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Afghan Taliban’s treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

  • The Taliban say they respect rights in line with their interpretation of Islamic law
  • Taliban have barred girls from high school and women from universities and jobs
By Reuters ·

‘World has abandoned us’: Afghan women’s rights plunge in global silence

By MODASER ISLAMI ·

Afghan women stage rare protests on International Women’s Day

By AFP ·

UN says Taliban enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women 

By AP ·

‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support

By AFP ·

‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth

By AFP ·
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‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth

By AFP ·

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside

By AP ·

France evacuates five Afghan women 'threatened by Taliban'

By AFP ·

Afghan women set up secret businesses to escape Taliban bans

By Reuters ·

Taliban entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule, women and girls pay the price

By AP ·

Afghan women take protests online as Taliban crush dissent

By Reuters ·

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok — official 

By AP ·

Art therapy offers relief to Afghan women struggling with mental health

By Reuters ·

US delegation presses Taliban at Doha meeting on women’s rights

By AFP ·
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Thousands of Afghan salons to close as Taliban deadline bites

By AFP ·

UN Security Council demands Taliban ‘swiftly reverse’ women bans

By T.J. Kremer III ·

UN Security Council set to condemn Taliban crackdown on Afghan women

By Reuters ·

UN warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women’s rights

By Reuters ·

Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century

By AP ·

UN says Taliban divided on appeal to restore women’s rights 

By AP ·

Aid groups resume some Afghan operations with female healthworkers

By Reuters ·

Former female Afghan lawmaker shot dead in Kabul — police

By Reuters ·

Afghanistan cricket slams Australia for canceling ODIs

By AP ·

Top UN, NGO officials in Afghanistan to meet over Taliban ban on women staff

By AFP ·

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