Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds: Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kabul-blast-setback-afghan-women-seeking-education-against-odds-2022-10-01/
Taliban bars Afghan women from public parks, funfairs in Kabul: The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs ...
france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20221110-taliban-bars-afghan-women-from-entering-amusement-parks-in-kabul
Taliban excavate Mullah Omar's car used to escape after U.S. invasion: An old white Toyota Corolla wagon has been excavated in southern Afghanistan as the ...
nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-excavate-mullah-omar-car-escape-us-invasion-rcna36836
Quick Glance: Reinhard Erös talks about his life in Afghanistan as a development worker, doctor, and activist.
- So my family and I relocated from Straubing to Peshawar.
- Annette established a school there, where three of our children were educated.
- Since the Taliban retook power about a year ago, the work has been intense.
- Erös: The country comprises 34 provinces and is twice the size of Germany.
- I work in three of them in the country's east.
The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West: After barring girls from high school — and harboring an Al-Qaeda leader — the regime now risks ...
nytimes.com/2022/08/08/magazine/taliban-afghanistan.html
Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air: A TV chief said the women feared that if they complied, the next order would be to stop working. ...
straitstimes.com/asia/women-tv-presenters-defy-taliban-order-to-cover-faces-on-air
Female TV journalists must veil face: A new rule by the Taliban requires female TV journalists in Afghanistan to appear before the cameras only with their faces ...
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Quick Glance: TV Journalists Must Cover Their Faces
- The radical-Islamic Taliban have confirmed this.
- According to the authorities, television stations have already stopped showing films and series in which women play major roles.
- Afghan women had previously demonstrated against restrictions, but the Taliban fought back hard.
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Afghan women defend right to drive as Taliban curb licenses: 'We have been verbally instructed to stop issuing licenses to women drivers'
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Gravitas: Who helped Taliban repair the abandoned American aircraft?: Taliban says it has repaired over 70 destroyed planes and helicopters. These aircraft were ...
wionews.com/videos/gravitas-who-helped-taliban-repair-the-abandoned-american-aircraft-537531
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe: Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear all-covering clothing in public ...
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Quick Glance: Taliban order: Afghan women must once again wear the burka in public.
- The radical-Islamic Taliban have further restricted women's rights in Afghanistan: Afghan women must wear a burka in public again, as requested by Taliban leader Hibatullah Achundsada.
- "Jene Frauen, die nicht zu alt oder zu jung sind, müssen gemäss den Scharia-Richtlinien ihr Gesicht mit Ausnahme der Augen bedecken" states the Taliban leader's order.
- Thousands of women who had worked for the government have lost their jobs.
- The Taliban, on the other hand, went all out against the unwelcome protests, seizing several instigators.
Another Mosque Bombing Kills Dozens in Afghanistan : Taliban spokesman tweeted that children among the 33 dead in blast at mosque in northern province of Kunduz
voanews.com/a/mosque-blast-kills-33-including-children-in-afghanistan/6540973.html
Afghan women activists denounce illegitimate Taliban rule: Since seizing power in August last year, the Taliban have imposed a religious regime guided by harsh ...
wionews.com/south-asia/afghan-women-activists-denounce-illegitimate-taliban-rule-494159
At U.N., emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls' education: After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-emotional-appeals-world-leaders-protect-afghan-girls-education-2022-09-21/
Taliban authorities on Tuesday condemned UN accusations that they are violating the rights of women to work in Afghanistan ... Show more
We fled the Taliban for our Olympic dream: Two sisters are among five women from Afghanistan's national cycling team now training in Italy.
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The Taliban’s War on Women and Girls | by Yasmine Sherif & Gordon Brown - Project Syndicate
project-syndicate.org/commentary/afghan-government-must-reopen-girls-secondary-schools-by-yasmine-sherif-and-gordon-brown-2022-08
Five girls’ schools reopen in eastern Afghanistan after student demands: Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed classes in eastern Afghanistan ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/09/08/Five-girls-schools-reopen-in-eastern-Afghanistan-after-student-demands
Taliban Order Afghan Female TV Presenters to Cover Faces : Critics slam continued Taliban crackdown on women’s rights
voanews.com/a/taliban-order-afghan-female-tv-presenters-to-cover-faces-/6580605.html
An earthquake kills hundreds in Afghanistan: The devastated country is ill-equipped to mount a rescue effort
economist.com/asia/2022/06/22/an-earthquake-kills-hundreds-in-afghanistan
Quick Glance: Officials say at least 1,000 people were killed in Afghanistan's earthquake.
- Officials claimed the quake killed over 1,000 people and injured 1,600 more, dealing another blow to a country that has been grappling with a catastrophic humanitarian and economic crisis since the Taliban took charge in August.
- President Biden has asked the US Agency for International Development and other components of his government to study how best to assist Afghanistan in the aftermath of an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
- In 2015, another earthquake killed over 300 people and destroyed thousands of homes in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Afghanistan face veil decree: 'It feels like being a woman is a crime': Afghan women speak out against compulsory male chaperones and new mandate to wear ...
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Civilians flee fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir valley: Scores of civilians have fled fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley after an insurgent group ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/14/Civilians-flee-fighting-in-Afghanistan-s-Panjshir-valley
Taliban authorities on Tuesday said they had dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary” ... Show more
Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-politics-taliban-7fd9a14700480f6e1c6da206ad6d8bfc
Will engage with global community based on Sharia, says Talibans supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada
wionews.com/south-asia/will-engage-with-global-community-based-on-sharia-says-talibans-supreme-leader-hibatullah-akhundzada-508629
Taliban violently end women's protest in Islamabad.: Taliban used warning shots to break up a peaceful rally. Women had demanded their right to education ...
sueddeutsche.de/politik/taliban-frauen-protest-islamabad-1.5639006
Taliban Killed Captives in Restive Afghan Province: Report: There is clear evidence of the Taliban carrying out an “orchestrated purge” of resistance fighters in ...
thediplomat.com/2022/10/taliban-killed-captives-in-restive-afghan-province-report/
Explosion at Afghan Mosque Kills at Least 10: The blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s economic hubs, was the latest in a series of attacks on one of ...
nytimes.com/2022/04/21/world/asia/afghanistan-mosque-bombing.html
Afghanistan: Women TV presenters cover faces one day after defying edict | DW | 22.05.2022
dw.com/en/afghanistan-women-tv-presenters-cover-faces-one-day-after-defying-edict/a-61894605
US envoy meets Taliban foreign minister, raises women’s rights: US special envoy on Afghanistan stresses international opposition to Taliban’s treatment of women ...
aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/21/us-envoy-meets-taliban-diplomat-presses-womens-rights
Taliban Leader Indicates Reopening Girls' Schools Depends on Dress Codes : Haqqani told CNN that Afghanistan will never again become a terrorist threat to US
voanews.com/a/key-taliban-leader-promises-good-news-on-afghan-girls-education-/6576630.html
The Taliban Are Letting These Girls Go to School in Afghanistan: The Taliban have not publicized the fact that they have allowed some schools in the north to ...
wsj.com/story/the-taliban-are-letting-these-girls-go-to-school-in-afghanistan-bcf7d556
Quick Glance: Taliban couldn't abide hearing the phrase
- On Saturday, Taliban fighters beat women demonstrators and fired into the air as they forcefully dispersed a rare rally in Kabul, just days before the year anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.
- Since seizing power on August 15, last year, the Taliban have reversed the minimal gains earned by women during the United States' two-decade presence in Afghanistan.
- Some female demonstrators who sought sanctuary in nearby stores were pursued and clubbed with rifle butts by Taliban gunmen.
- Following their takeover of power last year, the Taliban promised a gentler version of the harsh Islamist rule that characterized their previous tenure from 1996 to 2001.
More than 180 killed in a month by Afghan floods - International - World: More than 180 people have been killed and 3,000 homes destroyed by floods in ...
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/473832/World/International/More-than--killed-in-a-month-by-Afghan-floods.aspx
Afghans mourn the dead, search for shelter after devastating earthquake: Overwhelmed residents were digging with bare hands through what used to be their homes ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/23/afghanistan-earthquake-paktika-death-toll/
Quick Glance: Escape from Afghanistan: Baerbock prepares the way for local forces
- The German Foreign Office has released an initial assessment of its support to Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
- Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock released a six-month balance sheet for her "Afghanistan Action Plan," which intends to allow individuals at risk to escape the nation while also bringing humanitarian supplies to the Taliban-ruled country.
- Germany, he added, is sending medical aid, which is being delivered to the scene by the Johanniter relief group, which has its own team; other aid is being delivered by partner organizations.
Afghan Taliban Free 5 British Nationals From Custody: UK apologized to the Taliban for any breach of Afghan culture, customs or laws by the freed prisoners
voanews.com/a/afghan-taliban-free-5-british-nationals-from-custody/6625270.html
Afghans Urge Court Not to Give Frozen Central Bank Assets to Sept. 11 Families: Advocates for the Afghan people say it would be unjust and illegal to use $3 ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/10/us/politics/afghans-central-bank-sept-11.html
Powerful blast at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people: A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday ...
france24.com/en/middle-east/20220429-powerful-blast-at-kabul-mosque-kills-at-least-10-people
Quick Glance: At least ten people are killed in a powerful blast at a Kabul mosque.
- A huge explosion swept through a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, on Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 20, according to a Taliban spokesman.
- The boom was so loud that the neighborhood around the mosque shook, residents said, commenting on the condition of anonymity out of concern for their own safety.
- Wahid, a 30-year-old Afghan, claimed he was at home when he heard the boom and ran to the mosque, knowing his brother was there.
- The explosion was so tremendous, according to Javid, that the roof of the mosque fell.
3 Blasts Rock Boys School In Afghan Capital Kabul, Several Feared Dead : Three explosions rocked a high school in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing several ...
india.com/news/world/3-blasts-rock-boys-school-in-afghan-capital-kabul-shiite-hazara-several-students-feared-dead-5346007/
Afghanistan news: Latest on blasts reported outside Kabul airport: At least 12 US service members and a number of Afghan civilians were killed in an attack at ...
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