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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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G7 calls on Taliban to 'urgently reverse' women aid workers ban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The G7 foreign ministers said Afghan women are central to humanitarian and basic needs operations. "Unless they participate in aid delivery in Afghanistan, NGOs will be unable to reach the country's most vulnerable people to provide food, medicine, winterization, and other materials and serv
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Pakistan government's Afghan policy responsible for terror resurgence: PTI
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the former information minister said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari did not understand the situation in Afghanistan.
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Time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan suffer due to ban on women staff:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs and barring them from attending schools and universities.
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Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Antony Blinken urged Taliban to reverse their decision of barring women from working in NGOs.
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Following Taliban's crackdown on women, German non-profit organizations su
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
After the Taliban banned women from working with NGOs, and international organizations from going to work, German non-profit groups have suspended their operations in Afghanistan, joining a long list of other humanitarian organisations that have done the same, Khaama Press reported.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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Afghanistan: A no women's land
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ever since the American forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, and the Taliban grasped power, the country gradually started to change into a prison for women.
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Terror attacks in Pak up since Taliban took over in Afghanistan; Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
On December 11 this year Taliban from Afghanistan shelled Pakistan's border killing seven civilians. Pakistan in retaliation killed one Taliban individual and injured ten Afghan locals. Further on December 15, the two sides exchanged artillery fire killing at least one Pakistani Civilian and
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Blast injures four civilians in Afghanistan's Takhar province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Without providing more details, the official added that an investigation had been initiated into the incident. The Tolonews reported that the blast occurred next to a private health center named Qataghan hospital.
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Afghanistan faces severe hunger levels, high levels of food insecurity: Re
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohammad Nasir Kazimi, a doctor, as quoted by TOLO News, said "Poor economic and social situation has affected children and has increased food insecurity because it has a direct connection with child nutrition."
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35 Private Afghan universities could collapse following women's education
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The announcement of the woman's education ban in Afghanistan can possibly lead to the closure of 35 private universities.
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