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Taliban detain Afghan women activist, her sisters over staging protest in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): A female human rights activist in Afghanistan, her two sisters and another activist have been taken from their homes on Thursday after recent protests in Kabul, friends and activists say, prompting suspicions they were detained by the Taliban, a media r
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Over half million people lost jobs in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): More than half a million people have lost or been pushed out of their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.
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Employment of Afghan women dropped 16 pc in 2021 after Taliban takeover: U
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): Employment of Afghan women is estimated to have decreased by 16 per cent in the latter part of the year after the radical Islamist Taliban movement, an organization under UN sanctions over terrorist activities, swept to power, the International Labour O
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Afghanistan: Female protesters in Kabul urge Taliban to reopen Ministry of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): Women protestors in Kabul on Monday urged the Taliban to reopen the Ministry of Women's Affairs, to allow girls access to education, and to include women in the government's cabinet.
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Kabul protest calls attention to recent killing of two Hazara women
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 17 (ANI): The Kabul protest organised by Afghan women on Sunday called attention to the recent killing of two Hazara women.
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Taliban fire tear gas against Afghan women protesting for rights in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 16 (ANI): The Taliban members fired tear gas and used pepper spray against the Afghan women who were protesting for their rights in Kabul on Sunday, reported local media.
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Taliban denies Human Rights Watch report characterizing human rights situa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 15 (ANI): The Taliban on Friday denied Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that characterized the human rights situation in Afghanistan as a "crisis" and said that the situation has become better compared to the previous years in the country.
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Afghan women despair over closed public universities, lack of employment o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 14 (ANI): As women in Afghanistan continue to wait for the Taliban regime to provide them with basic rights to study and work, a number of female students in eastern Nangarhar province voiced mounting despair about the lack of access to public universities and la
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Rights of Afghan women, girls 'under attack', says UN
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 13 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised concerns over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that "Afghan women are deprived of basic rights."
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Afghan women in Kabul rise against Taliban's diktat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan women in Kabul took to the streets on Tuesday against a slew of restrictions including those enforcing wearing of hijab in public by the Taliban, reported Sputnik.
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Kabul women shift protest mode, write demands on city walls at night
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan women and activists, who have been protesting after Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, have shifted their protest mode by writing their demands on walls at night to avoid violence by the Islamic Emirate forces.
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Taliban religious police issue posters ordering Afghan women to cover-up
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 8 (ANI): The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Friday issued posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up.
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