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UN Urges Afghan Taliban to Stop Widespread Torture, Abuse of Detainees

20th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 20, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday that Afghanistan’s Taliban had committed more than 1,600 human rights violations during arrests and detentions of people, including women, and it urged the de facto authorities to cease the abuses. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, has documented the violations in

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Detain and torture by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Crime |
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69% of women in Afghanistan suffer isolation, depression, and humiliation: UN Report

20th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in collaboration with the organization’s Women’s Division and the International Organization for Migration, has released a joint report on the status of women in Afghanistan. This report is based on interviews and consultations with 592 women across 22 provinces in the early months of 2023. It

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Mental Health, Taliban war on women |
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UN Survey: Women’s Rights Crucial for Taliban Recognition

20th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Akmal Dawi VOA News September 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — Hundreds of women in Afghanistan say the United Nations should not recognize the Taliban government until women’s access to work and education is restored, according to a new survey. About 46% of the 592 Afghan women who spoke to U.N. surveyors in July said the world body

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Posted in Afghan Women, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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UN Chief Urges Taliban to Lift ‘Unjustifiable’ Education Ban on Afghan Girls

18th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations secretary-general Monday renewed his demand for Afghanistan’s Taliban to allow teenage girls to attend high school. “This is an unjustifiable violation of human rights that inflicts long-lasting damage on the entire country,” Antonio Guterres said on X (formerly Twitter). “Girls belong in school. Let them back

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Crimes against women in Afghanistan condemned by UN Human Rights Council

12th September, 2023 · admin

Khaama: On the first day of the fifty-fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion. Farzana Abbasi, a human rights researcher focusing on Afghanistan, said during this session that some of the actions by the Taliban administration in Afghanistan against women are considered examples of

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Crime, Taliban war on women |
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UN Security Council: The Taliban Are Interfering in Humanitarian Activities

5th September, 2023 · admin

8am:  According to the report, the Taliban have interfered in humanitarian activities and have also damaged humanitarian assets and facilities. Delays in signing agreements and interference in staff hiring are among the factors contributing to the suspension of humanitarian activities by aid organizations. The report indicates that 95% of the Taliban’s restrictions have been motivated

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban stealing aid |
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UN’s Otunbaeva Says Afghanistan Should Be Included In Global Climate Talks

30th August, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service August 29, 2023 A top UN official expressed concerns that Afghanistan has been excluded from global discussions on climate change, despite being among the top 10 countries worldwide facing climate-related issues. Afghanistan has been excluded from the UN’s global climate summit talks since the Taliban takeover in 2021. Roza Otunbaeva, head of the UN

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Posted in Environmental News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Climate Change |
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UNICEF labels Afghanistan a major weapons-contaminated country

24th August, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Afghanistan is one of the most weapons-contaminated countries in the world with all kinds of weapons, mines and unexploded ordnances, and children make up 85% of the victims of explosions in this country. This is while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian

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Posted in Afghan Children, Landmines, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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UN Accuses Taliban of Killing 200 Ex-Afghan Officials, Security Personnel

22nd August, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 22, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Tuesday that it had recorded at least 218 “extrajudicial” killings in Afghanistan and hundreds of other “serious” human rights abuses since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The victims were allegedly mostly individuals affiliated with the U.S.-backed former government in Kabul, including

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Revenge killings, Taliban Amnesty Violation, War Crime |
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UN Envoy to ICC: Prosecute Taliban for Banning Girls’ Education

16th August, 2023 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News August 15, 2023 NEW YORK — The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should investigate and pursue charges against the Taliban for their denial of basic rights to Afghan women and girls. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial of education

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Education, Human Rights, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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