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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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Taliban Detains Women's Rights Activists, UN Expresses Concern
The United Nations voiced deep concern Friday after the Taliban disrupted a press conference in Afghanistan, submitting female participants to body searches and detaining the event organiser.
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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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4 Women, Including Activist, Killed In Afghanistan: Taliban
Four women have been killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday, as local sources identified at least one of the victims as a rights activist.
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Taliban Forcefully Disperse Women's Rights Protestors In Kabul: Report
The Taliban have once again resorted to force to disperse female activists protesting in support of women's rights in Kabul, media reports said on Tuesday.
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Pak Must Ensure Women's Rights Protected In Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Laureate and Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai today asked Pakistan to show "bold and strong commitment" to protect women's rights in Afghanistan.
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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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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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Taliban Hunt For Woman Journalist Who Opposed The Terrorist Group: Report
Saira Saleem, a women's rights activist and journalist who earlier raised her voice against the oppression of the Taliban informed that the terrorist group's members are searching for her.
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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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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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Taliban Detains Women's Rights Activists, UN Expresses Concern
The United Nations voiced deep concern Friday after the Taliban disrupted a press conference in Afghanistan, submitting female participants to body searches and detaining the event organiser.
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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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4 Women, Including Activist, Killed In Afghanistan: Taliban
Four women have been killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday, as local sources identified at least one of the victims as a rights activist.
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Taliban Forcefully Disperse Women's Rights Protestors In Kabul: Report
The Taliban have once again resorted to force to disperse female activists protesting in support of women's rights in Kabul, media reports said on Tuesday.
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Pak Must Ensure Women's Rights Protected In Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Laureate and Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai today asked Pakistan to show "bold and strong commitment" to protect women's rights in Afghanistan.
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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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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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Taliban Hunt For Woman Journalist Who Opposed The Terrorist Group: Report
Saira Saleem, a women's rights activist and journalist who earlier raised her voice against the oppression of the Taliban informed that the terrorist group's members are searching for her.
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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.
