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UN Women warns of urgent aid for Afghan women, girls returning from Iran a
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
UN Women has warned that Afghan women and girls returning from Iran and Pakistan face urgent humanitarian needs, including shelter, healthcare, and education. Khaama Press reported that aid cuts are worsening poverty, violence, and restrictions, with officials calling for greater internation
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Taliban stripped Afghan women of rights, says US Report
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The report addresses issues such as US aid to Afghanistan, the situation of women and girls, security, the economy, counter-narcotics efforts, recent developments, SIGAR's monitoring process, the conclusion of its mission, and the role of other US government agencies in overseeing Afghani
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UNAMA voices concern over arrest of women, girls in Kabul for dress code v
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
UNAMA has raised concern over the recent arrest of women and girls in Kabul by Taliban authorities for alleged dress code violations, urging respect for human rights and reversal of restrictive policies, Khaama Press reported. The arrests have sparked outrage and deepened fears among Afghan
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ICC introduces a specialized support program for Displaced Afghan Women Cr
Updated : 11 months ago IST
In a groundbreaking initiative, the ICC has collaborated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), and Cricket Australia (CA) to support these skilled athletes in their cricketing and personal growth endeavours, as per an ICC Media Relea
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Champions Trophy: Shahidi supports Afghan women's right to play cricket, B
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has expressed his support for Afghan women's rights to play cricket but also acknowledged that they can only control things on the ground, not politics.
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Afghanistan: Taliban orders all NGOs to stop employing women or face closu
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Taliban announced the latest decision two years after they asked NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly as they did not follow Taliban's interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women.
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US Secy Blinken condemns Taliban's "discriminatory edicts," expresses "res
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday condemned human rights violations in Afghanistan and criticised the Taliban's policies against Afghan women and girls.
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Taliban bans Afghan women from 'hearing each other's voice'
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Taliban have imposed a new, oppressive rule that silences Afghan women's voices even further, the latest step banned them from hearing each other's voices to erase "women entirely from public life and society," reported the New York Post.
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UAE and United States issue joint statement on situation of women and girl
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The UAE and the United States reiterated their commitments to supporting the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls, underscoring that these issues were critical to a durable and economically viable Afghanistan.
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UNAMA chief, EU, Pak envoys arrive for Doha meeting
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The third Doha meeting will be hosted by Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Deputy Secretary-General, in the Qatari capital on Monday and Tuesday. DiCarlo has not yet arrived in Doha, but a UN spokesperson confirmed her travel to Qatar.
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"Domestic issues of Afghanistan will not be discussed": Taliban ahead UN-l
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the UN-led meeting in Doha on Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that domestic issues of Afghanistan will not be discussed, asserting that domestic issues of the nation are not of the United Nations in any way.
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Afghan people losing trust in West, women's rights were not important in U
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said that the Western countries cannot escape their share of responsibility for the human rights issues and that the agreement signed by the US with Talib
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