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Afghan Girls' Education Activist Released After 7 Months Of Detention
An Afghan activist who campaigned for girls' access to education was released from detention on Thursday, more than seven months after he was arrested by Taliban authorities, his family said.
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Universities Reopen In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan But Women Still Banned
The decision to ban women from educational institutes was announced by the Taliban officials in December and it drew widespread condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.
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Afghan Women Stage Street Protest Against Taliban's University Ban
A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said, adding that some were arrested.
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A Year After Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Fight For Lost Freedoms
Under the new Taliban government, there are no women in the Afghan cabinet and the Ministry of Women's Affairs was shut down.
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Four Missing Afghan Women Activists Released, Says UN
Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country's "de facto authorities" after going missing weeks ago, the United Nations said Sunday.
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Women Activists Disappearing In Afghanistan, Taliban Deny Hand: Report
Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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"They Don't Consider Us Humans": Afghan Women On Taliban Rule
"They don't consider women as humans," says Humeira Rizai, a researcher and activist from Afghanistan who fled her country along with tens of thousands of compatriots to escape the atrocities of the Taliban.
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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"Not The End": Afghan Art Activist Defiant As Taliban Erase Kabul Murals
Afghan activist Omaid Sharifi's art collective spent seven years transforming stretches of Kabul's labyrinthine concrete blast walls with colourful murals -- then the Taliban marched in.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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Angelina Jolie At UN Calls For Inclusion Of Women In Afghan Peace Talks
Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.
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Student Stopped Afghan Man's Deportation By Refusing To Sit Down On Plane
Around the world - from Chicago to Munich to Roskilde, Denmark - airports have become centers of political protest over deportations. Activists have blocked airport entrances, demonstrated outside terminal fences, and even stormed a runway in attempts to stop flights carrying deportees.
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Afghans Skirt Strict Rules To Find Love On Social Media
Afghan civil activist Hadi Sadiqi had long been using social media to share news, commentary and his own musings on politics when he got into a heated exchange with another member of his Facebook forum.
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Taliban Attack On Afghan Television Employees Widely Condemned
A deadly Taliban attack on a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan's biggest TV station drew widespread condemnation on Thursday, with activists denouncing it as an attack on freedom of speech and the country's young and fragile media sector.
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Afghan Girls' Education Activist Released After 7 Months Of Detention
An Afghan activist who campaigned for girls' access to education was released from detention on Thursday, more than seven months after he was arrested by Taliban authorities, his family said.
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Universities Reopen In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan But Women Still Banned
The decision to ban women from educational institutes was announced by the Taliban officials in December and it drew widespread condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.
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Afghan Women Stage Street Protest Against Taliban's University Ban
A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said, adding that some were arrested.
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A Year After Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Fight For Lost Freedoms
Under the new Taliban government, there are no women in the Afghan cabinet and the Ministry of Women's Affairs was shut down.
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Four Missing Afghan Women Activists Released, Says UN
Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country's "de facto authorities" after going missing weeks ago, the United Nations said Sunday.
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Women Activists Disappearing In Afghanistan, Taliban Deny Hand: Report
Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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"They Don't Consider Us Humans": Afghan Women On Taliban Rule
"They don't consider women as humans," says Humeira Rizai, a researcher and activist from Afghanistan who fled her country along with tens of thousands of compatriots to escape the atrocities of the Taliban.
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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"Not The End": Afghan Art Activist Defiant As Taliban Erase Kabul Murals
Afghan activist Omaid Sharifi's art collective spent seven years transforming stretches of Kabul's labyrinthine concrete blast walls with colourful murals -- then the Taliban marched in.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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Angelina Jolie At UN Calls For Inclusion Of Women In Afghan Peace Talks
Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.
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Student Stopped Afghan Man's Deportation By Refusing To Sit Down On Plane
Around the world - from Chicago to Munich to Roskilde, Denmark - airports have become centers of political protest over deportations. Activists have blocked airport entrances, demonstrated outside terminal fences, and even stormed a runway in attempts to stop flights carrying deportees.
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Afghans Skirt Strict Rules To Find Love On Social Media
Afghan civil activist Hadi Sadiqi had long been using social media to share news, commentary and his own musings on politics when he got into a heated exchange with another member of his Facebook forum.
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Taliban Attack On Afghan Television Employees Widely Condemned
A deadly Taliban attack on a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan's biggest TV station drew widespread condemnation on Thursday, with activists denouncing it as an attack on freedom of speech and the country's young and fragile media sector.
