Eye-for-an-eye sharia justice returns to Afghan courts
By Estelle Emonet and Qubad Wali "Many Afghans say they prefer their chances in sharia courts with civil cases, arguing ...
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Reverse bans on women, UN body presses Taliban
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, ...
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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing ...
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Several foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff
By Jay Deshmukh and Qubad Wali Several foreign aid groups announced on Sunday they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan ...
Read moreTaliban order NGOs to stop women staff from working over ‘hijab’
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about ...
Read moreTaliban ban university education for Afghan girls
By Jay Deshmukh and Qubad Wali Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for women nationwide, as the hardline ...
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Taliban ban women from parks, funfairs in capital
Kabul—The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to ...
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US slaps more sanctions on Taliban over treatment of women
The United States announced new sanctions Tuesday against the Taliban as punishment for their repressive treatment of women and girls ...
Read moreMalala visits Pakistan on 10th year of Taliban attack
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday arrived in her native Pakistan to visit flood victims, 10 years after a ...
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UN concerned on ‘dramatic collapse’ of Afghan economy
United Nations, United States—Afghanistan’s formal economy has suffered a “catastrophic collapse” since the Taliban came to power, wiping out in ...
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