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Education department in Afghanistan instructs employees to keep beards

18th January, 2023 · admin

Minute Mirror (Pakistan): In Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the education department has instructed male employees to keep beards and female employees to wear hijab. The Directorate of Education warned employees that employees who do not follow the order can be dismissed from service. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Crime and Punishment, Economic News, Everyday Life, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Nangarhar |
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Some Afghan Female NGO Staff Resume Work Amid Taliban Ban

17th January, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News January 17, 2023 Hundreds of Afghan women employed by international non-governmental organizations have started returning to work despite a Taliban order banning their work. At least three NGOs — CARE International, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee — have confirmed resumption of humanitarian operations in Afghanistan with Afghan women on

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Kabul’s mannequins hooded and masked under Taliban rules

16th January, 2023 · admin

AP: Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women’s dress shops across the Afghan capital of Kabul are a haunting sight, their heads cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags. Click here to read more (external link). Related Photos: Under The Taliban: Even Mannequins Must Be Hooded And Masked

Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Photos, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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An Afghan Factory Offers Hope Amid Power Outages, Joblessness

13th January, 2023 · admin

Wire spools turn in a factory in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, where youthful workers produce cabling needed for electrical devices — but face electricity outages themselves. Workers and managers hope for investors to expand opportunity, but the World Bank forecasts a dramatically challenged Afghan economy, largely cut off from foreign aid since the Taliban takeover in

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Paktia, unemployment |
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Chinese Investment in Afghanistan’s Mining Sector: Samples Collected From Lithium and Gold Mines in Ghazni

13th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Speculations have mounted that China will seek dominance over Afghanistan’s mineral resources, particularly its lithium, gold and other rare-earth ore deposits, following the final US withdrawal from the country in August 2021. Local sources said on Thursday, January 12, that experts from two Chinese firms have visited Ghazni province for technical studies of lithium

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Women’s Hair Salons in Baghlan Shut Down by Taliban

10th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Local sources said on Tuesday, January 10, that the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Agents in Baghlan, in addition to shutting down women’s hairdressing salons, have warned land owners and dealers to refrain from issuing rent premises to women’s hairdressing salons. The Taliban have already closed women’s hair salons in Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces.

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Baghlan, Balkh, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Afghanistan’s mining industry never achieved its potential, despite US efforts: SIGAR

10th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The US government spent nearly $1 billion to fund critical mineral surveys, mineral exploration, regulatory reforms and capacity development for the former Afghan government, according to the report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. “US efforts in Afghanistan’s extractives industry presented one of the greatest opportunities for the Afghan government

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Posted in Economic News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Illegal Mining, Mining, Natural Resources |
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Why Isis offshoot is still a threat for China’s businesspeople in Afghanistan

9th January, 2023 · admin

South China Morning Post: Chinese nationals will remain a target in 2023 for an Islamic State offshoot operating in Afghanistan, because of China’s alleged suppression of ethnic Uygur minorities in Xinjiang, according to analysts. China’s ties with the Taliban will add to the risks for its citizens in Afghanistan as the Islamic State Khorasan (Isis-K)

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban Security Failure, Taliban selling out Uyghurs, Uyghurs |
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Millions to Fall Into Famine As Consequence of Taliban Ban on Female Employees, Says NRC Secretary General

9th January, 2023 · admin

8am: On the second day of his visit to Afghanistan, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlighted the consequences of the Taliban ban on female NGO staff in Afghanistan. In a thread on Twitter on Monday, January 9, the NRC Secretary General, Jan Egeland, pointed to the devastating consequences of the ban

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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‘We Don’t Have Food To Eat’: Afghans Pay The Price As Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban

7th January, 2023 · admin

By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 7, 2023 Zahra has relied on handouts of cooking oil, rice, and flour from local and foreign aid agencies to feed her seven children. The 35-year-old is among the millions of Afghans who have received lifesaving assistance in the face of a worsening humanitarian and economic crisis. But many

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Poverty, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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