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Afghanistan: Four people publicly flogged by Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that four people including a woman have been publicly flogged on accusations of committing “immorality” in Kabul’s Paghman district, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan: Journalists claim lack of access to information
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Journalists in Afghanistan have complained over the lack of access to information, Afghanistan-based TOLO News reported, adding that the journalists have said the Taliban's spokespersons do not give them information on time.
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Forceful displacement leads to human trafficking: Afghan envoy on Taliban'
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Counsellor of Human Rights at the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan in Geneva Mohibullah Taib has said that the Taliban has been forcefully displacing ordinary people in different parts of the country, which can lead to human trafficking in the country, Khaama Press reported.
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Taliban calls on international community to remove sanctions
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Afghanistan: Amid school closures under Taliban, girls turn to tailoring
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After schools and universities closed, many female students in war-torn Afghanistan turned to training in tailoring, and have called on the Taliban to reopen schools, TOLOnews reported.
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26 Afghan detainees released from Pakistan jail
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At least 26 Afghan detainees were released from Pakistan's jail in Quetta and returned to Afghanistan, the Taliban announced.
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Women should be included in future of Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Afghanistan: Children in Kabul malnourished due to poverty, lack of food
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Afghanistan is one of the fifteen countries in the world that suffer from food insecurity, according to a report by the Save the Children Fund, reported TOLOnews.
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Former Afghan interpreter who fled Taliban fatally shot in US
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A former Afghan interpreter who immigrated with his family from Afghanistan to America in 2021 was shot and killed in Washington, DC on Monday, while on an extra shift as a Lyft driver, authorities said, CNN reported.
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60 per cent of primary-school-age girls, 40 pc of boys not receiving educa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Afghanistan: Taliban asks beauty salon owners to close, warn of consequenc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Afghanistan: Women makeup artists protest against ban on beauty salons by
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
More than 60,000 women in Afghanistan are at risk of losing their jobs after the Taliban ordered the closure of all women's beauty parlours and hairdressing salons across the country, as per Khaama Press.
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