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On Taliban diktat to cover faces, Afghan women anchors go virtual on news
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's leading news channels on Sunday carried out the Taliban's recent decree to cover the faces of female presenters on television however, the female speakers appeared on TV in the form of virtual images rather than real ones.
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Taliban leadership has zero credibility for Women's rights: Human Rights W
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Afghan women's future appears bleak with Taliban diktats governing their l
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Afghan women are staring at a bleak future due to a number of restrictions imposed by the Taliban governing aspects of their lives within ten months of Afghanistan takeover.
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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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Afghanistan: UN female staff 'directed' to wear hijab at office in Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 18 (ANI): As the Taliban regime in Afghanistan continues to clench the rights of Afghan women, the newest decree ordered female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab.
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G7 nations condemn Taliban's new decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 13 (ANI): The G7 Foreign Ministers on Thursday (local time) deplored the Taliban's recent decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women and new punishments for family members to enforce compliance with these restrictions.
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Rights group urges UK to provide Afghan female refugees with long-term hou
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the United Kingdom to expedite the provision of long-term housing to Afghan women evacuated last August as many of them are faced with a growing risk of domestic violence and pressure from other Afghan
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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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US to exert pressure on Taliban to reconsider making hijab compulsory
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): In response to the Taliban diktat making the hijab compulsory for Afghan women, the US stated that if the Taliban do not halt their actions, it will increase pressure on the regime.
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US envoy to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield terms Taliban's burqa imposition 'u
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 10 (ANI): Reacting to the Taliban's burqa imposition on Afghan women, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda, Thomas-Greenfield, said "what they did today is unconscionable."
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Norwegian Diplomat urges Intl communities to 'talk it out' with Taliban fo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 9 (ANI): Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Henrik Thune requested the international communities to pursue dialogue with the Taliban as he expressed his concern over the oppression of young girls and Afghan women in the country.
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Afghan women hold protest in Kabul against Taliban after hijab decree
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (ANI): Dozens of Afghan women on Monday took to the streets in Kabul to protest against the Taliban days after the outfit issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.
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