Afghanistan

Female students say educational centers had filled the gap when schools closed

Girls in Afghanistan have called for tuition centers to reopen, saying education is their fundamental right and their ‘only happiness’.

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Women

Afghanistan: Women protesters worried about their safety

One activist said keeping silent and surrendering to the Taliban meant ‘accepting the chain of slavery’ and that death or.

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Bamiyan: Aid agencies see sharp rise in children working on the streets

Child protection agencies say Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs has already had a direct impact on children who.

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Afghanistan

UN explains the cash shipments being sent to Afghanistan

In an official ‘information sheet’ the UN said none of the cash brought into the country goes to the central.

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Afghanistan

Pakistan releases 303 Afghan nationals from its prisons

The Taliban-run embassy in Islamabad said that 303 people, including 63 women and 71 children, have been released from Pakistani.

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Women

Women asked to close shops at women-only markets in Balkh

Many of the women are the breadwinners in their families and say without work they will starve and that it.

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Afghanistan

Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work: Aid chief

Norwegian Refugee Council chief will hold talks with the Taliban in Kabul and in Kandahar on reversing the ban he.

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Taliban frees women’s activist Farhat Popalzai

Popalzai was ordered not to talk about her release to the media nor to disclose details of what happened to.

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Afghanistan: Jawzjan education centers on verge of bankruptcy

Taliban orders private primary schools for girls to close and makes education centers suspend classes for girls and women

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Ban on female aid workers could push children in Afghanistan back into work: NGO

Save the Children organization is one of many NGOs that has been forced to pause activities in the country as.

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