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Opinion: Cricket’s response to Afghanistan has been woeful – the ECB and CA should withdraw from the ICC in protest

24th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Wisden: The ICC have failed to support women in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover, it’s time for the ECB and Cricket Australia to withdraw from the governing body completely – write Raf Nicholson and Megan Maurice. Sport can be a powerful tool in international diplomacy – it is now widely acknowledged that the sporting boycott

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Human Rights, Opinion/Editorial | Tags: Cricket |
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UK Begins Probe into Claims of Unlawful Killings by its Troops in Afghanistan

22nd March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: The investigation into claims of unlawful killing by UK soldiers is about to get underway. As the investigation begins on Wednesday, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, the chair of the inquiry, is anticipated to request documentation of criminal activities in the war-torn country between 2010 and 2013. During his opening remarks, Cave is anticipated to call

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: War Crime |
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Those Undermining Taliban ‘Deserve Death,’ Says Taliban Minister

16th March, 2023 · admin

  VOA Afghan Service March 15, 2023 A high-ranking Taliban official told a gathering of Afghan judges this week that the group outlaws any public opposition to the Taliban or its policies. “All those who undermine the [Taliban’s] regime, whether that is via tongue, pen or practically undermining it, are considered rebellious and deserve death,”

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Posted in Human Rights, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Nida Mohammad Nadim, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban infighting |
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Thousands of Afghan Refugees ‘arbitrarily detained’ in UAE: HRW

15th March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The United Arab Emirates was accused of arbitrarily detaining between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghan refugees in a miserable accommodation for more than 15 months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Many Afghan refugees who escaped to the UAE in August 2021 were eventually relocated to the US, Canada and other countries; however, “between

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Posted in Arab-Afghan Relations, Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: UAE-Afghanistan Relations |
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Money Changer Killed in Nangarhar by Taliban Intelligence

14th March, 2023 · admin

8am: The brother of Haji Rajveli has called for the Taliban intelligence group to be held accountable for his death. On Monday, Rahmatwali released a video in which he declared that he had no affiliation with ex soldiers or anyone else, and that the Taliban must answer for their actions or face consequences on the

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Nangarhar, Taliban Amnesty Violation |
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UN: Taliban-Run Afghanistan Becomes World’s ‘Most Repressive’ Nation for Women

8th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday that Taliban restrictions on the rights of women and girls had “effectively trapped” most of them in their homes, turning Afghanistan into the “most repressive” country in the world for women. The U.N. statement marking International Women’s Day comes as female activists

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Society, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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ILO: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Job Losses After Taliban Takeover

7th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 7, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The International Labor Organization said Tuesday that female employment levels in Afghanistan had fallen steeply since the Taliban took over the war-ravaged country. The ILO, in a new report, found that Taliban curbs on women’s activities and their ability to work had contributed to the decline. It

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Amnesty International Demands UN Council’s Attention On ‘Relentless’ Taliban Abuses In Afghanistan

6th March, 2023 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 6, 2023 Amnesty International has urged the UN Human Rights Council to address “relentless abuses” by the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. In a statement announcing its new report, the rights watchdog demanded that the UN council “establish an independent investigative mechanism in Afghanistan at the earliest opportunity, with a focus on

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, massacre, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtun war on Hazaras |
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Thousands of women in Afghanistan likely to be punished for adultery after Taliban invalidates divorces

5th March, 2023 · admin

Livemint: Under the previous government, the women were granted one-sided divorce helping them to escape abusive and drug-addicted husbands. Some of these women remarried to start a new life, but the extreme imposition of Islamic law by the Taliban is making these women vulnerable to imprisonment or other types of violent punishments for the crime

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Domestic Violence, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Ban on Women’s Work Causes ‘Food and Medicine’ Shortage in Afghanistan: Blinken

3rd March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken once again condemned the Taliban’s ban on female employees’ work, adding that gender-based restrictions will lead to a shortage of food, medicine, and other life-saving supplies, affecting vulnerable people including women and girls. The Secretary of State in a recorded speech sent to the United Nations Human Rights

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Human Rights, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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