Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed…

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Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban government was not invited

Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban government was not invited

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is presiding over the Doha meeting The Taliban government was not invited to the 2-day meeting on the situation in Afghanistan in Qatar’s capital, Doha. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is presiding over the Doha meeting. The United Nations says that the purpose of the meeting is to…

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Guterres convenes meeting in Doha to discuss key issues in Afghanistan

Guterres convenes meeting in Doha to discuss key issues in Afghanistan

The aim is to reinvigorate international engagement around key issues, such as human rights, in particular women’s and girls’ rights, inclusive governance, countering terrorism and drug trafficking. “The meeting is intended to achieve a common understanding within the international community on how to engage with the Taliban on these issues,” the UN said in a…

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Security Council passes resolution against restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Security Council passes resolution against restrictions on women in Afghanistan

The world’s oldest newspaper announced to stop publication The world’s oldest newspaper has announced to stop publication. According to the Arab media from Vienna, the Austrian newspaper Wiener Tsätting started publication in 1703 under the patronage of the government. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){…

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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public…

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The Islamic Emirate wants good relations with all foreign governments, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate wants good relations with all foreign governments, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan, said in a meeting with the Turkish Ambassador in Kabul yesterday, Sihad Argene, that the Islamic Emirate wants good relations with all foreign governments. According to the statement issued by the Deputy Prime Minister’s office, the Turkish ambassador said that our government is working for…

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In Afghanistan, women are banned from participating in Eid celebrations

In Afghanistan, women are banned from participating in Eid celebrations

Baghlan: In Afghanistan, the Taliban banned women from participating in Eid celebrations. The ban has been imposed only in two provinces, Baghlan and Takhar.According to international media, the provincial administration of Baghlan and Takhar have also issued separate notices in this regard, in which women have been instructed to avoid going out in groups during…

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