By Margaret Besheer VOA News September 6, 2024 New York — A dozen U.N. Security Council ambassadors strongly condemned on Friday the Afghan Taliban’s recent “morality law” which further erodes the rights of women and girls in that country and called for its reversal. “On top of the existing edicts, this new directive confirms and extends wide-ranging
AFP: The text contains 35 articles. The most criticised dictates that a woman’s voice should not be raised outside the home and that they should not sing or read poetry aloud. Unrelated men and women are forbidden from looking at each other, and women are commanded to cover themselves entirely in front of non-Muslim women.
The Dispatch: In February 2020, the Trump administration negotiated a deal with the Taliban, known as the Doha Agreement. At that time, the Taliban was not the government of Afghanistan—but Trump believed that the jihadist militia would defeat the government in Kabul, eventually, and wasn’t interested in doing what it would take to prevent that.
Khaama: Officials from the Central Bank of Afghanistan have announced that over the past year, the currency’s value has increased by 17.25% against the U.S. dollar. However, the World Bank had previously warned that starting in 2024, the value of the Afghan currency is expected to decline against all major currencies. The ongoing instability of
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province, stating they killed three Taliban members and injured another. The NRF’s statement detailed that the attack occurred at 4pm on Wednesday, targeting Taliban fighters near Old Taloqan, in the Kabul Gate
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced on Wednesday that Ahmad Massoud would have a virtual meeting with the Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul. The Front stated that a delegation representing Massoud would travel to Washington. Following requests for the presence of the NRF leader in the Foreign Affairs
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 4, 2024 Islamabad — An American diplomat has condemned the Taliban’s new morality law in Afghanistan, warning that it “aims to complete the erasure of women from public life.” Rina Amiri, the United States special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights, posted on social media late Tuesday that she