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UN Mission in Afghanistan seeks information from Interior Ministry about l
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday sought urgent information from the country's Interior Ministry on the latest detentions of two women activists over the last 24 hours by the Taliban.
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Taliban must recognize basic human rights of every girl, woman: UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the Taliban to both recognize and uphold the basic human rights that belong to every girl and woman.
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Afghan women face existential crisis due to Taliban's political 'incapicit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): The Taliban's political inability has created an existential crisis for women of Afghanistan, thus endangering country's future, a media report said.
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Taliban root cause of Afghanistan's troubles; people face most difficult s
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): As people residing in Afghanistan face the horrors of Taliban atrocities since the fall of Kabul, an expert believes that the Taliban are the root cause of all of Afghanistan's troubles and under their rule people are facing the most difficult scenario
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Employment of Afghan women dropped 16 pc in 2021 after Taliban takeover: U
Updated : 4 years, 4 months 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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Afghan women despair over closed public universities, lack of employment o
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Afghanistan: Women hold protest in Kabul, demand release of Afghan Bank as
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Dozens of women came out on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest the continued hold on Afghan bank assets by the US amid an economic crisis in Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Taliban open fire on protesters near building of erstwhile women affairs m
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday opened fire on protesters, who were demanding "employment, food and freedom" near a building in Kabul that in the past housed the ministry of women's affairs, Russian media reported citing a protestor.
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Afghanistan: Women hold protest in Kabul, demand basic rights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 16 (ANI): Women on Thursday gathered in large numbers in Kabul to demonstrate against the ongoing economic crisis in the country and for their basic rights, including political participation, local media reported.
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UN alarmed by reversal of women's rights under Taliban rule
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 10 (ANI): United Nations is alarmed by the rapid reversal of Afghanistan women's rights under the Taliban's rule that began this year in August.
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Afghan activists chides new Taliban media guidelines
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 27 (ANI): Afghan journalists and activists have expressed concerns over a new "religious guideline" issued by the Taliban, saying the move is "yet another form of control over women."
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Taliban 'clueless' over governance, struggle to rule Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 26 (ANI): Taliban struggle for the long-term stability in Afghanistan as the group is "clueless" over how to go forward in ruling the country and confusion over their so-called "moral vision" and "willingness to give pledges."
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