After the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the Afghan assets in foreign reserves were frozen. The UN Security Council in August 2022, failed to reach an agreement on whether to extend travel exemptions for 13 Taliban officials.
As Afghan women continue to live miserable lives under Taliban rule, the United Nations (UN) UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasized that women should be included in the future of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
According to UNICEF, 60 per cent of girls and 46 per cent of boys of primary school age are currently not receiving any level of education in Afghanistan.
Following the Taliban order to ban beauty salons run by women in several provinces across Afghanistan, the Director of Promotion of Virtue and Prohibition of the Taliban in Ghazni Province warned them to end such activities by the end of the month, according to Khaama Press.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases have risen recently, according to the medical staff at Kabul's Infectious Diseases Hospital, reported TOLOnews.
These women stressed that providing work opportunities for women is the responsibility of the Taliban. Mashhoda, who worked to support her family financially, said that knowledge and work are the basic right of every person.
Ahmadullah, a graduate student, said that there were girls with them during this period. He further said that girls have been banned from universities after the Taliban seized power in August 2021.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, terrorism in the country has been on the rise, and now the Kabul residents, have once again raised concerns over the rise in crime in the city, TOLOnews reported.
The various tools employed by Pakistan include frequent cross-border firings, violation of Afghan airspace through drones, economic blockade, and disputing Afghanistan's sovereignty by issuing National Identity Card (NIC) cards to Afghans in border areas.