UN suspends aid operations at Afghanistan-Iran border
According to the UN, over 60 percent of those arriving at Islam Qala are women and children, and nearly one-third.
Women
Women
In Bamiyan, girls denied education turn to sewing workshops for survival
Barred from returning to school under Taliban rule, these girls say they never imagined their lives would be reduced to.
Health, Women
In Uruzgan, women say health access has collapsed amid clinic closures
Women in Uruzgan Province say they have been left without access to health care or female doctors, as poverty deepens.
Women
676 million women live near war zones, UN report finds as women’s peace gains unravel
“Women and girls are being killed in record numbers, shut out of peace tables and left unprotected as wars multiply,”.
Economy, Women
Women in Uruzgan spin wool to survive
The women collect raw wool, clean it by hand and spin it into thread used for carpet weaving.
Human Rights, Women
Sources: Taliban fire 90 female literacy teachers in eastern Afghanistan
The teachers were employed under the Directorate of Education and were teaching in adult literacy classes, mostly operating in rural.
Women
Nine UNSC members warn Taliban’s repression of women may amount to crime against humanity
The countries condemned the Taliban’s ongoing bans on women working for NGOs and the United Nations.
Women
1,000 days since Taliban banned women from universities
Malika, a former third-year medical student, said the ban ended her dream of becoming a doctor.
Women
UNFPA says 120,000 women need urgent aid after Kunar quake
The agency estimated that 11,670 of those women are currently pregnant.
Human Rights, Women
UN chief calls Taliban ban on female aid workers ‘intolerable, stupid’
Guterres added that the restrictions represent an escalation in Afghanistan’s crisis.