Ayaz Gul VOA News June 24, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban are touting a United Nations invitation to an international conference in Qatar later this month, viewing it as an acknowledgment of their administration’s growing significance globally. The two-day U.N. meeting between the Taliban and international envoys on Afghanistan is set for June 30 in Doha,
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 21, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations confirmed Friday that a rare meeting of global envoys with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers this month will not address concerns about Afghan civil society and women human rights defenders. Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, emphasized the importance
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique June 20, 2024 Leading Afghan women’s rights activists have sounded the alarm ahead of a major international conference on Afghanistan hosted by the United Nations. Rights campaigners have slammed the world body for inviting the Taliban to the June 30-July 1 event in Qatar, a move that they say provides
By Munaza Shaheed VOA News June 20, 2024 WASHINGTON — In 2021, the United States began one of its biggest humanitarian evacuations in history as it withdrew from Afghanistan, resettling more than 80,000 Afghans fleeing Taliban rule in the initial weeks of Operation Allies Welcome. However, they were brought into the U.S. through the humanitarian parole process that
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 18, 2024 Shugufta, an elementary school teacher, earned around $300 per month under the previous Western-backed Afghan government. But after the Taliban seized power in 2021, the extremist group cut the salaries of female government employees by half. Despite her lower income, Shugufta was relieved to work as the country
Afghanistan International: Members of the Taliban have shared an audio file of Sheikh Abdul Ali Deobandi on X, in which he declares that teaching women to read and write, even at home, is prohibited. Ziaullah Hashmi, the spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education, reposted the file, calling it an “important fatwa”. In the
DW: Being a single mother in Afghanistan often means fighting for survival. Under the Taliban, options to earn money are few and far between — and many of the women are simply left at the mercy of their relatives. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Farmers and orchard owners in Badakhshan province in the northeast reported severe crop damage caused by heavy rains and destructive floods about three weeks ago. Despite reduced yields, local Taliban officials in this province are forcibly collecting “Tithe” from the people. Click here to read more (external link). Life under Taliban rule Taxi Color
BBC News: After the Taliban restricted Afghan women’s ability to work, learn and go out in public, some women initially defied these new rules, taking to the streets to protest. But soon, those who gathered in the capital Kabul and other major cities to demand “food, work, freedom” felt the full force of the Taliban.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2024 Amina was in the seventh grade when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. Shortly after their takeover, the militants banned teenage girls from attending school, dashing the 14-year-old’s dreams of completing her education. Months later, Amina’s family in the central province of Maidan Wardak forced her