Search For "tolonews"
Afghan clerics calls on Taliban to ensure access of education to women in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As Afghan females continue to suffer under Taliban's hardline regime, religious clerics of the country have called upon the Taliban to ensure access of educational opportunities, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan women UN staff from working
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once again revisit the ban on Afghan women staff of the UN agencies in the country from working, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
Ban on female relief workers disabling aid-delivery in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban banned female aid workers from working at NGOs, disabling aid delivery at a time when numerous people are in dire need of assistance in the country, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
Women start own enterprises in Afghanistan amid restrictions on employment
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After losing their jobs to the Taliban's hardline policies, several former female employees in government institutions have started their own enterprises, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
As repression of Afghan women goes on under Taliban, global community urge
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticised the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending school and called for women in Afghanistan to be given access to educa
Read More
Unemployment, poverty forces hundreds of Afghans to flee abroad
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Poverty and high rates of unemployment in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule have been pushing the natives to flee the country and move abroad in order to find jobs for survival, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
Afghan people indulge in carpet weaving amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid the rise in economic instability in the country, several natives of Afghanistan have shifted to carpet weaving in order to support their families and fend for their regular needs, TOLOnews reported.
Read More
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan calls on Taliban to end ban on female ed
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban continues to put restrictions on the basic rights of women in the country, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) demanded that the de facto authorities" in Afghanistan "prioritise investing in education as a crucial component for Afghanistan's development, TOLOnews repor
Read More
Taliban urges for removal of officials from UN blacklist
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Taliban has once again urged the United Nations (UN) to remove the names of its members from the blacklist, arguing that instead of putting pressure on Afghanistan's de facto authorities, the international community should engage with them, reported TOLOnews.
Read More
EU condemns large-scale, gender-based discrimination by Taliban in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As gender-based discrimination continues to remain prevalent in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the European Union (EU) in an official statement has said that the decision of the organisation to deny education to females and work at NGOs has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid in
Read More
Denial of women's right to education in Afghanistan not justifiable, says
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The continued "denial of girls and young women's right to school in Afghanistan marks a global low in education, harming an entire gender, a generation, and the future of the country," TOLOnews reported citing the statement made by the UN experts.
Read More
Afghan families call on Taliban to reopen schools for girls above grade 6
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Families in Afghanistan called on the Taliban yet again to open schools for girls in grades 7 to 12 as they are worried about the future of their daughters in the country under the regime of the organisation, TOLOnews reported.
Read More