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Afghan Women Banned From Medical Training Amid Worsening Health Crisis
- Wednesday December 4, 2024
- World News | Written by Anushree Jonko
Teenage girls have been unable to access education since 2021 despite the Taliban promising they would restart their education once the curriculum has been ensured as "Islamic".
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"Illogical": Taliban Denies Reports Of Afghan Women Banned From 'Hearing Each Other'
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government's morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports of a ban.
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Afghan Taekwondo Champion Faces Death Threats For Criticizing Taliban
- Monday October 14, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
A 21-year-old Afghan Taekwondo champion has received over 5,000 threat calls and messages for criticising the Taliban's ban on women's sports.
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"Even A Squirrel...": Meryl Streep On Women's Rights In Afghanistan
- Wednesday September 25, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
American actor Meryl Streep has said a "squirrel has more rights" than a girl in Afghanistan, adding her voice to a call by Afghan women to end the Taliban government's severe restrictions on their lives.
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Afghan Women To Fully Cover Faces, Men To Grow Beards: Taliban Codify Morality Laws
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said.
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Taliban Morality Ministry Dismisses Over 280 Men For Failure To Grow Beards
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban's morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral acts" in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
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1.4 Million Afghan Girls Banned From Schools Since Taliban Return To Power
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Refugee Olympic Team Athlete Disqualified For "Free Afghan Women" Message
- Saturday August 10, 2024
- Indo-Asian News Service
B-Girl Manizha Talash, a member of the Refugee Olympic Team at the Paris Olympics 2024, was disqualified after displaying the words "Free Afghan Women" on her cape during her breaking routine.
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Australia Star Usman Khawaja Hails "Inspirational" Afghanistan Amid 'Human Rights' Controversy
- Monday June 24, 2024
- NDTV Sports Desk
In 2023 and 2024, Cricket Australia had cancelled a planned bilateral series against Afghanistan, citing "deteriorating human rights" towards women and children as the reason.
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No Afghan 'Reintegration' Without Progress On Rights: UN
- Friday June 21, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Restrictions on women's rights continue to prevent Afghanistan's "reintegration" into the international community, a senior UN official said Friday, noting the Taliban's participation in upcoming talks in Doha is not legitimization of the isolated go
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Taliban Defends Record On Women After UN Criticises Curbs On Afghan Women
- Wednesday November 22, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is "obligated" to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists.
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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
- Monday October 9, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
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80 Countries Condemn Diktats Against Women In Afghanistan: Report
- Thursday October 5, 2023
- World News | Asian News International
Around 80 countries condemned the diktats issued by the Taliban on Afghan women putting restrictions on them since the group returned to power in 2021 and urged them to reverse the orders passed by them.
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"Nothing Allowed For Them": Afghan Women Demand Education Rights In UN
- Friday September 1, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to continue her studies after the Taliban government returned to power two years ago and banned more than 1.1 million girls and women from schools and universities.
- www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Women Banned From Medical Training Amid Worsening Health Crisis
- Wednesday December 4, 2024
- World News | Written by Anushree Jonko
Teenage girls have been unable to access education since 2021 despite the Taliban promising they would restart their education once the curriculum has been ensured as "Islamic".
- www.ndtv.com
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"Illogical": Taliban Denies Reports Of Afghan Women Banned From 'Hearing Each Other'
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government's morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports of a ban.
- www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Taekwondo Champion Faces Death Threats For Criticizing Taliban
- Monday October 14, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
A 21-year-old Afghan Taekwondo champion has received over 5,000 threat calls and messages for criticising the Taliban's ban on women's sports.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Even A Squirrel...": Meryl Streep On Women's Rights In Afghanistan
- Wednesday September 25, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
American actor Meryl Streep has said a "squirrel has more rights" than a girl in Afghanistan, adding her voice to a call by Afghan women to end the Taliban government's severe restrictions on their lives.
- www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Women To Fully Cover Faces, Men To Grow Beards: Taliban Codify Morality Laws
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Taliban Morality Ministry Dismisses Over 280 Men For Failure To Grow Beards
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban's morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral acts" in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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1.4 Million Afghan Girls Banned From Schools Since Taliban Return To Power
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Paris Olympics 2024: Refugee Olympic Team Athlete Disqualified For "Free Afghan Women" Message
- Saturday August 10, 2024
- Indo-Asian News Service
B-Girl Manizha Talash, a member of the Refugee Olympic Team at the Paris Olympics 2024, was disqualified after displaying the words "Free Afghan Women" on her cape during her breaking routine.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Australia Star Usman Khawaja Hails "Inspirational" Afghanistan Amid 'Human Rights' Controversy
- Monday June 24, 2024
- NDTV Sports Desk
In 2023 and 2024, Cricket Australia had cancelled a planned bilateral series against Afghanistan, citing "deteriorating human rights" towards women and children as the reason.
- sports.ndtv.com
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No Afghan 'Reintegration' Without Progress On Rights: UN
- Friday June 21, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Restrictions on women's rights continue to prevent Afghanistan's "reintegration" into the international community, a senior UN official said Friday, noting the Taliban's participation in upcoming talks in Doha is not legitimization of the isolated go
- www.ndtv.com
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Taliban Defends Record On Women After UN Criticises Curbs On Afghan Women
- Wednesday November 22, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is "obligated" to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists.
- www.ndtv.com
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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
- Monday October 9, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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80 Countries Condemn Diktats Against Women In Afghanistan: Report
- Thursday October 5, 2023
- World News | Asian News International
Around 80 countries condemned the diktats issued by the Taliban on Afghan women putting restrictions on them since the group returned to power in 2021 and urged them to reverse the orders passed by them.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Nothing Allowed For Them": Afghan Women Demand Education Rights In UN
- Friday September 1, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to continue her studies after the Taliban government returned to power two years ago and banned more than 1.1 million girls and women from schools and universities.
- www.ndtv.com