Afghanistan

Security Council to meet over ban on women working for UN in Afghanistan

Deputy special representative Ramiz Alakbarov says all Afghan personnel working for the UN will stay home until female staff can.

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Afghanistan

Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on women aid workers

The US secretary of state’s reaction joins a long list of foreign stakeholders who have reacted strongly against the Taliban’s.

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Afghanistan

Watchdog condemns arrest of journalists in Baghlan

The journalists include two reporters from Taliban-led National Radio and Television and a journalist from Tanwir TV.

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Afghanistan

Humanitarian aid alone cannot meet the needs of millions in Afghanistan: Report

The report argues that concrete steps must be taken to address the crippled Afghan economy and ongoing humanitarian crisis

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Women

International NGOs call for ban on UN female workers to be lifted

The six agencies say that with more than 28 million people in desperate need of aid to survive, this act.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: UN says ban on women employees unlawful, cannot be accepted

UN says several of its Afghan female personnel have already experienced restrictions on their movements, including harassment, intimidation, and detention.

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Afghanistan

Is the Taliban setting up Kandahar as the country’s capital?

Analysts said the transfer of Zabihullah Mujahid’s office to Kandahar is a sign of them turning Kandahar into the Taliban’s.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 20 female employees of state-owned firm sacked in Jawzjan

Taliban has said that all these posts were contracted but employees of the enterprise said that all those sacked were.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Detained artist ‘seriously ill’ but denied access to a doctor, say relatives

Relatives of Musa Shaheen say the artist is seriously ill with kidney problems and that the Taliban are not giving.

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Afghanistan

UN tells Afghan staff not to work for 48 hours: Sources

The organization said: “We remind de facto authorities that United Nations entities cannot operate and deliver life-saving assistance without female.

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