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Taliban Defends New Vice And Virtue Laws In Afghanistan

The Taliban defends controversial vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan despite international criticism, sparking concerns over women's rights and personal f...

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Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public

The Taliban has rejected concerns and criticism from the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public

The Independent UK

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

As handfuls gather on International Women’s Day, UN rights rapporteur calls for release of detained rights activists.

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UN ‘concerned’ Taliban detaining Afghan women for dress code violations

Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the UN preoccupation with Afghan women is unwarranted.

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As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'

The U_N_’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid."

The Independent UK

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees

The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people

The Independent UK

200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN

The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.

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More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

The Independent UK

Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite UN concern and rare public protest

The Taliban has announced that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict

The Independent UK

Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN

UNAMA says there have been 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 civilian deaths, in violence since August 2021.

Al Jazeera

Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.

Bangkok Post

Female Afghan UN employees harassed, detained: Report

Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movements.

The New Daily

Female Afghan employees detained since Taliban ban, UN says

‘Discriminatory and unlawful measures’ restrict Afghan women’s and girls’ participation in public life, report says.

Al Jazeera

UN report: Female Afghan UN employees harassed, detained

The U.N. says some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movements since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body

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UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to end floggings, executions

A U.N. report has strongly criticized Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for carrying out public executions, lashings, stonings and other types of punishments since taking power almost two years ago

ABC News

UN limits operations in Afghanistan amid the humanitarian crisis as the Taliban ban UN's female staff

In a major setback to the relief efforts in Afghanistan, the UN limits its operations in the war-ravaged country facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the wake of the Taliban's ban on its female staff.

Reuters

UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

Evening Standard

Prominent girls’ rights activist arrested in Afghanistan

A prominent activist who campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul.

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U.N. says prominent Afghan girls' education advocate arrested in Kabul

The United Nations said on Tuesday that a prominent Afghan girls' education activist was arrested in Kabul this week and called on Taliban authorities to clarify the reason for his detention.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls

Since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, only girls aged 12 and under have been allowed to go to school.

The Independent UK

UN seeks independent ideas on tackling Afghanistan's Taliban

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for independent recommendations on how a united international community should address the enormous challenges confronting Afghanistan

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Official Meets Taliban, Urges Reverse of NGO Female Worker Ban

The acting head of the United Nations' mission to Afghanistan told the Taliban administration's acting economy minister to reverse a decision to ban female NGO workers during a meeting, according to a statement on Monday. "Millions of Afghans need humanitarian assistance and removing barriers is vital," UNAMA said in the…

Reuters

U.N. urges Taliban to reverse ban on female foreign aid workers

A senior U.N. official has urged Afghanistan's Taliban administration to reverse a ban on female humanitarian workers that charities fear will worsen winter hardships.

ABC News

Deliveries of millions in hard cash prompts concern over financial transparency in Afghanistan

This picture is said to show millions in cash arriving in Kabul. It's one of several images published by the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan in recent weeks that has some experts concerned.

Reuters

U.N. tell Taliban to investigate reports of extrajudicial killings in Daikundi

The United Nations' mission to Afghanistan said on Thursday they had asked the Taliban to hold a 'credible investigation' into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children, in northern Daikundi province.

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