Ayaz Gul VOA News January 18, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A top U.N. diplomat held talks with the foreign minister of the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan to convey international concern about restrictions they have placed on women’s access to work, education and public life. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, the highest-ranking woman in the world body, arrived overnight
Akmal Dawi VOA News January 17, 2023 Hundreds of Afghan women employed by international non-governmental organizations have started returning to work despite a Taliban order banning their work. At least three NGOs — CARE International, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee — have confirmed resumption of humanitarian operations in Afghanistan with Afghan women on
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: The international Save the Children organization has resumed operations in some parts of Afghanistan after it received assurances that its female staff would be able to work safely in the country. “We’re restarting some activities in Afghanistan… where we’ve received clear, reliable assurances from relevant authorities that our female staff will be
AP: Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women’s dress shops across the Afghan capital of Kabul are a haunting sight, their heads cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags. Click here to read more (external link). Related Photos: Under The Taliban: Even Mannequins Must Be Hooded And Masked
Ariana: Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to follow through on its own anti-discrimination policy and suspend Afghanistan from ICC membership. The organisation’s director of global initiatives Minky Worden said the suspension of Afghanistan from participating in international cricket should stand “until women and girls can once again participate in
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 15, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Sunday unknown assailants shot dead a female former lawmaker alongside her bodyguard in her home in the capital, Kabul. Mursal Nabizada, 32, had been elected as a member of the national parliament before the Islamist Taliban seized power from the internationally backed
Ariana: Afghan cricketers reacted strongly to Australia’s decision to scrap the three-match ODI series scheduled for March in the UAE on Thursday, with a number of players threatening to boycott the Big Bash League (BBL). Australia said in a statement early Thursday they were calling off the series, citing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s decision
Middle East Eye: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the Taliban’s order to ban university and primary education for Afghanistan’s women as “unIslamic”, promising to follow the issue until it is resolved in a televised speech on Wednesday. “It is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said while addressing an international conference on ombudsmanship in Ankara.
Akmal Dawi VOA News January 12, 2023 International aid agencies, frustrated with the failure of more than a year of international isolation to budge the Taliban from their hard-line and misogynistic policies, are saying it is time for Western nations to send their diplomats back to the Afghan capital, Kabul. All countries have refused to
AFP: Australia pulled out of an upcoming one-day series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on January 12, citing Taliban moves to further restrict women’s rights. The men’s team were due to face their Afghan counterparts in three games in March following a tour to India. However, Cricket Australia said that, after talks with