Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears

Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears

Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban decrees that have further eroded the rights of Afghan women. However, she also urged the international community to preserve “whatever political space exists” for frank discussions with Afghanistan’s leaders, warning of rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and…

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Universities opened in Afghanistan;  The ban on female students remains

Universities opened in Afghanistan; The ban on female students remains

Taliban banned female students in universities last year; Photo: File bill to: Universities in Afghanistan opened after the winter holidays, but Taliban security officials prevented female students from entering. According to the World News Agency, the Taliban banned women’s university education in August last year, saying that the Ministry of Higher Education was working to…

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Afghanistan;  6 terrorists of the outlawed TTP were killed in a landmine blast

Afghanistan; 6 terrorists of the outlawed TTP were killed in a landmine blast

bill to: 6 terrorists including the main commander of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were killed and 15 were seriously injured in Afghanistan’s Khost province. According to the sources, those killed in the mine blast have been identified as Abdul Manan, Alam Khan Mudakhel, Kajir, while there are three unknown terrorists whose identification is in progress. Among…

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Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says

Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says

Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive.  Immense humanitarian needs  “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria,” he…

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Afghanistan, Turkey, Syria announced one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars in aid for earthquake victims

Afghanistan, Turkey, Syria announced one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars in aid for earthquake victims

The Taliban government of Afghanistan has announced an aid of 165 thousand dollars for the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Afghanistan itself is suffering from the worst economic and humanitarian tragedy, one of the countries receiving the biggest aid from the United Nations. The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced…

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The Taliban government banned the bringing of foreign exchange to Afghanistan without permission

The Taliban government banned the bringing of foreign exchange to Afghanistan without permission

The Taliban government issued a currency control order following reports of dollar smuggling in Afghanistan. Under which, bringing foreign exchange into the country without permission will be prohibited. In the report of the global news organization Bloomberg, it was revealed that 5 million dollars are being smuggled from Pakistan to Afghanistan every day. The currency…

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Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations

Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations

Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply cannot function without women staff.  The officials reported on their mission to the country last week, in the wake of the edict prohibiting Afghan women from working with local and international…

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