- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityAfghan women
India expresses concern about discriminatory, inferior status accorded to women in Afghan society
United Nations, Jun 15 (PTI) India on Wednesday expressed its concern about the discriminatory inferior status accorded to women in the Afghan society which has adversely impacted the education of…
Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up
KABUL (Reuters) - Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are…
U.N. rights office demands release of Afghan women activists
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month…
Taliban release decree saying women must consent to marriage
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women's rights which said women should not be considered "property" and must consent to marriage but failed to…
Women’s rights activist to leaders at UN: Don’t let Taliban fool you
By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghan rapper and activist, Sonita Alizadeh, fled her homeland with her family when it was last ruled by the Taliban more than two…
Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position which, if formally…
‘Incredible fear’ among women across Afghanistan -U.N. official
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in Afghanistan has generated "incredible fear" across the country, a senior U.N. official…
Taliban militants unleash violence on Afghan women protesters
Many Afghan women protested for their rights in spite of Taliban warnings on September 03rd & 04th. The protests spread from Herat to Kabul and many other places. The Taliban…
‘Taliban ideology has neither reformed nor changed’
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 22 (ANI): Taliban ideology has neither reformed nor changed in any form, said Fabien Baussart, the President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA), highlighting…
‘Taliban can’t ignore our progress, struggles over past 20 years’ , says worried Afghan women
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Worried over their future under the Taliban regime, women in Afghanistan protested against the terrorist group expressing concerns over how they would be represented in…
Dark days return for Afghan women, Taliban re-imposes repressive laws in newly captured areas
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): After capturing new areas in Afghanistan, the Taliban has re-imposed repressive laws and retrograde policies on Afghan women that defined its 1996-2001 rule when they…
Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliban attacks
London [UK] July 11 (ANI): Human and women's rights groups on Sunday asked the UK administration to provide asylum to the vulnerable Afghan women amid the US troops withdrawal and…
