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Kabul: Posters with female models, mostly those outside salons, were defaced as a gesture to appease the Taliban as the fighter group entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, on August 15. more
‘Major’ humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, as UN convenes fundraising conference

New York: A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans ...

Afghanistan: Women demonstrate against Taliban over right to work under new regime

Kabul: A large number of women in Herat demonstrated for their right to work under a new regime as the Taliban is all set to form a government in the war-torn country.

Afghanistan conflict: Taliban spokesman says woman in Hijab will be able to get education, work

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan women in hijab will have access to education and work, Taliban (banned in Russia) spokesman Suhail Shaheen said, adding that the United States should not tr ...

UN experts urge Afghanistan’s new rulers to prohibit torture ‘in any circumstances’

New York: Experts serving on a UN human rights treaty body called on Thursday for the new Taliban-led authorities of Afghanistan to uphold “the international obligations of the Stat ...

Afghanistan: Kabul's acting Mayor says corrupt elements will be dealt as per Sharia Law

Kabul: The acting Mayor of Kabul has warned that corrupt entities will be dealt with as per Sharia law.

Afghanistan: Taliban says boys and girls cannot study in same classroom anymore

Kabul: Taliban has issued a diktat by which boys and girls cannot study in the same classroom in Afghanistan anymore.

Security Council urges Taliban to provide safe passage out of Afghanistan

New York: The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that calls for the Taliban to facilitate safe passage for people wanting to leave Afghanistan, allow humanitarians to acces ...

Afghanistan: female anchor flees country after interview with Taliban leader

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Beheshta Arghand, a female Afghan TOLOnews anchor, fled the country after an interview with a Taliban leader, CNN reported on Monday.

Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns

New Yok: With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on ...