1TV: “We have heard from some in your Doha-based leadership that your views have evolved; that you recognize women’s rights to education and work according to ‘Shari’a and Afghan traditions’. At the same time, the same leaders in other platforms laugh at human rights, elections, and democracy as ‘western phenomenon’ when in fact these are
Ariana: Kam Air captain Veronica Boysova and her all-female crew have been awarded a prestigious AeroTime Aviation Achievement Award for their historic flight in February when Afghanistan witnessed an all-female crewed commercial passenger flight. Now, crew members of this historic and groundbreaking event have joined the exclusive ranks of AeroTime Aviation Achievement Award recipients. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 24, 2021 Amnesty International has warned that 20 years of “hard-won” progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls are under threat as intra-Afghan peace talks are at an impasse and international troops prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country later this year. “Afghanistan is drifting towards an outcome that threatens to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 17, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week could potentially lead to cuts in funding for essential services for Afghan women and girls. The bipartisan Protect Women’s and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan Act would require the U.S. secretary of state
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 8, 2021 A blast near a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 50 others, authorities said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said that the blast occurred at 4.27 p.m. local time on May 8, outside Syed Al-Shahda school, in the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 6, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that falling international donor support to Afghanistan has reduced women’s access to essential health care, and that it expects further cuts in the coming months as foreign forces prepare to withdraw from the country. In a report published on May 6, the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2021 U.S. intelligence agencies warn in an unclassified report released on May 4 that gains in women’s rights in Afghanistan made in the last two decades will be at risk after U.S. troops withdraw. “The Taliban remains broadly consistent in its restrictive approach to women’s rights and would roll
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 28, 2021 The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan said U.S. aid to Afghanistan could be slashed if a Taliban-dominated government did not respect human rights, especially women’s rights. Zalmay Khalilzad said on April 27 the United States could leverage hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to the country
Tolo News: Five teenage girls from Afghan Girls Robotic Team are among the 20 honorees on this year’s Forbes Under 30 Asia list who are 21 or younger. The girls are famous for developing low-cost devices and their recent effort to make a ventilator. It has not been approved by officials but their efforts were