Khaama Press: Afghanistan has for the first time appointed a woman in the leadership of the Afghan Attorney General Office, taking yet another major step towards increasing the Afghan women share in the government and empowerment of the Afghan women. Ms. Maliha Hassan has been appointed as the deputy finance and administrative chief in the Afghan Attorney
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s First Lady Rula Ghani on Sunday officially inaugurated the first women’s educational complex in Kabul (Moora) in an effort to help Afghan female students pursue education in a number of key fields including medical science, computer technology and management. Moora is the first all-girls educational and training complex in the country. Click here to
PTI: Designing and selling handmade jewellery fashioned from tiny beads of the semi precious lapis lazuli stone has helped Khala Zada, a widow from Afghanistan, support her family of eight for the last 17 years. In her fifties, Khala Zada, who first learnt the art of bead making from a neighbour and now runs a small-scale
Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan’s government should urgently act to end wrongful imprisonment and humiliating, scientifically invalid “virginity exams” of women and girls, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite a pledge from President Ashraf Ghani in a February 2016 letter to Human Rights Watch to “prevent the imprisonment of women accused of running away from their family,”
Authorities in southern Kandahar province have banned women’s songs in the local media, a move which has sparked outrage among the media supporters in the country. The Ministry of Information and Culture has also voiced concerns regarding the censorship of women’s songs by the local authorities in Kandahar saying such moves are against the enforced
Tolo News: Based on the findings of Mohammad Sabir Ansan Dost, an Afghan researcher, violation of road rules, engine problems and reckless driving has resulted in over 48,000 traffic accidents in the past ten years. In a book “The challenges of the Ministry of Interior and the solution strategy” Mohammad Sabir Ansan Dost detailed ten years
NBC News: A teacher has received death threats from his own relatives as he battles to stop the ancient tradition of families giving away virgin daughters to settle disputes. Khan Wali Adil has been camped out for more than three weeks in front of Afghanistan’s parliamentary compound to protest the practice of “baad.” The 24-year-old is urging lawmakers
AP via Stars and Stripes: Soccer is the one constant in Nadia Nadim’s life since fleeing the Taliban as a young girl. She first learned the game from her father, an Afghan military general who was tragically killed. Later it gave her a sense of belonging as a refugee, and then national pride when she donned the
Khaama Press: An Afghan film actress Marina Golbahari has been forced to seek asylum in France after receiving death threats from the hardliners in Afghanistan for her role as an actress. The death threats against Golbahari reportedly intensified after appearing in a film festival in South Korea where she was pictured with head uncovered, drawing the attention
Euronews: The final of the Afghanistan women’s wheelchair national basketball championship between Herat and Balkh provinces was held in the country’s capital, Kabul. Balkh won the match. Click here for more (external link). Other Sports News Noor Ali Zadran’s Cricket Journey