Taliban, Afghanistan

Taliban’s Decrees Worsen Crisis for Afghan Women, Banning All NGO Work
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
Senior Taliban official urges reversal of education ban on Afghan girls
In a rare public rebuke, the foreign ministry deputy calls on the Taliban's leadership to end the ban on education for Afghan women and girls.
Taliban deputy urges leader to lift education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.
Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls' high schools to open
KABUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has ...
Malala Urges Muslim Leaders Not To 'Legitimize' Afghan Taliban
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who stated she was “honored” and “overwhelmed” to be at the event, said she will hold Afghanistan's Taliban rulers "accountable" for rights violations when she addresses a Muslim-led summit on girls’ education on .
Top Taliban official tells leader there's 'no excuse' for female education ban
One of the Taliban's top deputies is calling on the group's leader to lift education restrictions on women and girls.
Afghanistan: Taliban Minister urges leadership to reopen school education for girls
A senior Taliban minister has criticised the Afghanistan government's policy of prohibiting education for women in the South Asian country, a rare stance by the rulers of the nation which has been facing persistent international pressure for taking such a measure after forcibly coming to power in 2021.
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The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
It's the Taliban's latest attempt to control or intervene in NGO activity. Earlier this month, the U.N. Security Council heard that an increasing proportion of female Afghan humanitarian workers ...
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Taliban deputy says there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.
Why Afghanistan's Reserves Remain Stuck In Switzerland
Then, Sultan learned that Afghanistan's central bank was no longer able to access billions of dollars of its reserves, a ...
Who Will Deliver Afghan Women From Pain
As the Taliban moves to ban women from becoming doctors, nurses or midwives in a bid to remove them from public spaces, ...
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Biden called families of 3 Americans held by Taliban to tell them he hasn't reached deal to free them
In a roughly 30-minute phone call Sunday afternoon, President Biden delivered difficult news to the families of three Americans held by the Taliban. He did not have a deal with the Taliban to ...
UN Official: Taliban's Treatment Of Women Hinders Recognition
The deputy head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has stated that if the <a target=_blank href= ...