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Taliban's hijab decree to negatively impact their relations with internati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 9 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West on Monday expressed concern over the recent decision by the Taliban to order Afghan women to cover head-to-toe and said it will continue to negatively impact their relations with the internatio
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UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to cover head-to-toe, a decision that has led to severe criticism from human rights observers.
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Step by step Taliban is obliterating women's rights: UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Step by step Taliban is obliterating Afghan women's human rights, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said a day after the Taliban issued the latest edict on mandatory face coverings compounding restrictions on education, movement, employment and public li
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Taliban hijab decision might further strain engagement with international
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): The Taliban decree for women to must cover their faces in public might further strain engagement with the international community.
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European Parliament strongly condemns education ban for girls
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 8 (ANI): The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed deep concern over the Taliban's recent decision to indefinitely extend the ban on allowing girls in seventh grade and above to attend school.
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UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 28 (ANI): The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.
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Female students protest in Kabul against Taliban's ban on girls attending
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): Dozens of female students in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul took to the streets demanding the Taliban regime to withdraw its decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade.
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Taliban prohibits girls from wearing make-up, short clothes at Herat Unive
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): In another clampdown on Afghan women, the Taliban have ordered girl students at the Herat University not to wear make-up and short clothes, reported local media.
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Rights group holds public rally in Kabul urging for women's rights
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): An Afghanistan rights group recently organised a public rally in Kabul to demand women's basic rights in Afghanistan.
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UN human rights chief expresses concern over situation of women in Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 12 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over the situation of women in Afghanistan and said that the women must play an "active role in transforming" the crisis-torn country.
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Woman killed, two injured in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 19 (ANI): A woman was killed and two more were injured in Afghanistan's Kandahar after the security forces opened fire on a rickshaw that did not stop at a checkpoint on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: Freed women rights activists under pressure to not share deta
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Four Afghanistan women activists, who were detained by the Taliban regime and later released after a long period of uncertainty, are under pressure not to publicize the details about their detention, their relatives have told local media.
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