover their faces in public places, the United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on May 12 at the request of Norway
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Ex-Afghan legislator Mariam Solaimankhil calls Taliban 'proxy of Pakistan'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], February 25 (ANI): Former woman Afghan MP, Mariam Solaimankhil, representing Kuchis and Nomads said that the Taliban is a "proxy of Pakistan" and they do not represent any particular ethnicity or locality in Afghanistan.
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