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Taliban justifies women education ban amid criticism: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan Nida Mohammad Nadim said there is no opposition to the barring of women from university education in the country.
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Devastating for Afghan people: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tal
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced grave concerns over the Taliban regime's decisions to ban women from jobs in Afghanistan.
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UN seeks clarity from Taliban over ban on women from working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Saturday, the Taliban regime ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from coming to work in the country. The Taliban-led Ministry of Economy (MOE) ordered all national and international non-government organizations to suspend the jobs of female employees until further
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UN chief 'disturbed' by Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations and its partners, including national and international non-governmental organizations, are helping more than 28 million Afghans who depend on humanitarian aid to survive. The reported ban on women working with the international community to save lives and livelihoods in Af
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Afghan women protest against Taliban ban on university education of female
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the videos circulating on social media, a group of women took to the street and marched around the province, chanting slogans like: "Education is our right", and "education for all or none".
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EU condemns Taliban ban on women working for NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The European Union on Saturday (local time) condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs and said that it was assessing the impact of its aid in Afghanistan.
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Taliban's ban on women's university studies contradicts with Sharia, says
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Grand Imam said that he "deeply" regrets the decision issued by the authorities in Afghanistan, preventing Afghan women's access to university education.
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Afghan Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Wednesday, the UN mission in Afghanistan expressed the outrage of millions of Afghans and the international community over the decision by the Islamic outfit and called on the de facto authorities to revoke the decision immediately.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police declare Waziristan, Lakki, Bannu as terrorist tr
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Annual analysis of the security situation in Pakistan reveals a recent surge in the number of extortion calls from Afghanistan.
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Residents complain of 'lack of transparency' in distribution of aid to nee
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, the local residents criticized the "lack of transparency" in the distribution of humanitarian aid to needy families in the country by welfare organizations.
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ECW calls on Taliban authorities in Kabul to allow girls to return to educ
Updated : 3 years, 3 months 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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Paperless Afghan migrants will be fined or blacklisted, not deported: Paki
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Earlier, in October, the interior ministry of Pakistan had circulated an ad on TV and social media saying that foreign nationals, who overstayed in the country beyond December 31, 2022, will face serious consequences. The punishment included imprisonment and forceful deportation.
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